Weston Village

Weston developed in the early 19th century as a mill town along the Humber River, its water power drawing grist mills and later other industry to the site well before the surrounding area was part of Toronto at all. The community incorporated as its own village and later town, remaining a self-governing municipality distinct from the City of Toronto for well over a century, with its own downtown commercial strip along Weston Road.

An independent town until 1967

Weston kept its independent municipal status until 1967, when it was amalgamated into the Borough of York as part of the same wave of local government consolidation that absorbed other formerly independent communities around Metro Toronto. Weston Village's older commercial core along Weston Road still reflects its history as a once fully self-contained small town, distinct in character from the surrounding postwar suburban development that eventually grew up around it on all sides.

Sources

• The Canadian Encyclopedia — Weston, Toronto
• Wikipedia — Weston, Toronto

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