The settlement by Europeans started with the French building a seldom occupied fort near today's Exhibition grounds in the mid-1700s, then grew out of a backwoods English trading post established as York in 1793 (reverting to the current name Toronto in 1834).
Ukuxazululwa kwabaseYurophu kwaqala ngokwakhiwa kwesakhiwo saseFrance indawo eyayingahlali isikhathi eside eduze kwamagceke anamuhla we-Exhibition maphakathi nama-1700s, bese sikhula endaweni yokuthengisa yaseNgilandi eyakhiwe emuva njenge-York e-1793 (ibuyela igama eliyi-Toronto ku1834).