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Etobicoke
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- Settlement.name
- Etobicoke
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Dissolved city (lower-tier)
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top, left to right: Humber Bay Park East, Downtown Toronto from Humber Park, Gardiner Expressway from Royal York Road, Humber Bay Arch Bridge
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Etobicoke, Ontario (1995–1997).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Logo of Etobicoke, Ontario (Pre-1997).svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Etobicoke.png
- Settlement.shield_alt
- Coat of arms
- Settlement.motto
- "The Leading Edge of Metro"
- Settlement.image_map
- Etobicoke locator.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Etobicoke (red) compared to the rest of Toronto.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ontario
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Toronto
- Settlement.established_title
- Incorporated
- Settlement.established_date
- January 1, 1850 (township)January 1, 1967 (borough)June 1983 (city)
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- External links
Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west end, Etobicoke is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the east by the Humber River, on the west by Etobicoke Creek, the cities of Brampton, and Mississauga, the Toronto Pearson International Airport (a small portion of the airport extends into Etobicoke), and on the north by the city of Vaughan at Steeles Avenue West.
The area of Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s. Primarily an agricultural district, it was incorporated in 1850 as Etobicoke Township. The municipality grew into city status in the 20th century after World War II. Several independent villages and towns developed and became part of Etobicoke, first when Metropolitan Toronto was formed in 1954 and later, in a 1967 consolidation. In 1998, its city status and government dissolved after it was amalgamated into present-day Toronto.