Scarborough, Ontario
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Skyline of Scarborough City Centre
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 Location of Scarborough (red) in Toronto. |
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| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| Municipality |
 Toronto
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| Incorporated | January 1, 1850 (township) January 1, 1967 (borough) June 1983 (city) |
| Changed Region | 1954  Metropolitan Toronto from York County
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| Amalgamated | January 1, 1998 into Toronto |
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Ward councillors
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Federal reps
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| Area | |
| • Total | 187.70 km2 (72.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 625,698 |
| • Density | 3,160.9/km2 (8,187/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code span | M1(B-X) |
| Area code(s) | 416, 647, and 437 |
Scarborough (/ˈskɑːrbəroʊ/; 2011 Census 625,698) is a district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Situated atop the Scarborough Bluffs, it occupies the eastern part of the city. Scarborough is contained within the borders of Victoria Park Avenue on the east, Steeles Avenue to the north, Rouge River and the city of Pickering to the east, and Lake Ontario to the south. It was named after the English town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
First settled by Europeans in the 1790s, Scarborough has grown from a collection of small rural villages and farms to become fully urbanised with a diverse cultural community. Incorporated in 1850 as Scarborough Township, it became part of Metropolitan Toronto in 1953 and was renamed as a borough in 1967. Scarborough rapidly developed as a suburb of Old Toronto during the Metro Toronto years and became a city in 1983. Scarborough was amalgamated into the city of Toronto in 1998. Scarborough is an administrative district in the City of Toronto and has its own community council. The Scarborough Civic Centre, the former city hall, is still used by the municipal government of Toronto.
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