London History

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History

The current location of London was selected to be the site of the future capital of Upper Canada in 1793 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe.

The village itself was not founded until 1826 and never became the capital envisioned by Simcoe.

In 1993, London annexed nearly the entire Town of Westminster, a large, primarily rural municipality directly south of the city, including the town of Lambeth, Middlesex County, Ontario.

The City of London is currently the Eleventh-largest city in Canada, Tenth-largest census metropolitan area in Canada, and the sixth-largest city in Ontario.