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The Home District was one of four districts of Upper Canada created in 1788. It was composed of the areas along western Lake Ontario and Niagara areas or what is now referred to as Central Ontario and the Golden Horseshoe. It was renamed from Nassau District (House of Nassau) in 1792, and was abolished in 1849. The district was originally bounded to the east by a line running north from the mouth of the Trent River and to the west by a line running north from Long Point on Lake Erie. The district town was originally Newark, later Niagara-on-the-Lake, but became York, Upper Canada, later Toronto, in 1801. In 1798, the district was reorganized to consist of the counties of:

Simcoe
York At the same time, the Niagara District was created from:
Lincoln County
Haldimand County and the Newcastle District was created from:
Durham
Northumberland Also in 1798, the London District was created from the counties of:
Middlesex
Norfolk
Oxford some parts of which were formerly in the Western District.

In 1816, the Gore District was formed from parts of York County and parts of Niagara District.
In 1837, Simcoe County became part of a separate Simcoe District.
In 1849, the district was replaced by York County.

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