Part 2: The History of Toronto: The Toronto Purchase

It was 1787; the chief superintendent of aboriginal affairs Sir John Johnson met with the Mississauga (a First Nations tribe who owned the Toronto area at the time) and they negotiated a price for the land that is now the GTA. They came to terms with the British and the land along the north shore of Lake Ontario. But the crown saw now their mistake in their negotiating and made a new agreement and made the Mississauga sign a deed to give 22.5 by 45 kilometer area. This was finally done on August 1, 1805