Pickering History

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History

Pickering Township was surveyed and established in 1791 as part of what was then York County. Its name derives from Pickering, North Yorkshire in North Yorkshire, England and was one of five townships along Lake Ontario named for towns in northeast England (York, Scarborough, Pickering, Whitby and Darlington). The municipality was incorporated in 1811 and became part of the newly-formed County of Ontario in 1852.


In 1974, municipal restructuring created the Regional Municipality of Durham. Pickering Township became the Town of Pickering. Pickering Village and some parts of the township north of Ajax became part of the new Town of Ajax. The town’s boundaries in the west were also changed – a portion of the Port Union neighbourhood was transferred to the Borough of Scarborough and is now part of the City of Toronto.