Living in Toronto

famine in Ireland: It also a fitting day to recall how Toronto helped out with Irish migrants almost 170 years ago, according to Toronto Star. Here are some facts about Toronto response to famine in Ireland — and some other bits of Toronto-Ireland history:Horrific summer Famine drove 38,560 people to Toronto between the months of May and October 1847. Patrick, a former slave and migrant, who now the patron saint of Ireland. That was at a time when there were just 20,000 people living in Toronto. The Toronto Mirror wrote in July 1847: The state of the emigrants daily becomes worse and worse . . . . This is a horrible traffic in human blood. Streets were muddy, public services were minimal and the newcomers were often close to death. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.