London

London, a city and port of entry, capital of Middlesex county, Ontario, is situated at the junction of the two branches of the Thames, 116 miles by rail SW. of Toronto. It is a handsome city, regularly built, and contains many fine buildings; and the aim of its founders is visible in the names of the principal streets—Pall Mall, Oxford Street, Piccadilly, Cheapside, &c.—as well as of the river, which is crossed by a Westminster and a Blackfriars Bridge, and of the Covent Garden Market, Hyde Park, and St Paul's Cathedral. The centre of a rich agricultural district, and connected by railway with all parts of Canada, London carries on an extensive trade in the produce of the country; while it has also large petroleum refineries, and many foundries, mills, tanneries, and other manufactures. It has several colleges (including the Western University) of good standing, lunatic and orphan asylums, a convent, and a hospital; and its white sulphur-springs attract many invalids. London is the seat of Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops, and returns one member to parliament and one to the provincial legislature. Pop. (1881) 19,746; (1891) 31,997.