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The Toronto branch of the Y.M.C.A.was founded in 1864. As part of the Y.M.C.A. movement, the Branch sought to provide young men with religious teaching and various activities, including athletics.

Young Judaea was the youth movement of the Zionist Organization of Canada to foster Zionism and Judaism among its members. It was primarily a cultural organization and carried out its educational work through its club meetings and through its library. The Ottawa branch was founded in the fall of 1924 by Mr. Ellenson, who was assisted by members of Hadassah. The organizational structure consisted of clubs. The organization was very popular with Ottawa Jewish youth. Some of the achievements of the Judaeans in the first years were many successful dramatic concerts, a library and a symphony orchestra called Young Judaean Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Jack Sniderman. By 1930, Max Bookman assumed the leadership of Young Judaea Ottawa, and the Ottawa Hebrew News, edited by Max Bookman, became the successor to The Herzl, edited by Max Bookman and Charles Silverman. Thelma Rivers Steinman was also active in leadership. In 1934, Nap Kapinsky became the local president. After World War II, Young Judaea Ottawa was renewed under the adult leadership of Zelda and Herman Roodman. Another reorganization attempt was made in the late 1960s under the youthful leadership of Adele Goldstein (Sydney), Corinne Rothman and Jerry Torontow.

This organization provided a social and cultural outlet for the more than 100 young people, mostly new immigrants to Ottawa from Poland, Lithuania and the Ukraine. It was founded by Dr. Arnoni and Hugo Levendel served as President from its inception in 1930 until its close in 1934. Gatherings were held every Sunday afternoon in the Talmud Torah hall on George Street and “listened to readings, recitations, Jewish current events and debated on diverse problems...made use of all available local speakers and welcomed all comers from New York and Montreal regardless of their mission in Ottawa: Yiddish poets and writers, Hebrew teachers, agents of Yiddish periodicals, Poale Zionists and the Yiddishists....lent a hand to every worthwhile undertaking, participated in campaigns, sold shekels, assisted with Zionist campaigns.” The Yiddish language was used at meetings. In time a Jewish library was established and members gathered in the evenings to get books and read periodicals. There were also dances, picnics, swimming and sleigh rides. Marriage and increased responsibilities as well as other interests began to take their toll and the association folded in 1934. The politically minded of the association became part of Ottawa’s Zionist life.

The congregation began in 1967 as an orthodox minyan which met in the basement of Rose and Moe Litwack’s home on Kirkwood. After a short time when the basement could no longer accommodate the number of worshipers, a store was rented on Merivale Road. This building is now demolished. It was the location where a Sefer Torah was donated by the late Gilbert Greenberg and was dedicated on March 31, 1968. A property was purchased at 627 Kirkwood Avenue where a basement and partial first floor were used. The upper floor was constructed in the late summer of 1980 and the completed synagogue was dedicated On August 17, 1980. Rabbi Howard G. Messinger was the first spiritual leader followed by part-time rabbis who were also teachers at Hillel Academy and included Rabbi Millen, principal of Hillel Academy, Rabbi Pritzker, teacher, Rabbi Wolkenstein and Rabbi Ben Natan. Rabbi Mordecai Y. Berger arrived in 1976.

Young Nim You is a graduate of Haushin University in Korea and has taken courses in theology. She is married to Kwang Il Lee and has a son, Tae Ook Lee, who was born in 1980. You was involved with the Korean Women's Association for Democracy and Sisterhood and came to Canada as a missionary in 1989 under the auspices of the Partners in Mission Program of the United Church of Canada. You returned to Korea in 1992.

Evidence suggests company was located in Yorkville, with no indication of location of plank road that it administered provided. The Vaughan and Yorkville Plank Road Company and the Vaughan Plank Road Company, extending northwest from Woodbridge through Kleinburg into the ninth concession, were separate and distinct companies. Various sources suggest the presence of several plank roads in Vaughan Township during the nineteenth century.

Yorkminster United Church was located in Willowdale, Ontario at 395 Old Yonge Street, where it intersects with Highway 401. It began in 1953, and by 1957 a modern church structure was opened. In the 1960s there was talk of amalgamating the congregation with Oriole-York Mills United Church, but the attempt was defeated. Yorkminster ceased to be a congregation in 1983, and the building was sold in the following year to the Salvation Army.

The York West District Women's Institute was formed in 1901, with founder Mrs. Eleanor Cruickshank serving as the first president. The organization served as an umbrella agency providing direction to its constituent local and village women's institutes, and acted as an instrument of liaison between the latter and the Ontario Women's Institute. The York West District Women's Institute engaged, during its history, in a number of philanthropic and charitable activities as part of its general mandate to serve God, King, country and community. It slowly expanded its purview from an initial concern with educating the organization's membership on such matters as health and hygiene, under the auspices of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, to more lofty undertakings such as preserving community culture through the compilation of its Tweedsmuir history and charitable endeavours. The District Women's Institute rendered particularly significant service during both World Wars, providing food, knitted wear, etc. to the military, as well as assisting the Canadian Red Cross. The York West District Women's Institute ultimately came to count the following local branches of the Ontario Women's Institute under its auspices: Kleinburg and Nashville; Elders' Mills; Vellore; Vellore Juniors; Maple; Woodbridge; Burwick; Edgeley; Thistletown; Elia; Weston; Glen Park; Richview; Lambton Mills; Islington; West Toronto; Eatonville; Lakeshore; Mimico. The York West District Women's Institute disbanded in 1994.

The York University Faculty Association was established in 1962 as the voice of faculty in university affairs, but it was not until 1976 that YUFA became the authorized bargaining agent for York University faculty members and librarians, as designated by the Collective Agreement. The Association's elected officials include the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson for Organization, Vice-Chairperson for External Affairs, Recording Secretary, Information Officer, and Treasurer. They are elected annually. In addition, there are appointed officers, the Grievance Officer, the Organizing Officer, and the Negotiating Officer, and representatives from the several constituencies (all faculties and the Library). Appointed officers serve a two-year term. The Association's Executive Committee consists of all the officers, the past chairperson, and the chairperson of the Contract and Grievance Committee, and has general oversight of the Association between general meetings. The Association has three standing committees: Contract and Grievance Committee, which reports to the Executive on specific grievances, oversees the election of local stewards and their handling of grievances, monitors the application of the Collective Agreement, hears reports and supervises the work of the Grievance Officer and the Organizing Officer. The Negotiating Committee is responsible for the drafting of the provisions of the Collective Agreement in cooperation with the Executive and Contract and Grievance Committee, presenting its positions to the membership for approval, negotiating the terms of the Collective Agreement, and appraising the membership of the proceedings of negotiations. The Nominating Committee is responsible for securing nominations for all elected positions, and for membership on committees. Local stewards are elected for each constituency, one steward for every thirty-five members. There must be a minimum of four general meetings yearly, at least one of which is designated the Annual Meeting. The Executive and Contract and Grievance Committee shall meet six times yearly.

York University was established in 1959 by the York University Act. Its first class was held in 1960 in Falconer Hall on the University of Toronto campus. In 1961, York University moved its location to Glendon Hall, and then in 1965 it became independent from the University of Toronto. Its main campus in Toronto’s outskirts opened that year.

York Region Media Group, a division of Metroland Media Group Ltd, is an information provider in York Region’s nine municipalities. It serves readers and advertisers in York Region and south Simcoe County. Its Community Newspapers include The Era-Banner (serving Newmarket, Aurora, King, East Gwillimbury, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Georgina), Georgina Advocate, Vaughan Citizen, The Liberal (serving Richmond Hill and Thornhill), Markham Economist & Sun, Stouffville Sun-Tribune, and the Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic.

The York Pioneer and Historical Society was formed with the purpose of encouraging historic preservation in York County, Ontario, which then included the Toronto area.

The County of York, Ontario, was incorporated under the Baldwin Act, Canada Statutes 1849, Chapter 78, and was briefly amalgamated into the United Counties of York, Ontario and Peel, under Canada Statutes 1851, Chapter 5.