Assembling a City: Toronto’s Urban Metabolism, 1836-1937

The UPEI GeoREACH Lab is contributing to Assembling a City: Toronto’s Urban Metabolism, 1836-1937, a project that explores the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of urban change by tracing the flow of material and energy that built, fed, and fueled downtown Toronto between 1836 and 1937.

For the full Project, including several articles from our students, please visit NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment’s project page here:

https://niche-canada.org/toronto-urban-metabolism

For a preview of some of the geospatial tools and analysis we are developing from these shipping data, see the interactive and animated maps here and below: