Toronto Standard Explained

The Toronto Standard
Type:	weekly
Foundation:	1848
Ceased Publication:	1849

The Toronto Standard newspaper was published in Toronto before confederation. It is listed among Toronto's early newspapers^[1] as the Toronto Standard and General Advertiser.^[2] It was a weekly conservative newspaper, published by James Northey, that advocated for Protestant Ascendancy. Founded in 1848, it closed in 1849.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Early Toronto Newspapers 1793-1867 . 2012-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110320041112/http://www.edunetconnect.com/cat/oldnewspap/pap2.html#Advertiser . 2011-03-20 . dead .
2. Web site: Toronto Standard magazine readies for launch . Tom Czerniawski . Masthead . 2012-01-08.
3. News: Bradburn . Jamie . The Toronto Standard, “A Sound Conservative Protestant Journal” . September 22, 2020 . Torontoist . April 21, 2011.