Toronto Gore

[4] Several historical villages were once located within Toronto Gore, including Claireville, Ebenezer, Castlemore, Wildfield and Coleraine.

However, only small remnants like churches and cemeteries of these former villages exist.

Wildfield remains the only community to maintain its unique identity while the rest have been completely overtaken by suburban developments.

Toronto-Gore, along with Goreway Drive, might have been named for Sir Francis Gore, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada.

A more likely derivation is from the shape of the tract or its origin: in surveying, a gore is a triangular piece of land in British usage and a small strip or tract of land lying between larger divisions in US usage.