King Edward VII

King Edward VII: Our still-reluctant parting with the Queen was done through gradual and friendly legislation, rather than war, so no efforts were made to eradicate Toronto of its Britishness. We even accepted a King Edward VII statue from Delhi when India was doing its post-colonial purge. Located in the middle of Queens Park since 1969, Edward and his horse are even getting a renovation right now, according to The Star. Sometimes the pubs are Irish-inspired, and though Ireland was no colonial superpower, it spawned outposts across the city similar to the Tara Inn, a pub found in a Scarborough strip mall along Eglinton Ave. E and Its hard to get away from Torontos colonial British history with so many streets and statues named after places in the mother country. Less formal cross-Atlantic connections are the proliferation of pubs throughout the Toronto area. Different from bars, theres an emphasis on food that follows in the Public House tradition, though Ontarios Prohibition-era liquor laws require food be sold with alcohol . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.