Construction of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonge_Street" id="mwRQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yonge Street">Yonge Street</a>, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York,_Upper_Canada" id="mwRg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="York, Upper Canada">York, Upper Canada</a> (present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto" id="mwRw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>).