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Thomas Montgomery (innkeeper)

Canadian businessman

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 13, 2025
Entity authorityQ117074913 ↗
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Thomas Montgomery (1790–1877) was an Irish Canadian businessman and estate owner. He served as an officer in the Upper Canada militia.

He is best remembered as the founder of Montgomery's Inn in present day Etobicoke. Montgomery Road, named after him, cuts along the inn connecting Dundas to Bloor street.

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This entry incorporates text from “Thomas Montgomery (innkeeper)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.