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Horatio Clarence Hocken and Jimmy Simpson formed the Evening Star, which later became the Toronto Star. These two men were future mayors of Toronto who led a group of striking printers and writers to establish the publication.
Joseph E. Atkinson bought the paper on the 13th of December 1899 with financial backing from supporters of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier. He served as controlling shareholder and editor until his death in 1948.
Headquarters relocated from 1 Yonge Street to Spadina Avenue at Front Street in November 2022. The original building at 80 King Street West was demolished earlier to make room for First Canadian Place.
The closure of the Vaughan printing presses on the 15th of January 2016 resulted in layoffs of all 285 staff members at that plant. Production was subsequently outsourced to Transcontinental Printing.
Between 1968 and 2019, the newspaper supported the Liberal Party eleven times out of multiple federal elections. It also backed the New Democratic Party twice and the Progressive Conservative Party twice during this period.