Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - William Lyon Mackenzie, mai gyarawa, shi ne magajin gari na farko na Toronto, wani matsayi da ya yi kawai shekara guda, ya rasa Tory Robert Baldwin Sullivan a 1835. An maye gurbin Sullivan da Dokta Thomas David Morrison a shekara ta 1836. Wani Tory, George Gurnett, an zabe shi a 1837. A wannan shekarar, Toronto ita ce wurin da manyan abubuwan da suka faru na Upper Canada Rebellion suka faru
Ka yi haƙuri. Daga bisani Mackenzie zai jagoranci kai hari kan Montgomery ta Tavern, yana farawa da Upper Canada Rebellion. Hare-haren ba su da tasiri, kamar yadda dakarun Birtaniya suka yi, kuma 'yan bindigar Kanada a Toronto sun fita zuwa sansanin' yan tawaye a Montgomery's Tavern kuma suka watsar da 'yan tawaye. Mackenzie da wasu 'yan gyara sun gudu zuwa Amirka, yayin da aka rataye wasu shugabannin 'yan tawaye, kamar su Samuel Lount da Peter Matthews. Toronto za ta zabi magajin gari na Tory ko Conservative, kuma ba har zuwa 1850s cewa memba mai gyara zai sake zama magajin gari ba. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan tawaye, Toronto ta lalace ta hanyar babbar wuta ta farko a 1849. Wutar ta kasance daya daga cikin manyan gobara guda biyu da suka faru a cikin birni, ɗayan kuma ya faru a 1904.