✦ History

Part of War of 1812

Battle of York

April 27, 1813 · Battle of York

Result American victory

An American force took and burned York (Toronto), the capital of Upper Canada.

On the map Contemporaries

United States

United Kingdom

United States
United Kingdom
Upper Canada
Henry Dearborn military commander Zebulon Pike military commander Isaac Chauncey military commander
Roger Hale Sheaffe military commander James Givins military commander Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
1,700
Killed
55
Wounded
265
Ships
14
Killed
82
Wounded
112
Captured
274
Missing
7

Units

Army of the North (Dearborn and Wilkinson)