Series consists of photographs, photomechanical prints and drawings of buildings located in the Metropolitan Toronto Area, an administrative area that is now usually identified simply as 'Toronto'. The municipal districts included are: East York, Etobicoke, Forest Hill, Leaside, Long Branch, Mimico, New Toronto, North York, Scarborough, Swansea, Toronto, Weston and York.
Files for buildings in municipalities that are identified as part of the Greater Toronto Area but are not part of Metropolitan Toronto proper, including Mississauga, Vaughan and Markham, are found in the Ontario series.