Toronto Telegram

The Toronto Telegram
TypeNewspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)John Ross Robertson; John W. H. Bassett - part owner
Founded1876
Political alignmentPopulism, Conservative
Ceased publication1971
HeadquartersToronto Telegram Building (now part of Commerce Court) and later 444 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario

The Toronto Evening Telegram was a conservative, broadsheet afternoon newspaper published in Toronto from 1876 to 1971. It had a reputation for supporting the Conservative Party at the federal and the provincial levels. The paper competed with an afternoon paper, The Toronto Daily Star, which supported the Liberals. The Telegram strongly supported Canada's connection with the United Kingdom and the rest of the British Empire[1] as late as the 1960s.

  1. ^ "The Tely's 95 years: How the Old Lady went mod," John Brehl, Toronto Daily Star, September 18, 1971, p. 6.