Canada's largest collection of original War of 1812 buildings and 1813 battle site, Fort York marks the birthplace of modern day Toronto, Canada. The fort was a site of major battle between the United States and Britain just a decade after the revolutionary war. Troops at the fort consisting of British, Canadians, Mississaugas, and Ojibways defended the fort against 2,700 American soldiers. With over three times as many soldiers the Americans forced the British to retreat. American troops occupied the the city of York for six days, burning down buildings and looting homes. The city of York would remain in the hands of the British at the end of the war, but Fort York's landscape, marked with original buildings from the war of 1812, remains a significant place for understanding colonial influence on the roots of Ontario as a province and Canada as a nation.