St. Johns York Mills Anglican Church is the oldest church in North York and the second oldest in Toronto. It was started in 1816.

Deterioration over the years led in 1843 to the replacement of the wooden church, with a brick one that has grown over the years to the building as it is today.

It is well known for its barrel organ. Rather than being played by an organist, as a conventional pipe organ is, a barrel organ is operated by a person turning a crank. Pieces of music are encoded on to wooden barrels (cylinders).

The first person buried in the graveyard was a seven year old child, a grandson of Cornelius van Nostrand, who came from Long Island as a United Empire Loyalist in 1797.
For more history, see this page.