Greg, how shall we celebrate? Give specifics.

Actually a community named "London" did not exist to beat Muddy York out for the role capital of Upper Canada in 1793, succeeding Niagara, the Crown Reserved site was unhabitated. We can blame amateur mapmaker Mrs. Simcoe at Niagara that this English name hung around past their time here, to be picked up for other jurisdiction purposes. Trevor is to be congratulated on being a PlaqueWatcher with #1 in OHF series, the "Founding of London" on the grounds of the old London District courthouse at the foot of Dundas, aka the Governor's Road. (Seen the companion one down at the lake, Vittoria Courts?)
This wilderness site was merely his empire building vision, laughed at by such as Kingston's Cartwright - "How would you get there, by balloon? " and vetoed by his boss Lord Dorchester in Lower Canada.
Many of those early London Township immigrant farming family members became settlers at this Forks to provide needed commerce and industry to complement the justice functions - some Surnames still in the phonebook. today as well as out in the country. Interesting Land grant lists re the Talbot Settlers of 1818 and '19 can be found online, and in Rosser's book re London Township pioneers.

@greg, @jadey, @trevor . . . yep. Western Fair Farmer's Market has become a weekly tradition for our fam. It does celebrate some local farmers and in the summer months it spreads outside to include more.

@jadey - check out the Western Fair farmer's market if you haven't yet. It kinda splits the difference between 'real' farmers at Trails End and the yuppy farmer's market at Covent Garden.

@greg - I agree - When London did not become the capital of Upper canada, it was settled as an administrative centre for the (farming-rich) region.

I agree. We need a better farmers market! Trails end is great, but something a little closer to the city would be awesome... Why buy produce from the states when it's grown in our backyard?

Too many Londoners ignore one big thing that truly stands out, economically, about the city's profile: It's the centre of what is, by far, the richest farm belt in the entire country.