Etobicoke is a manufacturing and distribution center with many corporate offices. The borough was formed in 1967, when the township of Etobicoke (incorporated 1851) was merged with the towns of New Toronto and Mimico and the village of Long Branch. In 1998 Etobicoke and five other metropolitan municipalities were combined into a new and enlarged City of Toronto. A 2006 real estate survey has estimated the population of Etobicoke, Ontario at 348,908.