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List of neighbourhoods in Toronto

February 08, 2023

The strength and vitality of the many neighbourhoods that make up Toronto, Ontario, Canada has earned the city its unofficial nickname of "the city of neighbourhoods."[1] There are over 140 neighbourhoods officially recognized by the City of Toronto[2] and upwards of 240 official and unofficial neighbourhoods within city limits.[3]

Roncesvalles, a 'core' neighbourhood of Toronto, in 2001

The current City of Toronto is the amalgamation of the former Metropolitan Toronto municipalities. These are East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Toronto and York, each of which retains a community history. The names of these municipalities are still often used by Toronto residents, sometimes for disambiguation purposes as amalgamation resulted in duplicated street names. The area known as Toronto before the 1998 amalgamation is sometimes called the "old" City of Toronto, and "the core". For administrative purposes, Toronto is divided into four districts: Etobicoke-York, North York, Scarborough and Toronto-East York.

Map of Toronto including the former municipalities that existed before 1998

The former Toronto district is, by far, the most populous and densest part of the city. It is also the business and administrative centre of the city. The uniquely Torontonian bay-and-gable housing style is common throughout the former city. The "inner ring" suburbs of York and East York are older, predominantly middle-income areas, and ethnically diverse. Much of the housing stock in these areas consists of pre-World War II single-family houses and some post-war high-rises. Many of the neighbourhoods in these areas were built up as streetcar suburbs and contain many dense and mixed-use streets, some of which are one-way. They share many characteristics with sections of the "old" city outside the downtown core. The "outer ring" suburbs of Etobicoke, Scarborough, and North York are much more suburban in nature (although these districts are developing urban centres of their own, such as North York City Centre around Mel Lastman Square).

The following is a list of the more notable neighbourhoods, organized by former municipality.

Neighbourhoods by former municipality

Toronto

Old Toronto refers to the City of Toronto and its boundaries from 1967 to 1997. It is sometimes referred to as the "South" or "Central" district, and includes the "downtown core". Some of these names such as "The Fashion District" are (or were) used as marketing for the areas or by BIAs; this area is actually called "King-Spadina" by locals. Another example is the "Old Town of York", also known as "King and Parliament" (although that intersection is one block east of the original ten blocks that formed the old town). Some people in the area also consider it to be a suburb of the main city of Toronto, as many choose to move there in pursuit of a more relaxed and "backwoods" vibe.[4]

Many were recreated or named to reconnect the areas with their past history, early beginnings, or even recent use and prominence. Some historical city "wards" used in the 19th century are no longer used: St. David's, St. John's, St. Paul's, St. George's, St. Andrew's, and St. Patrick's wards. There was a ward named for the patron saint of each of the three British nationalities: English (St. George), Scottish (St. Andrew), Welsh (St. David) and Irish (St. Patrick). St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick still survive as subway stations, though St. George station is not named after the ward, but after St. George Street instead, itself named after Quetton St. George, a local landowner. St. Lawrence's Ward (named after the patron saint of Canada and the river, itself also named after the saint) remains, known today as "St. Lawrence". St. Paul's (named after the saint) remains as the name of an electoral district for each of the three levels of government, although the electoral district has very little to no overlap with the historic St. Paul's Ward and beginning in the 2015 Canadian federal election, the electoral district was renamed Toronto—St. Paul's. This meant that the St. Paul's electoral district is a misnomer for much of the history of the electoral district.

For the purposes of geographic distinction, Old Toronto is broken down into four subsections:

Downtown Core (Central)

East End

North End

West End

East York

An autonomous urban borough until 1997, East York is located north of Danforth Avenue between the Don River to the west and Victoria Park Avenue to the east. East York was an exclave of York from 1922 to 1924. East York developed contemporaneously with the West End of old Toronto, and it is similar in form and character. In 1967, East York was expanded to include the Town of Leaside. Since the 1998 amalgamation, it is administered together with old Toronto, and separate from Scarborough, North York, and Etobicoke-York, by the "Toronto and East York Neighbourhood Council".

East York itself is commonly divided into two zones with mainly Edwardian urban neighbourhoods situated south of Taylor-Massey Creek and referred to as Old East York.

Etobicoke

The former township and city of Etobicoke is on the west side of the Humber River. Several of its neighbourhoods, such as Long Branch, New Toronto, and Mimico, were villages independent of Etobicoke. Others, such as Claireville, Islington and Thistletown were former postal villages established when Etobicoke was an agrarian district. Others are residential subdivisions built after World War II as Toronto expanded.

Etobicoke is often divided into three zones: north, central, and south, roughly approximate to that of the electoral districts of all three levels of government.

North York

The former city of North York is located north of York, Old Toronto, and East York, from the Humber River to the west and Victoria Park Avenue to the east. North York is split by Yonge Street into an east section and a west section. Several of North York's neighbourhoods (such as Lansing, Newtonboork and Willowdale) developed from postal villages when North York Township was primarily agrarian. Others are residential subdivisions developed after World War II. North York City Centre is a commercial district developed to be the 'downtown' of the city.

Scarborough

The district of Scarborough extends from the east side of Victoria Park Avenue to the eastern border of Toronto. West Rouge was transferred from Pickering to Scarborough in 1974 as part of the establishment of Durham Region. It is the largest district by area.

Many of the neigbourhoods, such as Agincourt, Brown's Corners and Milliken, correspond to former postal villages supporting the then-agrarian township. Others are residential subdivisions developed after World War II. Others are commercial districts.

York

The former city of York is situated between Old Toronto and North York, west of Bathurst Street (aside from the neighbourhood of Tichester at the southeasternmost corner of the former city, which extends as far east as Walmer Road and includes much of St. Clair West station). The community of Weston, to the northwest, was itself an independent village. Several neighbourhoods are former residential subdivisions built on the border with Toronto before and after World War II.

York is often considered to be of two sections: a western section and an eastern section, on either side of GO Transit's Barrie rail line.

History

Main article: History of neighbourhoods in Toronto
See also: Amalgamation of Toronto

Multiple listing service districts and neighbourhoods

After the update of Toronto Multiple listing service (MLS) on July 5, 2011, the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) introduced a new search feature for the Toronto MLS, used by real estate agents operating in the region. MLS searches can be refined at three levels and MLS users can search houses by area, then by municipality, and then by neighbourhood or community. As with the other MLS services for other jurisdictions, it used Microsoft's Bing Maps for its web mapping features until 2018, when it switched to Google Maps. These feature changes were the first change of this magnitude in about 50 years of Toronto MLS history since its establishment.[5]

The change was designed to eliminate the obsolete coding systems whereby Greater Toronto was divided into 86 artificial districts denominated by alphanumeric codes. Due to the growing population in the city and the increasing difficulty of browsing the code-based system, the TREB made a radical change, which is intended to simplify the use of MLS for real estate agents and home buyers.[6]

Because Toronto is a populous municipality of its own, the core city area will continue to be split into coded districts, although each of the districts will in turn contain neighbourhoods. Hence, the City will be easily searchable as well.[6]

The following table contains a complete list of Toronto districts with a possibly incomplete list of Toronto neighbourhoods within each district:[7][8]

District Number Neighbourhoods Included
C01 Downtown, Harbourfront, Little Italy, Little Portugal, Dufferin Grove, Palmerston, University, Bay Street Corridor, Kensington Market, Chinatown, Trinity Bellwoods, South Niagara, Island airport, The Islands, Waterfront communities C1, Queen's Park, Ontario Provincial Government, Victoria Hotel, Central Bay Street, First Canadian Place, Design Exchange, Adelaide, Union Station
C02 The Annex, Yorkville, South Hill, Summerhill, Wychwood Park, Deer Park, Casa Loma
C03 Forest Hill South, Oakwood–Vaughan, Humewood–Cedarvale, Corso Italia, Forest Hill Road Park
C04 Bedford Park, Lawrence Manor, North Toronto, Forest Hill North, Lawrence Park, Lawrence Heights, Roselawn
C06 North York, Clanton Park, Bathurst Manor
C07 Willowdale West, Newtonbrook West, Westminster–Branson, Lansing-Westgate
C08 Cabbagetown, St. Lawrence Market, Toronto waterfront, Moss Park, Church and Wellesley, Garden District, Regent Park, St. James Town, Ryerson, Berczy Park
C09 Moore Park, Rosedale
C10 Davisville Village, Midtown Toronto, Mount Pleasant, Davisville North, Davisville
C11 Leaside, Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park
C12 York Mills, St.Andrew - Windfields, Bridle Path, Sunnybrook, York Mills West
C13 Don Mills, Parkwoods–Donalda, Victoria Village, Banbury, Parkwoods
C14 Newtonbrook East, Willowdale East, Newtonbrook
C15 Hillcrest Village, Bayview Woods-Steeles, Bayview Village, Don Valley Village, Henry Farm, Pleasant View
E01 Riverdale, Danforth (Greektown), Leslieville, Blake-Jones, Greenwood, Coxwell, Studio District
E02 The Beaches, Woodbine Corridor, East End - Danforth, The Beaches West, South Central Letter Processing Plant Toronto
E03 Danforth (Greektown), East York, Playter Estates, Broadview North (Old East York), O'Connor–Parkview, Crescent Town, Woodbine Heights, Woodbine Gardens, Parkview Hill
E04 The Golden Mile, Dorset Park, Wexford, Maryvale, Scarborough Junction (Kennedy Park), Ionview, Clairlea, Birchmount
E05 Steeles, L'Amoreaux West, Tam O'Shanter – Sullivan, Clarks Corners, L'Amoreaux
E06 Birch Cliff, Oakridge, Hunt Club, Cliffside
E07 Agincourt, Malvern West, Milliken
E08 Scarborough Village, Cliffcrest, Guildwood, Eglinton East (Knob Hill)
E09 Scarborough City Centre, Woburn, Morningside, Bendale (Cedarbrae), Cedarbrae
E10 Rouge (South), Port Union (Centennial Scarborough), West Hill, Highland Creek, Port Union
E11 Rouge (West), Malvern, Rouge, Upper Rouge
W01 High Park, South Parkdale, Swansea, Roncesvalles Village, Roncesvalles, Parkdale Village
W02 Bloor West Village, Baby Point, The Junction (Junction Area), High Park North, Runnymede, Dovercourt Village, Christie
W03 Keelesdale, Little Jamaica, Rockcliffe–Smythe, Weston-Pellam Park, Corso Italia, Davenport, Caledonia-Fairbanks
W04 York, Glen Park, Amesbury (Brookhaven), Pelmo Park – Humberlea, Weston, Fairbank (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Maple Leaf, Mount Dennis, Pelmo Park – Humberlea W4, Beechborough, Greenbrook, Yorkdale, Rustic, Glencairn, Upwood Park
W05 Downsview, Humber Summit, Humbermede (Emery), Jane and Finch (Black Creek or Glenfield-Jane Heights), York University Heights, York University, Pelmo Park – Humberlea W5, Downsview-Roding-CFB, Emery
W06 New Toronto, Long Branch, Mimico, Alderwood, Humber Bay Shores
W07 Sunnylea (The Queensway – Humber Bay), Sunnylea, Stonegate - Queenway, Thompson Orchard
W08 The Kingsway, Central Etobicoke, Eringate – Centennial – West Deane, Princess-Rosethorn, Edenbridge-Humber Valley, Islington–City Centre West, Markland Wood, Royal York South West, Princess Gardens, Humber Valley Village
W09 Kingsview Village-The Westway, Richview (Willowridge), Humber Heights – Westmount, Martin Grove Gardens, Kingsview Village, Westmount
W10 Rexdale, Claireville, Thistletown - Beaumond Heights, Smithfield: Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown, The Elms (Elms-Old Rexdale), West Humber - Claireville, Mount Olive

Business improvement areas

There are also several dozen city designated business improvement areas, covering almost all of Toronto's commercial areas. Some of these serve a particular ethnic group or several similar ethnic groups as part of an ethnic enclave.

Lists of city-designated neighbourhoods

For administrative purposes, the City of Toronto divides the city into 140 neighbourhoods. These divisions are used for internal planning purposes. The boundaries and names often do not conform to the usage of the general population or designated business improvement areas. A number of neighbourhood maps of Toronto do exist, some produced by real estate firms and some by Internet portals. A project to map the neighbourhoods according to the common usage of the residents was done by the Toronto Star newspaper. Based on feedback from Star readers, it has produced the most comprehensive, albeit informal, neighbourhood map.

Table

CDN number City-designated neighbourhood Former city/borough Neighbourhoods covered Map
129 Agincourt North Scarborough Agincourt and Brimwood
128 Agincourt South-Malvern West Scarborough Agincourt and Malvern  
20 Alderwood Etobicoke Alderwood  
95 Annex Old City of Toronto The Annex and Seaton Village  
42 Banbury-Don Mills North York Don Mills
34 Bathurst Manor North York Bathurst Manor
76 Bay Street Corridor Old City of Toronto Bay Street, Financial District
52 Bayview Village North York Bayview Village
49 Bayview Woods-Steeles North York Bayview Woods
39 Bedford Park-Nortown North York Bedford Park, Ledbury Park, and Nortown  
112 Beechborough-Greenbrook York Keelesdale and Silverthorn  
127 Bendale Scarborough Bendale
122 Birchcliffe-Cliffside Scarborough Birch Cliff and Cliffside
24 Black Creek North York Jane and Finch
69 Blake-Jones Old City of Toronto The Pocket and Riverdale  
108 Briar Hill-Belgravia York Fairbank  
41 Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills North York The Bridle Path and York Mills
57 Broadview North East York Old East York
30 Brookhaven-Amesbury North York Amesbury
71 Cabbagetown-South St. James Town Old City of Toronto Cabbagetown and St. James Town
109 Caledonia-Fairbank York Fairbank and Cedarvale
96 Casa Loma Old City of Toronto Casa Loma and Wychwood  
133 Centennial Scarborough Scarborough Port Union and Centennial
75 Church-Yonge Corridor Old City of Toronto Church and Wellesley and Toronto Metropolitan University
120 Clairlea-Birchmount Scarborough Clairlea
33 Clanton Park North York Wilson Heights  
123 Cliffcrest Scarborough Cliffside
92 Corso Italia-Davenport Old City of Toronto Corso Italia, Davenport, Earlscourt, and Regal Heights  
61 Crescent Town East York Crescent Town
59 Danforth - East York East York Old East York, The Danforth
66 Danforth Old City of Toronto The Danforth
47 Don Valley Village North York Don Valley Village, The Peanut
126 Dorset Park Scarborough Dorset Park
93 Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction Old City of Toronto Dovercourt Park, Wallace Emerson, Junction Triangle and Davenport  
26 Downsview-Roding-CFB North York Downsview  
83 Dufferin Grove Old City of Toronto Brockton and Dufferin Grove  
62 East End-Danforth Old City of Toronto Upper Beaches, East Danforth
9 Edenbridge-Humber Valley Etobicoke Humber Valley
138 Eglinton East Scarborough Eglinton East  
5 Elms-Old Rexdale Etobicoke The Elms and Rexdale
32 Englemount-Lawrence North York Lawrence Manor and Glen Park  
11 Eringate-Centennial-West Deane Etobicoke Centennial Park and West Deane Park
13 Etobicoke West Mall Etobicoke Centennial Park and Eatonville  
44 Flemingdon Park North York Flemingdon Park
102 Forest Hill North Old City of Toronto Forest Hill  
101 Forest Hill South Old City of Toronto Forest Hill  
25 Glenfield-Jane Heights North York Jane and Finch
65 Greenwood-Coxwell Old City of Toronto Leslieville
140 Guildwood Scarborough Guildwood  
53 Henry Farm North York Henry Farm
88 High Park North Old City of Toronto High Park North, West Bend  
87 High Park-Swansea Old City of Toronto High Park, Roncesvalles and Swansea
134 Highland Creek Scarborough Highland Creek
48 Hillcrest Village North York Hillcrest Village
8 Humber Heights-Westmount Etobicoke Humber Heights-Westmount
21 Humber Summit North York Humber Summit
22 Humbermede North York Humbermede and Emery
106 Humewood-Cedarvale York Cedarvale and Humewood  
125 Ionview Scarborough Ionview  
14 Islington-City Centre West Etobicoke Islington-Six Points  
90 Junction Area Old City of Toronto The Junction  
110 Keelesdale-Eglinton West York Keelesdale and Silverthorn  
124 Kennedy Park Scarborough Scarborough Junction
78 Kensington-Chinatown Old City of Toronto Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Grange Park, Kensington Market
6 Kingsview Village-The Westway Etobicoke Kingsview Village and Richview  
15 Kingsway South Etobicoke The Kingsway
117 L'Amoreaux Scarborough L'Amoreaux, Leacock, and Bridlewood
114 Lambton Baby Point York Baby Point and Old Mill  
38 Lansing-Westgate North York Lansing
105 Lawrence Park North Old City of Toronto Bedford Park, Teddington Park, and Wanless Park
103 Lawrence Park South Old City of Toronto Lawrence Park, Lytton Park, North Toronto
56 Leaside-Bennington East York Leaside
84 Little Portugal Old City of Toronto Little Portugal and Brockton
19 Long Branch Etobicoke Long Branch  
132 Malvern Scarborough Malvern  
29 Maple Leaf North York
12 Markland Wood Etobicoke Markland Wood
130 Milliken Scarborough Milliken
17 Mimico Etobicoke Mimico  
135 Morningside Scarborough Morningside
73 Moss Park Old City of Toronto Moss Park, Corktown and Garden District  
115 Mount Dennis York Mount Dennis  
2 Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown Etobicoke Smithfield  
99 Mount Pleasant East Old City of Toronto Davisville Village, North Toronto
104 Mount Pleasant West Old City of Toronto Davisville Village, North Toronto
18 New Toronto Etobicoke New Toronto  
50 Newtonbrook East North York Newtonbrook
36 Newtonbrook West North York Newtonbrook
82 Niagara Old City of Toronto Niagara, Liberty Village, Exhibition Place  
68 North Riverdale Old City of Toronto Riverdale
74 North St. James Town Old City of Toronto St. James Town
54 O'Connor-Parkview East York Parkview Hills, Topham Park
121 Oakridge Scarborough Oakridge
107 Oakwood Village York Oakwood Village  
58 Old East York East York Old East York
80 Palmerston-Little Italy Old City of Toronto Little Italy and Palmerston
45 Parkwoods-Donalda North York Parkwoods
23 Pelmo Park-Humberlea North York Humberlea  
67 Playter Estates-Danforth Old City of Toronto Playter Estates and Greektown
46 Pleasant View North York Pleasant View
10 Princess-Rosethorn Etobicoke Princess Anne Manor, Thorncrest Village, and Princess Margaret
72 Regent Park Old City of Toronto Regent Park, Trefann Court  
4 Rexdale-Kipling Etobicoke Rexdale
111 Rockcliffe-Smythe York Harwood, Syme
86 Roncesvalles Old City of Toronto Roncesvalles  
98 Rosedale-Moore Park Old City of Toronto Rosedale and Moore Park
131 Rouge Scarborough West Rouge, Rouge Park
89 Runnymede-Bloor West Village Old City of Toronto Runnymede-Bloor West Village
28 Rustic North York
139 Scarborough Village Scarborough
70 South Riverdale Old City of Toronto
85 South Parkdale Old City of Toronto Parkdale, South Parkdale
40 St. Andrew-Windfields North York York Mills and Hoggs Hollow
116 Steeles Scarborough
16 Stonegate-Queensway Etobicoke Humber Bay, Queensway
118 Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan Scarborough
63 The Beaches Old City of Toronto The Beach/Beaches, Beaches North
3 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights Etobicoke
55 Thorncliffe Park East York
81 Trinity-Bellwoods Old City of Toronto
79 University Old City of Toronto
43 Victoria Village North York
77 Waterfront Communities-The Island Old City of Toronto Distillery District, Old Town, St. Lawrence
136 West Hill Scarborough
1 West Humber-Clairville Etobicoke
35 Westminster-Branson North York
113 Weston York
91 Weston-Pelham Park Old City of Toronto Carlton, Davenport, St. Clair Gardens
119 Wexford-Maryvale Scarborough
51 Willowdale East North York
37 Willowdale West North York
7 Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview Etobicoke
137 Woburn Scarborough
64 Woodbine Corridor Old City of Toronto
60 Woodbine-Lumsden East York
94 Wychwood Old City of Toronto
100 Yonge–Eglinton Old City of Toronto Chaplin Estates
97 Yonge-St. Clair Old City of Toronto
27 York University Heights North York
31 Yorkdale-Glen Park North York Glen Park, Lawrence Heights

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Globe's Insider's City Guides: Toronto" John Allemang, Tralee Pearce. The Globe and Mail. Jun 11, 2003. pg. T.1
  2. ^ Toronto, City of (14 July 2017). "Data, Research & Maps". toronto.ca.
  3. ^ (PDF). toronto.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-01-03. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  4. ^ "Areas and Suburbs in Toronto | Expat Arrivals". Expat Arrivals. 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  5. ^ New Zoning in Toronto MLS Brings Neighbourhood Names and Municipalities by Jamie Sarner, accessed on July 5, 2011.
  6. ^ a b MLS Zoning Change: TREB Introducing Friendly Community Names 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine by ILoveToronto.com, accessed on July 5, 2011.
  7. ^ Looking at Homes: Your Daily Listings by Jamie Sarner, accessed on July 5, 2011.
  8. ^ TREB Zones & Regions 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine by Toronto Real Estate Board, accessed on July 5, 2011.

External links

  • City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles
  • Toronto Star Neighbourhood map
  • Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
  • Blog TO Neighbourhood map - focusing on restaurant and shopping districts

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The strength and vitality of the many neighbourhoods that make up Toronto Ontario Canada has earned the city its unofficial nickname of the city of neighbourhoods 1 There are over 140 neighbourhoods officially recognized by the City of Toronto 2 and upwards of 240 official and unofficial neighbourhoods within city limits 3 Roncesvalles a core neighbourhood of Toronto in 2001 The current City of Toronto is the amalgamation of the former Metropolitan Toronto municipalities These are East York Etobicoke North York Scarborough Toronto and York each of which retains a community history The names of these municipalities are still often used by Toronto residents sometimes for disambiguation purposes as amalgamation resulted in duplicated street names The area known as Toronto before the 1998 amalgamation is sometimes called the old City of Toronto and the core For administrative purposes Toronto is divided into four districts Etobicoke York North York Scarborough and Toronto East York Map of Toronto including the former municipalities that existed before 1998 The former Toronto district is by far the most populous and densest part of the city It is also the business and administrative centre of the city The uniquely Torontonian bay and gable housing style is common throughout the former city The inner ring suburbs of York and East York are older predominantly middle income areas and ethnically diverse Much of the housing stock in these areas consists of pre World War II single family houses and some post war high rises Many of the neighbourhoods in these areas were built up as streetcar suburbs and contain many dense and mixed use streets some of which are one way They share many characteristics with sections of the old city outside the downtown core The outer ring suburbs of Etobicoke Scarborough and North York are much more suburban in nature although these districts are developing urban centres of their own such as North York City Centre around Mel Lastman Square The following is a list of the more notable neighbourhoods organized by former municipality Contents 1 Neighbourhoods by former municipality 1 1 Toronto 1 1 1 Downtown Core Central 1 1 2 East End 1 1 3 North End 1 1 4 West End 1 2 East York 1 3 Etobicoke 1 4 North York 1 5 Scarborough 1 6 York 2 History 3 Multiple listing service districts and neighbourhoods 4 Business improvement areas 5 Lists of city designated neighbourhoods 5 1 Table 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksNeighbourhoods by former municipality EditToronto Edit Old Toronto refers to the City of Toronto and its boundaries from 1967 to 1997 It is sometimes referred to as the South or Central district and includes the downtown core Some of these names such as The Fashion District are or were used as marketing for the areas or by BIAs this area is actually called King Spadina by locals Another example is the Old Town of York also known as King and Parliament although that intersection is one block east of the original ten blocks that formed the old town Some people in the area also consider it to be a suburb of the main city of Toronto as many choose to move there in pursuit of a more relaxed and backwoods vibe 4 Many were recreated or named to reconnect the areas with their past history early beginnings or even recent use and prominence Some historical city wards used in the 19th century are no longer used St David s St John s St Paul s St George s St Andrew s and St Patrick s wards There was a ward named for the patron saint of each of the three British nationalities English St George Scottish St Andrew Welsh St David and Irish St Patrick St George St Andrew and St Patrick still survive as subway stations though St George station is not named after the ward but after St George Street instead itself named after Quetton St George a local landowner St Lawrence s Ward named after the patron saint of Canada and the river itself also named after the saint remains known today as St Lawrence St Paul s named after the saint remains as the name of an electoral district for each of the three levels of government although the electoral district has very little to no overlap with the historic St Paul s Ward and beginning in the 2015 Canadian federal election the electoral district was renamed Toronto St Paul s This meant that the St Paul s electoral district is a misnomer for much of the history of the electoral district For the purposes of geographic distinction Old Toronto is broken down into four subsections Downtown Core Central Edit Alexandra Park The Annex Baldwin Village Cabbagetown CityPlace Chinatown Church and Wellesley Corktown Discovery District Distillery District Entertainment District East Bayfront Fashion District Financial District Garden District Grange Park Harbord Village Harbourfront Kensington Market Little Japan within the northern half of the former First Chinatown within what was once The Ward Moss Park Old Town Quayside future planned neighbourhood Queen Street West Regent Park South Core St James Town St Lawrence Toronto Islands Trefann Court University includes Huron Sussex Yorkville Old newspaper office in Cabbagetown East End Edit The Beaches also known as The Beach East Chinatown East Danforth Gerrard Street East Gerrard India Bazaar or Little India Greektown also known as The Danforth after the street it is on Leslieville Main Square Playter Estates Port Lands Riverdale Upper Beaches Villiers Island future planned neighbourhood on an artificial island at the mouths of the Don River in the Port Lands Shops along Queen Street East in the Beaches North End Edit Bedford Park Casa Loma Chaplin Estates Davisville Village Deer Park Yonge and St Clair Forest Hill and Forest Hill Village and Upper Village Lawrence Park Lytton Park Midtown Moore Park North Toronto Rosedale South Hill includes Rathnelly Summerhill Uptown Wanless Park Wychwood Park Yonge Eglinton considered centre of Midtown Toronto Chaplin Estates in North Toronto West End Edit Beaconsfield Village Bloor West Village Bloorcourt Village Bracondale Hill Brockton Village Carleton Village Corso Italia Davenport Dovercourt Park Dufferin Grove Earlscourt Fort York High Park The Junction formerly West Toronto a short section on Dundas Street also contains Little Malta Junction Triangle Koreatown Liberty Village Little Italy Little Portugal Little Tibet Mirvish Village Niagara Ordinance Triangle Palmerston Parkdale Queen Street West Regal Heights Roncesvalles Runnymede Seaton Village Swansea Trinity Bellwoods Wallace Emerson Bay and gable houses in Little Italy East York Edit An autonomous urban borough until 1997 East York is located north of Danforth Avenue between the Don River to the west and Victoria Park Avenue to the east East York was an exclave of York from 1922 to 1924 East York developed contemporaneously with the West End of old Toronto and it is similar in form and character In 1967 East York was expanded to include the Town of Leaside Since the 1998 amalgamation it is administered together with old Toronto and separate from Scarborough North York and Etobicoke York by the Toronto and East York Neighbourhood Council East York itself is commonly divided into two zones with mainly Edwardian urban neighbourhoods situated south of Taylor Massey Creek and referred to as Old East York Old East York Broadview North Crescent Town East Danforth Pape Village Woodbine Heights Suburban East York Bermondsey Governor s Bridge Leaside O Connor Parkview Thorncliffe Park Bungalows in Old East York Etobicoke Edit The former township and city of Etobicoke is on the west side of the Humber River Several of its neighbourhoods such as Long Branch New Toronto and Mimico were villages independent of Etobicoke Others such as Claireville Islington and Thistletown were former postal villages established when Etobicoke was an agrarian district Others are residential subdivisions built after World War II as Toronto expanded Etobicoke is often divided into three zones north central and south roughly approximate to that of the electoral districts of all three levels of government Alderwood Centennial Park Claireville Eatonville Etobicoke West Mall The Elms Eringate Centennial West Deane Humber Bay Humber Heights Westmount Humber Valley Village Humberwood Islington City Centre West Kingsview Village The Westway The Kingsway Long Branch Markland Wood Mimico New Toronto Princess Gardens Rexdale Richview Smithfield Stonegate Queensway Sunnylea Thistletown Thorncrest Village West Humber Clairville West Deane Park Willowridge Office towers at Islington City Centre West North York Edit The former city of North York is located north of York Old Toronto and East York from the Humber River to the west and Victoria Park Avenue to the east North York is split by Yonge Street into an east section and a west section Several of North York s neighbourhoods such as Lansing Newtonboork and Willowdale developed from postal villages when North York Township was primarily agrarian Others are residential subdivisions developed after World War II North York City Centre is a commercial district developed to be the downtown of the city Amesbury Armour Heights Bathurst Manor Bayview Village Bayview Woods Steeles Bermondsey Black Creek The Bridle Path Clanton Park Wilson Heights Don Mills Don Valley Village The Peanut Downsview Flemingdon Park Glen Park Yorkdale Glen Park Englemount Marlee Village Henry Farm Hillcrest Village Hoggs Hollow Humber Summit Humbermede Emery Jane and Finch University Heights Elia Lansing Lawrence Heights Lawrence Manor Ledbury Park Maple Leaf Newtonbrook North York City Centre Parkway Forest Parkwoods Pelmo Park Humberlea Pleasant View Uptown Toronto Victoria Village Westminster Branson Willowdale York Mills York University Heights Village at York North York City Centre in 2015 Scarborough Edit The district of Scarborough extends from the east side of Victoria Park Avenue to the eastern border of Toronto West Rouge was transferred from Pickering to Scarborough in 1974 as part of the establishment of Durham Region It is the largest district by area Many of the neigbourhoods such as Agincourt Brown s Corners and Milliken correspond to former postal villages supporting the then agrarian township Others are residential subdivisions developed after World War II Others are commercial districts Agincourt Armadale Bendale Cedarbrae Birch Cliff Brown s Corners historical Clairlea Cliffside Cliffcrest Dorset Park Eglinton East Golden Mile Guildwood Highland Creek Ionview L Amoreaux Malvern Maryvale Milliken also in Markham Morningside Morningside Heights Oakridge Port Union Centennial Scarborough Rouge Scarborough City Centre Scarborough Junction Scarborough Village Steeles Tam O Shanter Sullivan West Hill West Rouge Wexford Woburn Victoria Park subway station and apartments in Oakridge York Edit The former city of York is situated between Old Toronto and North York west of Bathurst Street aside from the neighbourhood of Tichester at the southeasternmost corner of the former city which extends as far east as Walmer Road and includes much of St Clair West station The community of Weston to the northwest was itself an independent village Several neighbourhoods are former residential subdivisions built on the border with Toronto before and after World War II York is often considered to be of two sections a western section and an eastern section on either side of GO Transit s Barrie rail line Briar Hill Belgravia Fairbank Caledonia Fairbank Humewood Cedarvale includes Upper Village also part of Forest Hill Lambton Baby Point Little Jamaica Eglinton West Mount Dennis Oakwood Village includes Five Points and Northcliffe formerly known as Oakwood Vaughan Old Mill Rockcliffe Smythe Silverthorn Keelesdale Tichester Weston Businesses and apartments along Weston Road in WestonHistory EditMain article History of neighbourhoods in Toronto See also Amalgamation of TorontoMultiple listing service districts and neighbourhoods EditAfter the update of Toronto Multiple listing service MLS on July 5 2011 the Toronto Real Estate Board TREB introduced a new search feature for the Toronto MLS used by real estate agents operating in the region MLS searches can be refined at three levels and MLS users can search houses by area then by municipality and then by neighbourhood or community As with the other MLS services for other jurisdictions it used Microsoft s Bing Maps for its web mapping features until 2018 when it switched to Google Maps These feature changes were the first change of this magnitude in about 50 years of Toronto MLS history since its establishment 5 The change was designed to eliminate the obsolete coding systems whereby Greater Toronto was divided into 86 artificial districts denominated by alphanumeric codes Due to the growing population in the city and the increasing difficulty of browsing the code based system the TREB made a radical change which is intended to simplify the use of MLS for real estate agents and home buyers 6 Because Toronto is a populous municipality of its own the core city area will continue to be split into coded districts although each of the districts will in turn contain neighbourhoods Hence the City will be easily searchable as well 6 The following table contains a complete list of Toronto districts with a possibly incomplete list of Toronto neighbourhoods within each district 7 8 District Number Neighbourhoods IncludedC01 Downtown Harbourfront Little Italy Little Portugal Dufferin Grove Palmerston University Bay Street Corridor Kensington Market Chinatown Trinity Bellwoods South Niagara Island airport The Islands Waterfront communities C1 Queen s Park Ontario Provincial Government Victoria Hotel Central Bay Street First Canadian Place Design Exchange Adelaide Union StationC02 The Annex Yorkville South Hill Summerhill Wychwood Park Deer Park Casa LomaC03 Forest Hill South Oakwood Vaughan Humewood Cedarvale Corso Italia Forest Hill Road ParkC04 Bedford Park Lawrence Manor North Toronto Forest Hill North Lawrence Park Lawrence Heights RoselawnC06 North York Clanton Park Bathurst ManorC07 Willowdale West Newtonbrook West Westminster Branson Lansing WestgateC08 Cabbagetown St Lawrence Market Toronto waterfront Moss Park Church and Wellesley Garden District Regent Park St James Town Ryerson Berczy ParkC09 Moore Park RosedaleC10 Davisville Village Midtown Toronto Mount Pleasant Davisville North DavisvilleC11 Leaside Thorncliffe Park Flemingdon ParkC12 York Mills St Andrew Windfields Bridle Path Sunnybrook York Mills WestC13 Don Mills Parkwoods Donalda Victoria Village Banbury ParkwoodsC14 Newtonbrook East Willowdale East NewtonbrookC15 Hillcrest Village Bayview Woods Steeles Bayview Village Don Valley Village Henry Farm Pleasant ViewE01 Riverdale Danforth Greektown Leslieville Blake Jones Greenwood Coxwell Studio DistrictE02 The Beaches Woodbine Corridor East End Danforth The Beaches West South Central Letter Processing Plant TorontoE03 Danforth Greektown East York Playter Estates Broadview North Old East York O Connor Parkview Crescent Town Woodbine Heights Woodbine Gardens Parkview HillE04 The Golden Mile Dorset Park Wexford Maryvale Scarborough Junction Kennedy Park Ionview Clairlea BirchmountE05 Steeles L Amoreaux West Tam O Shanter Sullivan Clarks Corners L AmoreauxE06 Birch Cliff Oakridge Hunt Club CliffsideE07 Agincourt Malvern West MillikenE08 Scarborough Village Cliffcrest Guildwood Eglinton East Knob Hill E09 Scarborough City Centre Woburn Morningside Bendale Cedarbrae CedarbraeE10 Rouge South Port Union Centennial Scarborough West Hill Highland Creek Port UnionE11 Rouge West Malvern Rouge Upper RougeW01 High Park South Parkdale Swansea Roncesvalles Village Roncesvalles Parkdale VillageW02 Bloor West Village Baby Point The Junction Junction Area High Park North Runnymede Dovercourt Village ChristieW03 Keelesdale Little Jamaica Rockcliffe Smythe Weston Pellam Park Corso Italia Davenport Caledonia FairbanksW04 York Glen Park Amesbury Brookhaven Pelmo Park Humberlea Weston Fairbank Briar Hill Belgravia Maple Leaf Mount Dennis Pelmo Park Humberlea W4 Beechborough Greenbrook Yorkdale Rustic Glencairn Upwood ParkW05 Downsview Humber Summit Humbermede Emery Jane and Finch Black Creek or Glenfield Jane Heights York University Heights York University Pelmo Park Humberlea W5 Downsview Roding CFB EmeryW06 New Toronto Long Branch Mimico Alderwood Humber Bay ShoresW07 Sunnylea The Queensway Humber Bay Sunnylea Stonegate Queenway Thompson OrchardW08 The Kingsway Central Etobicoke Eringate Centennial West Deane Princess Rosethorn Edenbridge Humber Valley Islington City Centre West Markland Wood Royal York South West Princess Gardens Humber Valley VillageW09 Kingsview Village The Westway Richview Willowridge Humber Heights Westmount Martin Grove Gardens Kingsview Village WestmountW10 Rexdale Claireville Thistletown Beaumond Heights Smithfield Mount Olive Silverstone Jamestown The Elms Elms Old Rexdale West Humber Claireville Mount OliveBusiness improvement areas EditThere are also several dozen city designated business improvement areas covering almost all of Toronto s commercial areas Some of these serve a particular ethnic group or several similar ethnic groups as part of an ethnic enclave Albion Islington Square The Beaches Bloor Annex Bloor by the Park Bloor West Village Bloor Yorkville Bloorcourt Village Bloordale Village Chinatown Church and Wellesley College Promenade College West Corso Italia Danforth Mosaic Danforth Village The Danforth Dovercourt Village Downtown Yonge Dundas Bathurst Dundas West Eglinton Hill Eglinton Way Emery Village Fairbank Village Forest Hill Village Gerrard India Bazaar Greektown on the Danforth Harbord Street Hillcrest Village Historic Queen Street The Junction Kennedy Road Kingsway Knob Hill Plaza Koreatown Lakeshore Village Liberty Village Little Italy Little Portugal Long Branch Village Mimico by the Lake Mimico Village Mirvish Village Mount Dennis Oakwood Village Old Cabbagetown Pape Village Parkdale Village Queen s Quay Harbourfront Regal Heights Village Riverside District Roncesvalles Village Rosedale Main Street Sheppard East Village St Clair Gardens St Lawrence Market Neighbourhood Toronto Entertainment District Upper Village Uptown Yonge Village of Islington West Queen West Weston Village Wexford Heights Wychwood Heights Yonge Lawrence Village Yonge St Clair York EglintonLists of city designated neighbourhoods EditFor administrative purposes the City of Toronto divides the city into 140 neighbourhoods These divisions are used for internal planning purposes The boundaries and names often do not conform to the usage of the general population or designated business improvement areas A number of neighbourhood maps of Toronto do exist some produced by real estate firms and some by Internet portals A project to map the neighbourhoods according to the common usage of the residents was done by the Toronto Star newspaper Based on feedback from Star readers it has produced the most comprehensive albeit informal neighbourhood map Table Edit CDN number City designated neighbourhood Former city borough Neighbourhoods covered Map129 Agincourt North Scarborough Agincourt and Brimwood128 Agincourt South Malvern West Scarborough Agincourt and Malvern 20 Alderwood Etobicoke Alderwood 95 Annex Old City of Toronto The Annex and Seaton Village 42 Banbury Don Mills North York Don Mills34 Bathurst Manor North York Bathurst Manor76 Bay Street Corridor Old City of Toronto Bay Street Financial District52 Bayview Village North York Bayview Village49 Bayview Woods Steeles North York Bayview Woods39 Bedford Park Nortown North York Bedford Park Ledbury Park and Nortown 112 Beechborough Greenbrook York Keelesdale and Silverthorn 127 Bendale Scarborough Bendale122 Birchcliffe Cliffside Scarborough Birch Cliff and Cliffside24 Black Creek North York Jane and Finch69 Blake Jones Old City of Toronto The Pocket and Riverdale 108 Briar Hill Belgravia York Fairbank 41 Bridle Path Sunnybrook York Mills North York The Bridle Path and York Mills57 Broadview North East York Old East York30 Brookhaven Amesbury North York Amesbury71 Cabbagetown South St James Town Old City of Toronto Cabbagetown and St James Town109 Caledonia Fairbank York Fairbank and Cedarvale96 Casa Loma Old City of Toronto Casa Loma and Wychwood 133 Centennial Scarborough Scarborough Port Union and Centennial75 Church Yonge Corridor Old City of Toronto Church and Wellesley and Toronto Metropolitan University120 Clairlea Birchmount Scarborough Clairlea33 Clanton Park North York Wilson Heights 123 Cliffcrest Scarborough Cliffside92 Corso Italia Davenport Old City of Toronto Corso Italia Davenport Earlscourt and Regal Heights 61 Crescent Town East York Crescent Town59 Danforth East York East York Old East York The Danforth66 Danforth Old City of Toronto The Danforth47 Don Valley Village North York Don Valley Village The Peanut126 Dorset Park Scarborough Dorset Park93 Dovercourt Wallace Emerson Junction Old City of Toronto Dovercourt Park Wallace Emerson Junction Triangle and Davenport 26 Downsview Roding CFB North York Downsview 83 Dufferin Grove Old City of Toronto Brockton and Dufferin Grove 62 East End Danforth Old City of Toronto Upper Beaches East Danforth9 Edenbridge Humber Valley Etobicoke Humber Valley138 Eglinton East Scarborough Eglinton East 5 Elms Old Rexdale Etobicoke The Elms and Rexdale32 Englemount Lawrence North York Lawrence Manor and Glen Park 11 Eringate Centennial West Deane Etobicoke Centennial Park and West Deane Park13 Etobicoke West Mall Etobicoke Centennial Park and Eatonville 44 Flemingdon Park North York Flemingdon Park102 Forest Hill North Old City of Toronto Forest Hill 101 Forest Hill South Old City of Toronto Forest Hill 25 Glenfield Jane Heights North York Jane and Finch65 Greenwood Coxwell Old City of Toronto Leslieville140 Guildwood Scarborough Guildwood 53 Henry Farm North York Henry Farm88 High Park North Old City of Toronto High Park North West Bend 87 High Park Swansea Old City of Toronto High Park Roncesvalles and Swansea134 Highland Creek Scarborough Highland Creek48 Hillcrest Village North York Hillcrest Village8 Humber Heights Westmount Etobicoke Humber Heights Westmount21 Humber Summit North York Humber Summit22 Humbermede North York Humbermede and Emery106 Humewood Cedarvale York Cedarvale and Humewood 125 Ionview Scarborough Ionview 14 Islington City Centre West Etobicoke Islington Six Points 90 Junction Area Old City of Toronto The Junction 110 Keelesdale Eglinton West York Keelesdale and Silverthorn 124 Kennedy Park Scarborough Scarborough Junction78 Kensington Chinatown Old City of Toronto Alexandra Park Chinatown Grange Park Kensington Market6 Kingsview Village The Westway Etobicoke Kingsview Village and Richview 15 Kingsway South Etobicoke The Kingsway117 L Amoreaux Scarborough L Amoreaux Leacock and Bridlewood114 Lambton Baby Point York Baby Point and Old Mill 38 Lansing Westgate North York Lansing105 Lawrence Park North Old City of Toronto Bedford Park Teddington Park and Wanless Park103 Lawrence Park South Old City of Toronto Lawrence Park Lytton Park North Toronto56 Leaside Bennington East York Leaside84 Little Portugal Old City of Toronto Little Portugal and Brockton19 Long Branch Etobicoke Long Branch 132 Malvern Scarborough Malvern 29 Maple Leaf North York12 Markland Wood Etobicoke Markland Wood130 Milliken Scarborough Milliken17 Mimico Etobicoke Mimico 135 Morningside Scarborough Morningside73 Moss Park Old City of Toronto Moss Park Corktown and Garden District 115 Mount Dennis York Mount Dennis 2 Mount Olive Silverstone Jamestown Etobicoke Smithfield 99 Mount Pleasant East Old City of Toronto Davisville Village North Toronto104 Mount Pleasant West Old City of Toronto Davisville Village North Toronto18 New Toronto Etobicoke New Toronto 50 Newtonbrook East North York Newtonbrook36 Newtonbrook West North York Newtonbrook82 Niagara Old City of Toronto Niagara Liberty Village Exhibition Place 68 North Riverdale Old City of Toronto Riverdale74 North St James Town Old City of Toronto St James Town54 O Connor Parkview East York Parkview Hills Topham Park121 Oakridge Scarborough Oakridge107 Oakwood Village York Oakwood Village 58 Old East York East York Old East York80 Palmerston Little Italy Old City of Toronto Little Italy and Palmerston45 Parkwoods Donalda North York Parkwoods23 Pelmo Park Humberlea North York Humberlea 67 Playter Estates Danforth Old City of Toronto Playter Estates and Greektown46 Pleasant View North York Pleasant View10 Princess Rosethorn Etobicoke Princess Anne Manor Thorncrest Village and Princess Margaret72 Regent Park Old City of Toronto Regent Park Trefann Court 4 Rexdale Kipling Etobicoke Rexdale111 Rockcliffe Smythe York Harwood Syme86 Roncesvalles Old City of Toronto Roncesvalles 98 Rosedale Moore Park Old City of Toronto Rosedale and Moore Park131 Rouge Scarborough West Rouge Rouge Park89 Runnymede Bloor West Village Old City of Toronto Runnymede Bloor West Village28 Rustic North York139 Scarborough Village Scarborough70 South Riverdale Old City of Toronto85 South Parkdale Old City of Toronto Parkdale South Parkdale40 St Andrew Windfields North York York Mills and Hoggs Hollow116 Steeles Scarborough16 Stonegate Queensway Etobicoke Humber Bay Queensway118 Tam O Shanter Sullivan Scarborough63 The Beaches Old City of Toronto The Beach Beaches Beaches North3 Thistletown Beaumond Heights Etobicoke55 Thorncliffe Park East York81 Trinity Bellwoods Old City of Toronto79 University Old City of Toronto43 Victoria Village North York77 Waterfront Communities The Island Old City of Toronto Distillery District Old Town St Lawrence136 West Hill Scarborough1 West Humber Clairville Etobicoke35 Westminster Branson North York113 Weston York91 Weston Pelham Park Old City of Toronto Carlton Davenport St Clair Gardens119 Wexford Maryvale Scarborough51 Willowdale East North York37 Willowdale West North York7 Willowridge Martingrove Richview Etobicoke137 Woburn Scarborough64 Woodbine Corridor Old City of Toronto60 Woodbine Lumsden East York94 Wychwood Old City of Toronto100 Yonge Eglinton Old City of Toronto Chaplin Estates97 Yonge St Clair Old City of Toronto27 York University Heights North York31 Yorkdale Glen Park North York Glen Park Lawrence HeightsSee also Edit Canada portal Ontario portalDemographics of Toronto neighbourhoods List of people from Toronto List of postal codes of Canada M Toronto postal codes begin with the letter M References Edit The Globe s Insider s City Guides Toronto John Allemang Tralee Pearce The Globe and Mail Jun 11 2003 pg T 1 Toronto City of 14 July 2017 Data Research amp Maps toronto ca City of Toronto Residential Communities and Business Improvement Areas Map PDF toronto ca Archived from the original PDF on 2006 01 03 Retrieved 2009 05 21 Areas and Suburbs in Toronto Expat Arrivals Expat Arrivals 2014 05 16 Retrieved 2017 04 23 New Zoning in Toronto MLS Brings Neighbourhood Names and Municipalities by Jamie Sarner accessed on July 5 2011 a b MLS Zoning Change TREB Introducing Friendly Community Names Archived 2011 07 11 at the Wayback Machine by ILoveToronto com accessed on July 5 2011 Looking at Homes Your Daily Listings by Jamie Sarner accessed on July 5 2011 TREB Zones amp Regions Archived 2011 07 16 at the Wayback Machine by Toronto Real Estate Board accessed on July 5 2011 External links EditCity of Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles Toronto Star Neighbourhood map Toronto Neighbourhood Guide Blog TO Neighbourhood map focusing on restaurant and shopping districts Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of neighbourhoods in Toronto amp oldid 1137514248, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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