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ALLENBY

Allenby was first settled in the 1400’s by the Huron Tribe which had a village here until sometime in the early 1700’s…

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ANNEX

The Annex was subdivided in the 1870’s and 1880’s. It immediately became one of Toronto’s elite neighbourhoods…

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BEDFORD PARK

Bedford Park began as a farming hamlet centred around the crossroads of Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue…

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BENNINGTON HEIGHTS

The Bennington Heights neighbourhood is situated on a flat plain of land, on the crest of an escarpment which thousands of years ago…

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BRIDLE PATH

The Bridle Path could hardly have been envisioned by Alexander Milne, who settled on what is now Edwards Gardens in 1827…

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CABBAGETOWN

Cabbagetown’s history began in the 1840’s when thousands of Irish immigrants settled here after fleeing…

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CASA LOMA

The sightlines and majestic beauty of the Avenue Road Hill have, over the years, inspired many of Toronto’s wealthiest citizens…

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DAVISVILLE VILLAGE

Davisville Village is named after John Davis, who immigrated to Canada from Staffordshire, England in 1840….

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DEER PARK

Deer Park used to be referred to by the First Nations people as “Mushquoteh”, which means a meadow or opening…

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Entertainment District

The Toronto Entertainment District is concentrated around King Street West between University Avenue and Spadina Avenue...

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FOREST HILL

Forest Hill was incorporated as a village in 1923. It was named after the summer residence of John Wickson, built in 1860…

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Garden District

The name, the Garden District was selected by the Toronto East Downtown Residents...

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GOVERNOR’S BRIDGE

The Governor’s Bridge neighbourhood was subdivided in 1912 by William Douglas and Wallace Nesbitt…

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Harbord Village

Harbord Village lies just to the west of the University of Toronto, with its most commonly accepted borders...

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HARBOURFRONT

Toronto’s Harbourfront district was created from landfill in the early 1800’s. It quickly developed into a tangled web of industry….

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HOGG’S HOLLOW

Hogg’s Hollow is named after James Hogg, a Scotsman from Lanarkshire, who settled here in 1824…

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HUMEWOOD

The Humewood neighbourhood is named after “Humewood”, the country estate of William Hume Blake – a prominent lawyer…

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LAWRENCE PARK

The Lawrence Park subdivision was assembled in 1907 by the Dovercourt Land Building and Saving Company…

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LEASIDE

Leaside was first settled by John Lea, a pioneer farmer who emigrated to Canada from Philadelphia in 1819…

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LEDBURY PARK

Ledbury was a small farming community up until the early 1900’s when the first houses in this neighbourhood…

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LESLIEVILLE

Leslieville began as a small village back in the 1850’s. The village grew up around the Toronto Nurseries owned by George Leslie…

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LYTTON PARK

Leaside was first settled by John Lea, a pioneer farmer who emigrated to Canada from Philadelphia in 1819…

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MOORE PARK

Moore Park was subdivided in 1889 as an exclusive Toronto suburb for the very wealthy. Its namesake and creator was a gentleman…

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NORTH TORONTO

The town of North Toronto was incorporated in 1890. It was formed as the result of an amalgamation between Davisville Village…

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PLAYTER ESTATES

Playter Estates is named after the Playter family who held the original land grants on both sides of the Don River near…

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Hillcrest/Bracondale Hill

Bracondale Hill, also known as Hillcrest, is a residential neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada…

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RIVERDALE

Riverdale was a small rural community until the Grand Trunk Railway began steaming through here in the 1850’s…

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ROSEDALE

Rosedale began when Sheriff William Botsford Jarvis, and his wife Mary settled on a homestead here in the 1820’s…

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SOUTH HILL

The South Hill neighbourhood is defined by the Avenue Road Hill. This historic land formation was the former shoreline…

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ST. LAWRENCE

The land on which the St. Lawrence neighbourhood is built was originally part of the shoreline of Lake Ontario…

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SUMMERHILL

The Summerhill neighbourhood is named after ‘Summer Hill’ house, a magnificent Regency cottage built in 1842…

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TEDDINGTON PARK

Teddington Park formed the northern boundary of the City of Toronto in 1912. That same year, separate plans of subdivision…

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TODMORDEN VILLAGE

Todmorden Village grew up around a complex of mills and a brewery that operated near the banks of the Don River beginning in 1795…

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WANLESS PARK

In 1912, Toronto Suburbs Ltd., guided by George Kappele and D.F. Crowagen registered a plan of subdivision for…

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YORKVILLE

Yorkville was subdivided in the 1830’s, by a prominent brewer named Joseph Bloor, and by Sheriff William Botsford Jarvis…

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