| Agincourt:
a community near Sheppard Avenue and Midland Avenue in Scarborough
named in 1858 when it was granted a post office |
| Annex:
part of York Township from about Avenue Road to Christie Street, from
Bloor Street to Dupont Street, annexed to Toronto in the 1880s and
1890s. See: http://www.theara.org/ |
| Armadale:
a post office hamlet at Steeles Avenue and Markham Road on the north
boundary of Scarborough, originally named Magdalla |
| Baby
Point: a scenic residential area developed in 1912 on a bend
of the Humber River in the west part of York Township, named for early
French settler James Baby |
| Balmy
Beach: a community in the south east part of York Township
annexed to Toronto in 1909. |
| Beach(es):
a residential, retail and recreational area in east Toronto including
Balmy, Kew, and Woodbine beaches. See: http://www.beachesbia.com/ |
| Bedford
Park: a community on Yonge Street at Lawrence Avenue in York
Township that was amalgamated with Eglinton and Davisville and incorporated
as North Toronto in 1890 |
| Bendale:
a community that grew around the 1796 Thompson Settlement near Lawrence
Avenue and McCowan Road in Scarborough; the name was changed from
Benlomond to Bendale in 1881 |
| Benlomond:
an early name for Bendale |
| Berkeley:
an area in York Township also known as Norway |
| Big
Creek Bridge: an early name for York Mills |
Birch
Cliff: a scenic residential area near Kingston Road and Birchmount
Avenue in Scarborough dating from 1895 when the Toronto Hunt Club
moved to the area. See: http://www.torontoneighbourhoods.net/regions/scarborough/125.html
For A Short History of St. Nicholas, Birch Cliff, see http://www.stnicholasbirchcliff.com/pages/05_about_st_nicks.html |
| Blue
Hill: the once steep descent and rise of Yonge Street through
the ravine north of Davenport Road, so name for the treacherous blue
clay |
| Bracondale:
a community at St. Clair Avenue and Bathurst Street in York Township
annexed to Toronto in 1909, named for the home of the Turner family |
| Brockton:
a village in the west part of York Township incorporated in 1880,
annexed to Toronto in 1884. See: http://www.lostrivers.ca/points/parkdale.htm
|
| Brown’s
Corners: a community at Finch Avenue and Markham Road in
Scarborough |
| Cabbagetown:
originally a colloquial name for the poor residential area of Toronto
east of Parliament Street and south of Gerrard Street—but now
used for a prestigious residential area north east of Parliament and
Gerrard. See: http://www.cabbagetownpa.ca/, http://www.cabbagetownpeople.ca/index.html and http://www.crpmuseum.com/index.php |
| Carlton:
see Carlton West |
| Carlton
West: a village, and a station on the Grand Trunk Railway
on Old Weston Road in York Township, annexed to West Toronto Junction
in 1888 |
| Carronbrook:
an early name for the Dublin post office |
| Cedarvale:
a residential area bordered by Eglinton Avenue West, Bathurst Street
and Vaughan Road in York Township, laid out in 1912 by Sir Henry Pellatt,
around the Cedarvale Ravine. See: http://www.torontoneighbourhoods.net/regions/york/147.html |
| Centre
Island: see Toronto Islands |
| Chester:
a hamlet near Broadview and Danforth in York Township |
| Clairville:
a hamlet near Albion Road and Steeles Avenue in Etobicoke |
| Cliffside:
a neighbourhood on the lakeshore east of Kennedy Road in Scarborough,
formerly called Mortlake |
| Coleman’s
Corners: a community near Dawes Road and Danforth Avenue
in York Township |
| Coonat’s
Corners: an early name for Thistletown |
| Corktown:
a colloquial name for the largely Irish residential area near King
Street and Parliament Street in Toronto. Also used for the West Hill
area in Scarborough. |
| Cummer’s
Settlement: see Willowdale. |
| Danforth,
The: a name for the retail and residential community on and
adjacent to Danforth Avenue in Toronto |
| Danforth:
a post office opened in 1859 in Scarborough |
| Davenport:
a hamlet on Davenport Road in York Township that developed in the
1850s around a station of the Northern Railway, annexed to West Toronto
Junction in 1888 |
| Davisville:
a community on Yonge Street at Davisville Avenue in York Township,
named for first postmaster John Davis who immigrated from Staffordshire
in 1840 and operated Davisville Pottery |
| Dayton:
an early name for the Emery post office |
| Deer
Park: a community on Yonge Street at St. Clair Avenue in
York Township |
| Don
Mills: or just “Don”, an area in York Township
named for the Don River east of the river to Victoria Park Avenue
from Eglinton to York Mills Road; later a planned residential development
built between 1952 and 1965 |
| Don
Mount: a community on the Don River near Queen Street and
Broadview Avenue in York Township |
| Doncaster:
a community on the east bank of the Don River about half a mile south
of Todmorden in York Township |
| Dovercourt:
a subdivision in the west part of York Township annexed to Toronto
in 1910, named for a home of the Denison family |
| Downsview:
a large, mainly rural area in York Township named for John Perkins
Bull’s farm, with approximate boundaries of Lawrence Avenue
to Wilson Avenue, and Bathurst Street to Jane Street |
| Dublin:
a crossroads village in York Township at Sheppard Avenue and Dufferin
Street founded by William Duncan |
| Earlscourt:
a community on St. Clair Avenue west of Dufferin Street in York Township
annexed to Toronto in 1910 |
| East
Toronto: an incorporated town in York Township, which was
annexed to Toronto in 1908. |
| East
York (Township, Borough): a mostly rural area severed
from York Township in 1923. See: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/records_eastyork.htm and http://eastyork.org/eyhs.html |
| Eglinton:
a community on Yonge Street north of today’s Eglinton Avenue
in York Township |
| Elderslie:
a post office established in 1852 on Markham Road between Lawrence
Avenue and Ellesmere Road in Scarborough; the name was changed to
Woburn in 1856 |
| Elia:
an area in York Township north of Sheppard Avenue between Dufferin
and Jane streets. Elia post office was at Finch Avenue And Keele Street. |
| Ellesmere:
a community at Kennedy Road and Ellesmere Road in Scarborough where
a post office was established in 1853 |
| Emery:
a community centred at Finch Avenue and Weston Road in York Township |
| Etobicoke
(Township, Borough, City): an original township, surveyed
in 1791, west of the Humber River. See: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/records_etobicoke.htm
and http://www.etobicokehistorical.com/ |
| Fairbank:
a community in York Township near the intersection of Eglinton Avenue,
Dufferin Street and Vaugan Road, named for Matthew Parson’s
farm. See http://fairbank.gloamingheritage.com/ |
| Finch’s
Corners: a post office on Yonge Street at Finch Avenue |
| Fisherville:
a hamlet at Dufferin Street and Steeles Avenue on the north edge of
York Township, overlapping into Vaughan Township |
| Flynntown:
an area on Leslie Street north of Sheppard Avenue in York Township,
named for early settler Martin Flynn |
| Forest
Hill: a mostly upscale residential area severed from York
Township in 1923 and annexed to Toronto in 1967 |
| Government
Park: the area south of Queen Street between the Town of
York and the Don River originally reserved for government use |
| Green
Grove: see Thistletown |
| Grouse
Hill: an early name for the Emery post office |
| Hanlan’s
Point: see Toronto Islands |
| Heron’s
Bridge: an early name for York Mills |
| High
Park: the residential area in the west part of Toronto surrounding
the large park donated to the city in 1873 and 1890 by influential
civic engineer and architect John George Howard. See: http://www.toronto.ca/culture/howard.htm
and http://www.highpark.org/ |
| Highfield:
a post office village at Rexdale Blvd. and Highway 27 in Etobicoke.
See: http://etobicokehistorical.com/ |
| Highland
Creek: an early settlement near the Highland Creek and Kingston
Road in Scarborough; the west part became West Hill in 1879 |
| Hillside:
a small community on the Rouge River near Old Finch Avenue and Sewells
Road in Scarborough |
| Hoggs
Hollow: a small settlement named for the Hogg family in York
Township on Yonge Street near York Mills Road |
| Hough’s
Corners: an early name for Wexford |
| Humber:
an early name for Weston |
| Humber
Summit: a mill district on Islington Avenue between Finch
and Steeles avenues in the north west corner of York Township |
| Humber
Bay: a community in south Etobicoke between Mimico Creek
and the Humber River. See http://humberbaysoldiers.blogspot.com/. |
| Island(s):
see Toronto Islands |
| Islington:
an early village on Dundas Street at Islington Avenue in
Etobicoke. See: http://www.villageofislington.com/
|
| Junction:
see West Toronto Junction |
| Kaiserville:
a community, named for the Kaiser family, on Steeles Avenue at Jane
Street on the north edge of York Township and overlapping into Vaughan
Township |
| Kensington
(Market): a residential and commercial area south west of
College Street and Spadina Avenue in Toronto that became home to several
waves of immigrant communities beginning with Jews in first decades
of the 20th century |
| Kew
Beach: a post office community on the lakeshore in the east
part of Toronto. |
| L’Amoreaux:
(or L’Amaroux) a community on the border of York Township and
Scarborough at Finch Avenue, named for an early Huguenot settler |
| Lambton
(Mills): a mill village and post office on Dundas Street
on the Humber River, the boundary of York Township and Etobicoke |
| Lansing:
a community on Yonge Street at Sheppard Avenue in York Township |
| Leaside: The Town of Leaside was incorporated in 1913 and merged with the Township of East York in 1967. It is located mostly south of Eglinton Ave East, east of Bayview, and north and east of the Don Valley Parkway. See: http://leaside.info/ |
| Leslieville:
a community on Queen Street in the south east part of York Township
annexed to Toronto in 1884 |
| Liberties
of Toronto: the mainly undeveloped area within the boundaries
of the City of Toronto when it was incorporated in 1834, but outside
the “city limits”, which contained the developed and densely
populated parts |
| Little
Norway: an area on Toronto’s downtown lakeshore that
was used by the Royal Norwegian Air Force as a training centre during
the WWII. Flight training was based at the Island airport. See: http://www.emb-norway.ca/News_and_events/norwaycanada/littlenorway/history/
|
| Little
York: a community on Kingston Road east of Norway where the
Grand Trunk Railway established a freight yard |
| Long
Branch: a community on the lakeshore of Etobicoke that began
as a summer resort in 1886. See: http://etobicokehistorical.com/
|
| Macaulaytown:
a colloquial name for the residential area that developed on land
that had belonged to Dr. Macaulay near Bay Street north of Queen Street
in Toronto |
| Magdalla:
see Armadale |
| Malcolm’s
Corners: an early name for Malvern |
| Malvern:
a crossroads village at Finch Avenue and Markham Road in
Scarborough, named when it was granted a post office in 1856 |
| Metropolitan
Toronto: an additional tier of government from 1953 to 1997
that concerned itself with issues of regional significance in Toronto,
Etobicoke, York, East York, North York and Scarborough. See: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/records_metro.htm
|
| Millford
Mills: an early name for York Mills |
| Milliken:
a rural community on Kennedy Road on the boundary between Scarborough
and Markham, named for an early settler |
| Mimico:
an early village near Mimico Creek in Etobicoke, incorporated as a
town in 1917. See: http://etobicokehistorical.com/
, http://www.thelakeshore.ca/, http://mimicoestates.blogspot.com/, http://mimicosoldiers.blogspot.com/, and http://mimicohistory.blogspot.com/ |
| Moffat’s
Corners: a crossroads village in Scarborough, served by the
Strangford post office which opened in 1863 |
| Mortlake:
see Cliffside |
| Mount
Dennis: a community in York Township near Weston Road and
Eglinton Avenue named for the Dennis family, early millers in the
area |
| Newtonbrook:
an early community on Yonge Street at Drewry Avenue near the north
boundary of York Township |
| New
Toronto: a village incorporated in 1913 on the shore of lake
Ontario in Etobicoke, between Mimico and Long Branch. See: http://www.newtorontohistorical.com/ |
| Northmount:
a post office near Newtonbrook |
| North
Toronto: a town in Yonge Street in York Township, incorporated
in 1890, which included the communities of Davisville, Eglinton and
Bedford Park. It was annexed to Toronto in 1912. See:http://northtorontohistoricalsociety.org/ , and http://newtorontosoldiers.blogspot.com/ |
| North
York (Township, Borough, City): a large portion of York Township
that became a separate municipality in 1922. See:http://www.toronto.ca/archives/records_northyork.htm |
| Norway,
Little: see Little Norway |
| Norway:
a community at Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue in the east part
of York Township, known for a time as Berkeley |
| Oakwood:
a community centred on St. Clair Avenue, east of Dufferin Street in
York Township |
| Oriole:
a small mill community near Leslie Street and Sheppard Avenue in York
Township |
| O’Sullivan’s
Corners: a small community on the boundary of York Township
and Scarborough, south of L’Amoreaux at Sheppard Avenue |
| Parkdale:
a town incorporated 1878 in the west part of York Township, annexed
to Toronto in 1889. See: http://www.parkdalevillagebia.com/history |
| Peninsula:
prior to a storm in 1858 the Peninsula protected the York harbour.
The storm opened the Eastern Gap near the mouth of the Don River and
the Peninsula became the Toronto Islands |
| Regent Park:
Canada's largest and oldest publicly funded community, built more than 50 years ago, it was originally designed as a transitional community. The Regent Park area occupies the original site of Cabbagetown dating back to the 1820s. See the Cabbagetown/Regent Park Museum site at: http://www.crpmuseum.com/index.php |
| Richview: an agricultural community near Eglinton Avenue and Martin Grove Road
in Etobicoke named for the post office opened in 1852 |
| Riverdale:
a Toronto community east of the Don River, south of Danforth Avenue
(see Riverside). See: http://riverdalehistoricalsociety.com/ |
| Riverside:
an area of York Township east of the Don River annexed to Toronto
in 1884, now called Riverdale |
| Rosedale:
an early residential subdivision north east of Bloor Street and Yonge
Street in York Township |
| St.
Andrews: an early name for Thistletown |
| Scarborough
(Township, Borough, City): an original township, surveyed
in 1791 and named a few years later. See: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/records_scarborough.htm
and http://www.scarboroughhistorical.com/
and http://www.beamccowan.com/notable.htm |
| Scarborough
(village): an early crossroads village in Scarborough Township
near Markham and Kingston Roads and Eglinton Avenue; a post office
opened there in 1832 |
| Scarborough
Junction: a village that developed around the stations of
the Grand Trunk Railway and Toronto-Nippissing Railway near Kennedy
Road and St. Clair Avenue in Scarborough |
| Seaton
Village: a community west of Bathurst Street to about Manning
Avenue between Bloor Street and Dupont Street in York Township, annexed
to Toronto in 1888 |
| Silverthorn’s
Mill: see Summerville |
| Smithfield:
an early community at Albion Road and Martin Grove Road in
Etobicoke |
| Strangford:
a post office that operated from 1863 to 1873 at St. Clair Avenue
and Victoria Park Avenue in Scarborough |
| Summerville:
a small village on Dundas Street at Etobicoke Creek on the border
of Etobicoke Township and Mississauga, known earlier as Silverthorn’s
Mill. See: http://www5.mississauga.ca/library/history/Archives/summerville.htm
|
| Sunnyside:
a park on the lakeshore near Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto, very
popular from about 1890 to 1950, and the surrounding area. |
| Swansea:
a community in York Township bounded by Grenadier Pond in High Park,
the Humber River, Bloor Street and the lakeshore, incorporated as
a village in 1926; annexed to Toronto in 1967. See: http://www.swansea.ca/ and http://www.swanseatownhall.ca/ |
| Thistletown:
a hamlet on Albion Road in the Humber River valley in Etobicoke named
for a local family; known earlier as Coonats Corners and St. Andrews |
| Todmorden:
a village on the east side of the Don River that grew around the mills
of the Skinner, Eastwood and Helliwell families; named for the English
home of the Helliwells. See:http://www.toronto.ca/culture/museums/todmorden.htm and http://todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ |
| Toronto,
City of: surrounded by York Township, the Town of York was
renamed Toronto when it was incorporated in 1834. The city grew by
annexing major portions of York Township and its incorporated municipalities,
until in 1998 it became part of the much larger City of Toronto which
amalgamated Etobicoke, York, North York, East York, Scarborough and
Toronto. See: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/records_toronto.htm
|
| Toronto
Islands: a series of sandbar islands that protect the Toronto
harbour. Originally a peninsula, severed from the mainland by a storm
in 1858, the Islands have been augmented and stabilized from erosion,
and now are mostly parkland with an airport, several yacht clubs,
and limited residential development. See: http://torontoisland.org/
|
| Toronto
Junction: see West Toronto Junction |
| Toronto,
East: see East Toronto |
| Toronto
Metropolitan: see Metropolitan Toronto |
| Toronto,
North: see North Toronto |
| Ward,
The: a colloquial name for the slum area that developed north
west of Queen Street and Bay Street, known earlier as Macaulaytown |
| Ward’s
Island: see Toronto Islands |
| West
Hill: an area on the west side of Highland Creek at Kingston
Road in Scarborough, that had been part of the community of Highland
Creek until it was granted a post office in 1879 |
| West
Toronto Junction: a town incorporated in York Township 1887,
annexed to Toronto in 1909. See: http://www.wtjhs.ca/ |
| Weston:
an early hamlet first known as “Humber” that became an
incorporated town in York Township and Etobicoke. See: http://welcometoweston.ca/
|
| Wexford:
a community dating from the 1840s near the junction of Lawrence Avenue
and Pharmacy Avenue in Scarborough; known originally as Hough’s
Corners |
| Willowdale:
a community on Yonge Street in York Township, between Lansing and
Newtonbrook, named in 1855 when it was granted a post office. Originally
known as Cummer’s Settlement for early settler Jacob Cummer’s
family |
| Woburn:
a post office established as Elderslie in 1852 on Markham Road between
Lawrence Avenue and Ellesmere Road in Scarborough; the name was changed
to Woburn in 1856 and the community became the centre of township
government in the 1850s |
| Wychwood
Park: a private residential area laid out as an artists’
enclave by landscape painter Marmaduke Matthews north west of Davenport
Road and Bathurst Street in York Township; annexed to Toronto in 1909.
See: http://www.lostrivers.ca/points/Wychwood.htm
|
| York
(Township, Borough, City): the township that originally surrounded
the Town of York and stretched from the boundaries of Scarborough
to Etobicoke and from Lake Ontario to Steeles Avenue. Over the years
many communities including North York and East York were severed from
it and much of the remaining territory was annexed by the burgeoning
City of Toronto. See: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/records_york.htm
|
| York
Mills: a community near Yonge Street in York Township that
originated in the 1820s around mills on the west branch of the Don
River. See: http://stjohnsyorkmills.com/
|
| York,
East: see East York |
| York,
Little: see Little York |
| York,
North: see North York |
| York,
Town of: founded in 1793 and incorporated as the City of
Toronto in 1834 |
| Yorkville:
a village incorporated in 1853 at Bloor Street and Yonge Street in
York Township; annexed by Toronto in 1883 |
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