Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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10 Facts About Kensington Market
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The Kensington Market is an older neighbourhood and one of the city's most well-known.
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Land prices in the area have increased sharply, but despite its increased appeal to professionals, Kensington Market remains a predominantly working-class, immigrant community.
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Kensington Market is protected by a variety of policies, mainly to enhance the atmosphere that is unique to the neighbourhood.
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Also, some Kensington Market shops have started selling sweets and bread from Dufflet and Ace Bakery, two Toronto-based bakeries.
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Non-permanent landmark of Kensington Market is the Garden Car, which has been a staple of the neighbourhood since 2007.
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Kensington Market was the primary setting for Cory Doctorow's novel Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town.
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Kensington Market has a lot of diversity, particularly a large Chinese ethnicity due to its close proximity to Chinatown.
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The diversity of Kensington Market's population is seen in the generation status of its population in Census Tract 535.
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The winter solstice festival in Kensington Market is an important gathering of Ontario's pagan community.
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