13 Facts About Parkdale Toronto

1.

The City of Parkdale Toronto government extends the neighbourhood boundaries to the east, south of the CP Rail lines, east to Atlantic Avenue, as far south as the CN Rail lines north of Exhibition Place, the part south of King Street commonly known as the western half of Liberty Village neighbourhood.

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2.

Parkdale Toronto was founded as an independent settlement within York County in the 1850s.

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3.

Parkdale Toronto is primarily a residential area of the city, with semi-detached homes predominating on most side streets.

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4.

Parkdale Toronto has a higher than average amount of rental housing.

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5.

Village of Parkdale Toronto was founded in 1879, but settlement of the area predated its foundation.

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6.

The North Parkdale Toronto stations were given new signage of "Parkdale Toronto", returning to the original name.

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7.

Parkdale Toronto was now separated from Lake Ontario and Sunnyside Beach and the expressway effectively halved the amount of usable lakeside parkland.

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8.

Many of the remaining mansions of South Parkdale Toronto had already been converted to boarding houses, and were only a short distance away from the Queen Street hospital.

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9.

Parkdale Toronto has, since the late 1990s, hosted a large number of Tibetan settlers, with the area known as Little Tibet becoming home to one of the largest Tibetan diaspora outside of India and Nepal.

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10.

Parkdale Toronto has a number of settlement and immigration agencies that deal with the needs of the newcomers and provide them with the necessary support as they explore the opportunities provided in Canada.

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11.

Some recent developments in Parkdale Toronto include the Healthy Organic Parkdale Toronto Edibles garden in the Masaryk Park, south of Queen and on the west side of Cowan Avenue.

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12.

Parkdale Toronto attempted to market the area as "Vegandale", dropping the idea after community protest against gentrification and a conflict with the Parkdale Village BIA.

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13.

The institutions operated by the other two Parkdale Toronto-based school boards, the secular Conseil scolaire Viamonde, and separate Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir, are French first language public school boards.

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