NORTH TORONTO NEIGHBOURHOOD OVERVIEW

The Town of North Toronto, currently synonymous with 'Mid-town', was incorporated in 1890 when much of the area was still farmland. It was annexed by the City of Toronto in 1912. Today North Toronto is a relatively affluent community and very popular with young families.

Easily accessing both the north and downtown sectors of the sprawling City of Toronto proper, the neighbourhood of North Toronto has had a mixed-density design for some time, which includes many semi-detached as well as detached homes, apartments and condos. The southern part of the neighbourhood is densely populated, with the majority of homes being semi-detached. More recently, condo structures have further added to the density. Additional condo projects have been completed on Mount Pleasant Road and the existing medium-rise dwellings southeast of Yonge and Eglinton have been joined by a Minto condo project with towers of 39 and 52 stories.

The privately owned Mount Pleasant Cemetery serves as a major public green space for the southern end of the neighbourhood.  The Kay Gardner Beltline Park is a heavily-used walking/biking path on the route of a former railway line, called the Belt Line. The path goes northwest to Eglinton Avenue, then curves west and ends at William R. Allen Road, known locally as the Allen Expressway. Other green spaces include Eglinton Park just west of Yonge Street and Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens at Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue, which connects to Sherwood Ravine Park and Sunnybrook Park to the east.

The Public Schools in the area have an excellent reputation and run from junior grades through middle schools to secondary schools. Daycare programs abound, offering a range of activities and programs for both Moms and Tots.

North Toronto is served by commercial strips on Yonge Street, Mount Pleasant Road, Bayview Avenue, and Eglinton Avenue. These offer an array of shopping and dining aimed primarily at the local market, and as with many main streets in Toronto neighbourhoods, are largely given to small, locally-owned shops in free-standing buildings. The corner of Yonge and Eglinton features the Yonge Eglinton Centre which includes a shopping mall, multiplex cinema, and both office and residential towers; and Canada Square, an office complex with a small shopping concourse and another, older multiplex. Both are connected to Eglinton subway station as well as other public transit (TTC).

Public Libraries (even a children's-focused library on Mount Pleasant) are scattered strategically throughout the North Toronto community. There are two community centres: the Central Eglinton Community Centre, which offers a wide variety of programs and services for caregivers & young children, adults and seniors; and the North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, located at Eglinton Park (Eglinton Avenue and Oriole Parkway) which offers swimming & wading pools, a large sports field and an ice arena.

The distinguishing neighbourhoods within the parameters of North Toronto are Bedford Park, Chaplin Estates, Davisville Village, Lawrence Park, Lytton Park, Wanless Park and Yonge & Eglinton.

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