Scarborough Junction
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Scarborough Junction (also known as Kennedy Park) is a small neighbourhood in the
. Scarbrough Junction has an approximated population of 20,000. The population consists of 1/4 Caucasian, 2/4 Asian (South and East) and 1/4 other (Black, Latino, etc.)[1]History
The first European settlement in the area was the town of Strangford established at what is today the intersection of Victoria Park and St. Clair in 1863. Another small town named Mortlake was established in 1865. The town's main building, the Halfway House Hotel, survives today at Black Creek Pioneer Village where it was moved in 1962. The small farming communities changed when the area became the meeting point of two major railways. The Grand Trunk Railway laid track through the area in 1856 and the Toronto and Nipissing Railway arrived in 1873. The business of the area changed from farming to supporting travellers and maintaining the railroads. The two towns, Strangford and Mortlake, merged into Scarborough Junction. By 1896 Scarborough Junction became the most populated of all the villages in the Township of Scarborough.
The post-World War II years saw Scarborough Junction become one of the first areas of Scarborough to be transformed into modern suburbs. Its major road and rail lines made for easy travel to the city, inspiring the epithet "Scarborough Junction." It is actually named for the junction of two early railways: The Grand Trunk and the Toronto-Nipissing.
Education
Two
Both TCDSB, and TDSB operate public
TDSB several elementary schools in the neighbourhood. They include:
- Corvette Junior Public School
- Danforth Gardens Public School
- General Brock Public School
- J. G. Workman Public School
- Norman Cook Junior Public School
- Robert Service Senior Public School
- Walter Perry Junior Public School
TDSB is the public school board to operate a secondary institution in Scarborough Junction,
TCDSB does not operate a secondary school in the area, with TCDSB secondary school students residing in Scarborough Junction attending institutions in adjacent neighbourhoods. The French first language public secular school board, Conseil scolaire Viamonde, and it separate counterpart, Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir also offer schooling to applicable residents of Scarborough Junction, although they do not operate a school in the neighbourhood, with CSCM/CSV students attending schools situated in other neighbourhoods in Toronto.
References
- ^ Jeff Gray (2005-01-07). "Report finds shortchanged neighbourhoods". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- Scarborough Historical Society - Scarborough Junction (Strangford & Mortlake) Archived 2017-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- "Kennedy Park neighbourhood profile". City of Toronto. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
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