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70-987: It generally encompassed the western portion of Downtown Toronto . The riding was a battle ground between the NDP and the Liberals. Major landmarks within the riding included the western portion of the University of Toronto , the CN Tower , Rogers Centre (formerly Skydome), Air Canada Centre , the Canadian Broadcasting Centre , 299 Queen Street West , the Toronto Eaton Centre , the Metro Toronto Convention Centre , Toronto City Hall , Kensington Market , Chinatown , Christie Pits , Trinity Bellwoods Park ,

140-482: A project to extend Dundas eastwards from Broadview to Kingston Road as a new four-lane traffic arterial in order to provide an alternative east–west route to Gerrard and Queen. From west to east, Crawford Street, Elliot Street, Whitby Street, Dickens, Dagmar, Doel, Applegrove and Ashbridge Avenues as well as Maughan Crescent and Hemlock Avenue were all cleared and widened. In some cases, alleyways were used to connect these nine separate streets. In Toronto, Dundas Street

210-582: A major east–west thoroughfare for vehicular, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic downtown and beyond. Since the building of the Eaton Centre and the Yonge-Dundas Square, the intersection of Yonge and Dundas Streets has become one of the busiest intersections in the city. It is estimated that over 56 million people pass this intersection each year. To ease traffic, a pedestrian scramble has been installed. Northeast of Yonge and Dundas

280-406: A result has been undergoing Manhattanization with the construction of new office towers, hotels and condos. As of 2016, the population of downtown Toronto was 237,698 people with 503,575 jobs located within the area. The population density was 143 people per hectare, and the job density was 303 jobs per hectare. The Royal Conservatory of Music is a non-profit music education institution that

350-669: Is St. Lawrence Hall, St. James' Cathedral , St. Michael's Cathedral , St. Paul's Basilica , the Enoch Turner School House, the Bank of Upper Canada, Le Royal Meridien King Edward Hotel, and the Gooderham Building . On Saturday there is a farmers' market. Other historical districts in downtown Toronto include Cabbagetown , Corktown , the Distillery District , and Old Town . To the west of

420-616: Is a six-lane arterial road, and began to follow the former Highway 5 (which ran along the more direct Bloor east of that point). West of Cloverdale Mall , Dundas Street meets Highway 427 at a parclo interchange. Upon crossing the Toronto boundary at Etobicoke Creek , the street enters Mississauga , in the Peel Region and follows a southwestern heading. It then enters Halton Region and passes through Oakville and Burlington , and then Waterdown (a part of Hamilton ). It leaves

490-463: Is adjacent to the downtown area, and the much larger Toronto Pearson International Airport located 27 km to the northwest. 43°39′9.01″N 79°23′0.81″W  /  43.6525028°N 79.3835583°W  / 43.6525028; -79.3835583 Dundas Street Dundas Street ( / ˈ d ʌ n ˌ d æ s / ) is a major historic arterial road in Ontario , Canada. The road connects

560-481: Is also one of the few east-west routes to run uninterrupted through the central and western Greater Toronto Area, from Toronto to Hamilton (the others are Lake Shore Boulevard / Lakeshore Road , Eglinton Avenue , Steeles Avenue /Taunton Road, Queen Street ( Brampton )/ Highway 7 , and Bovaird Drive /Castlemore Road/ Rutherford Road /Carrville Road/16th Avenue). Within Toronto, the TTC's 505 Dundas streetcar route serves

630-738: Is an arts school whose main building is located in Grange Park. The Université de l'Ontario français is a French-language postsecondary institution situated in East Bayfront. Toronto Metropolitan University and the University of Toronto are research universities , with the former located in the Garden District and the latter's St. George campus situated in the Discovery District. Apart from its St. George campus,

700-513: Is headquartered in downtown Toronto. Four different public school boards provide primary and secondary education for the City of Toronto, as well as the downtown area. Two Toronto-based school boards provide instruction in the English language , the secular Toronto District School Board , and the separate Toronto Catholic District School Board . The other two Toronto-based school boards,

770-493: Is home to many furniture stores, interior design studios and contemporary casual dining options . The CF Toronto Eaton Centre , a large, multilevel enclosed shopping mall and office complex that spans several blocks and houses 330 stores, is the city's top tourist attraction with over one million visitors weekly. Other indoor shopping malls include College Park , the Tenor , Aura , Yorkville Village , Atrium on Bay , Village by

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840-490: Is irregular. The street, as laid out today, is made up of what were originally several smaller named streets. Proceeding west through central Toronto, Dundas Street East originates near the Beaches neighbourhood at Kingston Road , itself a historic route to eastern Lake Ontario and the town of Kingston . Originally, the street began at today's Queen and Ossington intersection, and incorporated today's Ossington Street north to

910-539: Is planned to run from Kipling Bus Terminal, which connects to Line 2 Bloor–Danforth in Etobicoke , Toronto to Highway 6 in Waterdown, Hamilton. The project is part of the regional transportation plan The Big Move . Amid the protests following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, over 10,000 people signed a petition calling for the city to rename Dundas Street, due to Henry Dundas's "involvement in supporting

980-603: Is served by the MiWay bus routes 1 and 101/101A starting from the Kipling Bus Terminal next to Kipling station. In Oakville, the Oakville Transit bus route 24 runs on Dundas street between the border with Mississauga and Trafalgar Road and by bus route 5/5A between Trafalgar and Highway 407 . In Burlington, Dundas Street has no dedicated transit route and only has transit service until Guelph Line with

1050-557: Is served by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) 505 Dundas between Broadview Avenue and its eastern intersection with Bloor Street at Dundas West station . Between Dundas West station and just after its second intersection with Bloor Street at Kipling station it is served by the TTC bus route 40 Junction-Dundas West bus. Beyond Kipling station, it is served by various TTC bus routes. Through Mississauga, it

1120-514: Is the Ryerson University campus. To the east of downtown, Dundas travels through the older Cabbagetown neighbourhood, and the large Regent Park public housing project fills the block south of Dundas between Parliament Street and River Street. The Dundas and Bay Street area, west to University Avenue, has been developing into a Little Tokyo district. It was previously the location of Toronto's original Chinatown . Dundas Street

1190-494: Is the address of the Art Gallery of Ontario, which takes a full city block on the south side of the street, at the corner of McCaul Street, just west of University Avenue . The north side of the street between McCaul and Beverley is also home to several private art galleries. Just to the south of Dundas on McCaul is OCAD University. Dundas Street was developed in different time periods and in different sections. The section of

1260-527: Is the city's major intermodal transportation hub, providing access not only to local and regional public transit , but also to inter-city rail services like Via Rail . In addition to surface-level pedestrian sidewalks, much of downtown Toronto is also connected through the PATH Underground , an extensive network of underground pedestrian tunnels , skyways , and at-grade walkways. Nearby airports include Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , which

1330-504: Is the intersection of the city's subway lines and is one of the busiest intersections in the city. At the intersection of Avenue Road and Bloor Street is the Royal Ontario Museum , the largest museum in the city, with a diverse anthropological and natural history collection. The Harbourfront area to the south was formerly an industrial and railway lands area. Since the 1970s, it has seen extensive redevelopment, including

1400-760: Is the tallest building in Canada at a height of 298 metres (978 feet). The CN Tower , once the tallest free-standing structure in the world, remains the tallest such structure in the Americas, standing at 553.33 metres (1,815 ft., 5 inches). Other notable buildings include Scotia Plaza , TD Centre , Commerce Court , the Royal Bank Plaza , The Bay 's flagship store, and the Fairmont Royal York Hotel . Since 2007, urban consolidation has been centred in downtown Toronto and as

1470-559: The Burlington Transit bus routes 2, 3, 6, and 11 and Oakville Transit bus route 24 all providing service along different sections of the street. In Hamilton, Dundas Street is served by the Hamilton Street Railway bus route 18 through Waterdown . The Dundas Street bus rapid transit (Dundas BRT) is a proposed bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor proposed by Metrolinx that would run along Dundas Street. It

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1540-571: The CP Rail line through the mixed industrial-residential district. At Scarlett Road, the route veers southwest toward a high crossing over the Humber River valley , through the former village of Lambton Mills . Beyond the river, Dundas serves as the northern boundary of the Kingsway residential district. Passing the historic St. George's Church-on-the-Hill, Dundas again heads southwest toward

1610-579: The Princess of Wales Theatre . The area is now the site of Roy Thomson Hall and the Canadian Broadcasting Centre . The Yorkville area, to the north, north of Bloor Street and the Mink Mile , has more than 700 designer boutiques, spas, restaurants, hotels, and world-class galleries. It is a former village in its own right (prior to 1883) and since the early 1970s has developed into an up-scale shopping district. The intersection of Bloor and Yonge Streets

1680-491: The Seneca Polytechnic . Downtown Toronto is home to the flagship department stores of The Bay , Saks Fifth Avenue and Holt Renfrew . The traditional shopping districts concentrated on Queen Street West and King Street East have seen recent growth to encompass the area surrounding Yonge–Dundas Square . The Old Town portion of the downtown, stretching from St. Lawrence Market to the Distillery District

1750-634: The Toronto Islands and the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Toronto Harbour, and on the west, north and east by a line drawn from the harbour north on Spencer Avenue, east along the Gardiner Expressway, north on Dufferin, east on Queen Street West, southeast along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, north along Dovercourt Road, east along Dundas Street West, north along Ossington Avenue, east along

1820-481: The Toronto mayoral election . 43°39′00″N 79°24′22″W  /  43.650°N 79.406°W  / 43.650; -79.406 Downtown Toronto Downtown Toronto is the main city centre of Toronto , Ontario, Canada. Located entirely within the district of Old Toronto , it is approximately 16.6 square kilometres in area, bounded by Bloor Street to the northeast and Dupont Street to

1890-514: The 1960s. The area of St. Lawrence to the east of the financial district is one of the oldest areas of Toronto. It features heritage buildings, theatres, music, dining and many pubs. It is a community of distinct downtown neighbourhoods including the site of the original Town of York, which was Toronto's first neighbourhood, dating back to 1793. The area boasts one of the largest concentrations of 19th-century buildings in Ontario. Of particular note

1960-434: The 1970s, Toronto experienced major economic growth and surpassed Montreal to become the largest city in Canada. Many international and domestic businesses relocated to Toronto and created massive new skyscrapers downtown. All of Canada's Big Five banks constructed skyscrapers beginning in the late 1960s up until the early 1990s. Today downtown Toronto contains dozens of notable skyscrapers. The area's First Canadian Place

2030-412: The Canadian Pacific Railway line to Avenue Road. In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above. As per 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and the 2013 representation order, Trinity—Spadina was dissolved following the conclusion of the next general election to be called after May 1, 2014 . Most of the riding's territory, covering the area south of Dundas Street , became

2100-489: The Canadian Pacific Railway situated north of Dupont Street, south along Avenue Road and Queens Park Crescent West, east along College Street and south along Yonge Street to the Harbour. These borders were somewhat changed in the 2004 redistribution. The northwestern corner, a somewhat pro-NDP area was lost to Davenport . A large, but mostly business area of Toronto Centre—Rosedale between University Avenue and Yonge St.

2170-625: The Grange, Manulife Centre and the PATH underground city network , the largest underground shopping complex in the world. Emerging retail destinations include Mirvish Village , the Well and the renovated St. Lawrence Market North . Yonge Street , a major arterial route in the city, begins at the northern shore of the Toronto Harbour and runs through downtown, continuing north all the way to

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2240-478: The Humber opened in 1957 (repaired in 1973 and 2009) to replace the 1907 iron trestle that lost approaches on both ends during Hurricane Hazel in 1954 and resulted in the old bridge being demolished in 1955. An 1800 map shows Dundas connecting with the newly built Yonge Street, although the map does not show the route of this section within Toronto with any detail. An 1816 map of York shows a "Burlington Road", which

2310-557: The Toronto Police Museum and Discovery Centre. The Financial District , centred on the intersection of Bay Street and King Street is the centre of Canada's financial industry . It contains the Toronto Stock Exchange , which is the largest in Canada and tenth in the world by market capitalization as of 2021. The construction of skyscrapers in downtown Toronto had started to rapidly increase since

2380-666: The University of Toronto also operates two satellite campuses outside the downtown core in Mississauga and Scarborough . Colleges based in downtown Toronto include George Brown College , Toronto Film School , Trebas Institute , and the Randolph College for the Performing Arts . Four other colleges that are based outside of downtown Toronto, but operate satellite branches in the downtown core include Collège Boréal , Georgian College , Humber College and

2450-656: The abolition of the slave trade" and that this conflicts with "the values of equity and inclusion" of the city. The city's process also sparked reviews of the use of the Dundas name in other areas of the province, including Mississauga, London and Hamilton. On July 6, 2021, the City of Toronto's executive committee unanimously supported the renaming of Dundas Street. During public deputations, former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson stated that "the name of Dundas has no relevance to Canada ... he has no connection to Toronto". On July 14, Toronto City Council voted 17–7 to rename

2520-678: The building of the Rogers Centre stadium, numerous condominiums and the Harbourfront Centre waterfront revitalization. The area to the east of Yonge Street is still in transition, with the conversion of industrial lands to mixed residential and commercial uses planned. Among the important government headquarters in downtown Toronto include the Ontario Legislature , and the Toronto City Hall . In

2590-429: The city of Barrie, Ontario . Other notable streets include Dundas , Bloor , Queen , King , and University . The Toronto Transit Commission administers the Toronto area's public transportation system, including buses , streetcar , and subways . The regional public transportation service, GO Transit , also provides bus and commuter train service to downtown Toronto from its hub, Union Station . Union Station

2660-429: The city of Toronto with its western suburbs and several cities in southwestern Ontario . Three provincial highways— 2 , 5 , and 99 —followed long sections of its course, although these highway segments have since been downloaded to the municipalities they passed through. Originally intended as a military route to connect the shipping port of York (now Toronto) to the envisioned future capital of London, Ontario ,

2730-635: The cleanliness. The area has also seen the opening of the Dundas Square public square, a public space for holding performances and art displays. The area includes several live theatres, a movie complex at Dundas Square and the historic Massey Hall . Historical sites and landmarks include the Arts & Letter Club, the Church of the Holy Trinity, Mackenzie House, Maple Leaf Gardens, Old City Hall, and

2800-612: The current Dundas intersection, then proceeded west along the route still used today. Crossing the lower reaches of the Don River west of Broadview Avenue , Dundas serves as one of the few arterial roads connecting the central city to the city's original eastern suburbs . At Yonge Street , Dundas passes Yonge-Dundas Square , within sight of downtown landmarks such as the Eaton Centre and Toronto Metropolitan University . Designated Dundas Street West from this point westward,

2870-498: The downtown is located along Yonge Street from Queen Street to College Street. There is a large cluster of retail centres and shops in the area, including the Toronto Eaton Centre indoor mall. There are an estimated 600 retail stores, 150 bars and restaurants, and 7 hotels. In recent years the area has been experiencing a renaissance as the Business Improvement Area (BIA) has brought in new retail and improved

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2940-593: The east to Kensington Avenue in the west) having street signs in Chinese as 登打士街, which is the same as Dundas Street in the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. West of Ossington Avenue , it meanders northwards towards Bloor Street near the intersection of Roncesvalles Avenue , heading north toward the Junction district at Keele Street . Proceeding due west from Keele through the Junction, Dundas parallels

3010-460: The entire length of former Hwy. 99 west to Osborne Corners where it follows former Highway 5 again to Paris , where it joined former Highway 2 and picks up the name Dundas again. Through most of Paris, Highway 2 bypasses it as it becomes a broken residential street, but rejoins it to follow King Edward Street. The name again resumes west of Paris as the street proceeds west along the former highway through Woodstock en route to London . In London,

3080-500: The event of an invasion. This new section of the street to York was detached from the section from London to Dundas. Instead, the two sections were connected by York Road, which traversed the section of the Niagara Escarpment between them along the path of modern day York Road, Valley Road, and Patterson Road. Beyond York, Dundas Street was extended further eastwards as a part of what later became Highway 2. In York,

3150-656: The financial district is the Entertainment District . It is home to hundreds of restaurants, nightclubs, sporting facilities, boutiques, hotels, attractions, and live theatre. The district was formerly an industrial area and was redeveloped for entertainment purposes in the early 1980s, becoming a major centre for entertainment. The redevelopment started with the Mirvish family refurbishing the Royal Alexandra Theatre and their construction of

3220-479: The former Highway 5 alignment (which continues west as a still-provincially maintained highway through rural Brant County ) west of Highway 6 in Waterdown, and resumes to the south in its namesake former town Dundas (today also part of Hamilton) and follows the former Highway 99 (now Hamilton Road 99 ) and assumes its alternate name, Governors Road, after crossing Main Street (the original Highway 8 ). It follows

3290-553: The former village of Islington . This route traverses the west end of the city, avoiding obstacles that were expensive to negotiate in the 18th century, such as Grenadier Pond in what is now High Park and the highest point of the Humber Valley (Bloor Street to the south requires a high bridge to cross the river at that point). Dundas intersects for a second time with Bloor Street at Kipling Avenue in Etobicoke. In 1961,

3360-530: The gradual abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire in the 18th century" as opposed to immediate abolition. On June 10, 2020 , Mayor John Tory stated that a working group would be formed "to examine the issue of renaming streets in a broader sense". The city's final report, published in June 2021, supported renaming the street, concluding that Dundas "played an instrumental role in delaying

3430-432: The intersection of Dundas Street was also known as Dundas. At the time, the district along Dundas was not cleared. Montgomery's Inn was built on Dundas Street in 1830 for travellers along this route and also became a center of neighbourhood business in the village of Islington. It stands today, operated as a museum by the City of Toronto. From Ossington Avenue to the east, Dundas was pieced together from various streets. In

3500-490: The intersection was rebuilt into a highway-type interchange, with an overpass over Kipling. The City of Toronto demolished the interchange and replaced it with a new at-grade intersection. A new routing of Dundas Street to the south of the former interchange was opened in February 2019, connecting via Dunbloor Road (which was rechristened to be a part of Dundas for continuity) to the section east of Kipling. From Kipling, Dundas

3570-462: The intersection with Victoria Street and chopping a section off of 171 Victoria Street (the former home of Egerton Ryerson ) and renumbering it as 38–40 Dundas Street East. East of the Don, various streets were connected by jogs in the 20th century to form the current road. From the 1920s until the 1940s, Dundas Street terminated at Broadview Avenue in the east. In the 1950s, the city of Toronto implemented

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3640-438: The latter half of the 19th century, Arthur Street was connected from Ossington Avenue and Dundas Street to Bathurst Street along the current alignment of Dundas. St. Patrick Street, the portion of today's Dundas from Bathurst Street to (east of McCaul Street it was called Anderson Street) College Avenue (now University Avenue) bisected the Grange estate in 1877. The section from College Avenue (now University Avenue) to Yonge Street

3710-482: The mid-19th century. This district was later settled by emigrants from Portugal and Brazil and bears the name "Rua Açores" . The Junction attracted many immigrant labourers from Ireland , Britain , and Southern and Eastern Europe due to its proximity to railways and heavy industry, such as meatpacking, which sprouted up there in the late 19th century. Dundas Street is centrally located in downtown Toronto, about midway between Front Street and Bloor Street. It serves as

3780-496: The new riding of Spadina—Fort York . The area north of Dundas and west of a line following Bay Street and Front Street became part of the new seat of University—Rosedale , while the area east of Bay Street and north of Front Street became part of Toronto Centre . This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada : The seat became vacant on March 12, 2014, when Olivia Chow resigned in order to run in

3850-690: The northwest, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don Valley to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west. It is also the home of the municipal government of Toronto and the Government of Ontario . The area is made up of Canada's largest concentration of skyscrapers and businesses that form Toronto's skyline. Since 2022, downtown Toronto has the second most skyscrapers in North America exceeding 200 metres (656 ft) in height, behind only Midtown Manhattan, New York City . The retail core of

3920-550: The part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Toronto Harbour, on the east by Avenue Road, Queen's Park Crescent West, University Avenue and York Street, and on the west and north by a line drawn from the harbour north along Spencer Avenue, east along the Gardiner Expressway, north along Atlantic Avenue, southeast along the Canadian National Railway line, north along Dovercourt Road, east along Bloor Street West, north along Ossington Avenue, and east along

3990-482: The road ended at the Humber River at Old Mill Road, following the path of today's Bloor Street within Etobicoke . A bridge was built in 1811 to cross the Humber, followed by a series of other bridges over the years. Dundas was re-routed in 1928, which resulted in what is now Old Dundas Street on either side of the Humber. The western section of Old Dundas Street becomes Home Smith Park Road. The current bridge over

4060-561: The route passes to the north of City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square . At McCaul Street , the road fronts the Art Gallery of Ontario in proximity to some of the city's institutions of higher learning, including OCAD University , Michener Institute , and the University of Toronto . At Spadina Avenue , Dundas serves as the east–west axis of the city's largest Chinatown , with the Chinatown sections of Dundas (from Beverly Street in

4130-462: The secular Conseil scolaire Viamonde , and the separate Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir provide instruction in the French language . Several independent schools also operate within downtown Toronto. Downtown Toronto is home to four public universities , the University of Toronto , OCAD University , Université de l'Ontario français and Toronto Metropolitan University . OCAD University

4200-1078: The southern portion of Bay Street and Palmerston Boulevard . The riding contained Toronto's Chinatown, Koreatown, Little Italy, and Little Portugal. The northern section of the riding was the Annex district, while the eastern edge contained part of the University of Toronto and thousands of students. According to the 2011 Canadian census Average household income (2010): $ 86,895 Median household income (2010): $ 60,659 Median income (2010): $ 34,761 Unemployment: 7.3% Language, mother tongue (2011): English 61.2%, Chinese 13.0%, Portuguese 4.4%, French 2.8%, Spanish 2.1%, Italian 1.8%, Korean 1.4%, Arabic 1.4% Religion (2011): Christian 42.9% (Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 3.6%, Christian Orthodox 2.5%, United Church 2.5%, Presbyterian 1.3%, Other 8.3%), Muslim 4.2%, Jewish 4.1%, Buddhist 3.4%, Hindu 1.8%, No religion 42.5%. Ethnic groups (2011): White 61.8%, Chinese 16.0%, South Asian 5.1%, Black 3.6%, Korean 1.8%, Filipino 1.8%, Latin American 1.7%, Southeast Asian 1.7%, Arab 1.6%, West Asian 1.1% It consists of

4270-611: The street ends just east of the confluence of the Thames River before it crosses the Kensington Bridge to west London. Originally, this section was called "Dundas Street West" with the eastern portion being "Dundas Street East". However, since construction in the mid-1980s, the entire western portion has been called "Riverside Drive". Some Londoners still refer to the non-renamed portion "Dundas Street East" though it no longer bears an "East" designation. Riverside Drive ends further west at junction with Boler Road and Sanatorium Road. A 396-foot (121 m) three-hinged ribbed steel arch bridge

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4340-405: The street from Riverdale to the Junction . Following controversy over the namesake of the street, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville , in delaying the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade , Toronto City Council voted in 2021 to rename the section of the street within Toronto – with other municipalities reviewing their use of the name. The route of Dundas Street through the city of Toronto

4410-404: The street near Dundas Valley, today known as Governors Road and earlier as Governor's Road, was surveyed by Augustus Jones and constructed by the Queen's Rangers from 1793 to 1794 as a military supply route at the direction of John Graves Simcoe , first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada . It connected Coote's Paradise, which was later renamed Dundas in reference to the road, which in turn

4480-458: The street today connects Toronto landmarks such as Yonge–Dundas Square and the city's principal Chinatown to rural villages and the regional centres of Hamilton and London. A historic alternate name for the street was Governor's Road , as its construction was supervised by John Graves Simcoe , lieutenant governor of Upper Canada ; and the section between Hamilton and Paris still bears that name, albeit without an apostrophe. Dundas Street

4550-410: Was a westward extension of today's Queen Street. The first section of the current route of Dundas Street constructed in Toronto was constructed during the War of 1812. It connected today's intersection of Queen Street and Ossington Avenue to Lambton Mills. It was constructed by the militia under the supervision of George Taylor Denison. The section of today's Ossington Avenue from Queen Street north to

4620-451: Was built from 1910 to 1911 to span the Don River valley and railway tracks (now used by the Don Valley Parkway ) below. The bridge was a set of four Warren pony truss spans connected by a shorter riveted Warren deck truss spans to the east and west. The bridge has been altered with the removal of ornamental railings with concrete barrier topped with ornamental railing, removal of steel girders with larger abutments to allow for wider road deck

4690-407: Was completed in 2007. Immigrant communities have sprung up along the route of Dundas Street within Toronto, with most still retaining elements of their original character. Kensington Market was home to Toronto's first Jewish community; Spadina's Chinatown is still the city's largest downtown Asian ethnic enclave; Brockton Village became a west-end destination for the immigrant Irish community in

4760-440: Was given to the riding. This region tends to support the Liberals. The Toronto Islands were also added to the riding from Toronto Centre—Rosedale. This area is very strongly NDP and has a highly activist population that provides many campaign workers for the New Democrats. The riding was created in 1987 from Trinity and Spadina , and smaller parts of Toronto Centre—Rosedale and Parkdale—High Park . It consisted initially of

4830-410: Was known as Agnes Street. East of Yonge, it was Crookshank Street, Wilton Street, with a portion called Wilton Crescent (George Street to Sherbourne Avenue), and finally Beech Street to River Street. Beyond River, Dundas was severed until a steel Arch bridge was built over the Don River in 1910–1911. From 1922 to 1923, the jog from Agnes Street to Wilton was eliminated, tearing down several buildings at

4900-408: Was named after Simcoe's friend Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville , to London, the planned capital at the time, and around Lake Ontario to Newark, today Niagara-on-the-Lake . In 1796, Dundas Street was extended from just west of what is today Highway 6 east towards York . The road was constructed away from the lake shore, and the American border, so a communication link could be maintained in

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