Dufferin Grove

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Dufferin Grove is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto. The neighbourhood is bordered by Bloor street to the North, Dovercourt road to the East, College and eventually Dundas to the South which vears up the railways tracks back to Bloor and closing the rectangle(y) neighbourhood.

More practically speaking, however, the West end of the neighbourhood is distinct from the East in both look and feel. It is also known as Brockton Village but the city of Toronto has decided to place them in the same official neighbourhood. Brockton takes up the West chunk of this neighbourhood (West of Dufferin).

Both sides of this fence are working class neighbourhoods with a large diversity in cultures and to an extent class. The Dufferin Grove Park on the East side is a constant playground situated across the street from Dufferin Mall. From the kids shooting hoops to playing on the swings and the Sunday oven roasted pizza from a quaint little hut, this park is a great fixture. The streets that line this park (literally within the park) are cute old 3 story homes and are by no means middle class, given the recent surge of housing prices in Toronto. From street to street, corner to corner, this neighbourhood is full of diversity.

In the west (and to an extent east) end of the neighbourhood there is a large population of Portuguese, spreading out from Little Portugal located further to the East and visibly noticeable by the bright coloured houses in the west.

The average age of the neighbourhood is younger than most with a larger than normal population hovering around 30 (according to statscan).