Talk:Etobicoke, Ontario

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Can someone look at that first sentence and correct it as appropriate? -- Zoe

I think I wrote what the original writer was going for. -- Notheruser 03:41 16 May 2003 (UTC)

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[edit] Public Transit

From the article: "Public transit does not serve the area well, with few rapid transit connections." I don't know who wrote this, but this statement is either out of date or just plain inaccurate. The Bloor-Danforth subway line of the Toronto Transit Commision stretches far into Etobicoke, which is in turn serviced by various bus and streetcar routes. I think that this should be corrected but will wait for opinions. --Stephen 00:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Placename etymology

How come it looks somewhat English, and yet the "k" in "coke" is completely silent, like French pronunciation? Is it First Nations? If so, which Nation, and what does it mean?

Great, seems an Anon has answered. --Menchi 01:26, Aug 1, 2003 (UTC)

k is not silent in French. I have heard that it was originally spelt Etobico, and that perhaps it was altered by analogy with Nanticoke. However, as the k in Nanticoke is not silent, that seems questionable. I suppose this could be looked up. Trontonian

No, it isn't silent at all (musique)! :-} --Menchi 02:21, Aug 1, 2003 (UTC)

I wonder if the note about the street line painting is all that relevant? I mean it's amusing, but is it of any lasting importance? Krupo 04:11, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] commercial link

Someone added a link to a community and commercial site. But, actually, it was a purely commercial list of local businesses, with no community content whatsoever. So I removed it from this page, and the two other pages where it was put. -- Geo Swan 14:41, 2005 May 8 (UTC)

[edit] Notable residents of Etobicoke

"Ian Brown, former Canadian-American citizen and and presently a US Marine, to wed Bree Clegg Saturday, December 17th, 2005 in Manchester, New Hampshire at Saint Anselm College's Abbey Church."

I've never heard of Ian Brown, and nothing about this description seems worthwhile.

[edit] Removed Nandeep Bamrah, Added Kiefer Sutherland

Nandeep Bamrah is not the youngest MBA recipient. Citation is needed for this claim. Kiefer Sutherland was born and raised in Toronto, and attended Martingrove Collegiate Institute. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by G5cubed (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Demographics

I fixed some spelling and formatting in the demographics section. The numbers only add up to 97.6%, so maybe that should be verified again. --Vgedris 13:59, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misc

Why were the prefixes "Hon" removed from the two Etobicoke cabinet ministers. It's perfectly reasonable and appropriate to include them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.150.238 (talk • contribs)

They were removed because we don't generally include them in infoboxes (they take up extra space and really add nothing). They also were inconsistent with other individuals who didn't have "Hon." but who are "Honourable". Lexicon (talk) 01:41, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2006 census

Etobicoke's population isn't independently reported by the Canadian Census anymore...2006 census figure is calculated by summing all of Etobicoke's component census tracts. Marathone 09:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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