Oakwood-Vaughan, Toronto

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Oakwood-Vaughan is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada bordered by Eglinton Avenue to the north, Dufferin Street to the west, St. Clair Avenue to the south and Winnett Avenue and Arlington Avenue to the east.[1] It was in the former city of York before it amalgamated. The neighbourhood's northern half is nicknamed Five Points and the western half was called Northcliffe.

[edit] Character

The three Roman Catholic Elementary schools in this neighbourhood are St. Thomas Aquinas, D'Arcy McGee, and St. Alphonsus. The main secondary school in this neighbourhood is Vaughan Road Academy, offerring the IB Diploma Programme. It is located at Vaughan Road between Alameda Avenue and Winona Drive. There is another secondary school at its periphery, Oakwood Collegiate Institute, at the corner of Oakwood Avenue and St. Clair Avenue. Elementary schools in this neighbourhood include Rawlinson and J.R. Wilcox Community Schools at Earnscliffe Road between Oakwood Ave. and Glenholme Avenue, and Ava Road between Winona Drive and Atlas Avenue, respectively. One can attend the nearby Arlington Middle School at Arlington Road, inside the Cedarvale Park. These schools are run by the Toronto District School Board.

Built in 1997, Oakwood Village public library is located on Oakwood Avenue and Holland Park Avenue. However, the recently rebuilt Maria A. Shchuka public library is also located on the neighbourhood's periphery at Eglinton Avenue and Northcliffe Boulevard. Both of these libraries are run by the Toronto Public Library.

Oakwood-Vaughan is home for many artists and their families. It is also an area where houses two community-based facilities: Art Starts and The Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre. Statistics Canada data indicates that 8% of the area’s residents are employed in art or recreation compared with the 5% average for the City of Toronto.

The main streets of this neighbourhood are Oakwood Avenue, Vaughan Road, Rogers Road, Dufferin Street, and Eglinton Avenue West.

Transportation

The neighbourhood is west of the Eglinton West station, and has three 24-hour bus routes: Dufferin (29), Eglinton Avenue West (32), and Ossington (63). The 512 streetcar route runs east-west along St. Clair, the 90 bus route along Vaughan Road.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Census of Canada, among languages spoken at home, Italian is the highest after English, followed closely by Portuguese. Among ethnic origins, Jamaican is highest after Canadian and English, followed by Filipino. It has a higher percentage of immigrants, higher percentage of aboriginal origin, higher percentage of non-English or French home language and a significantly higher proportion have no knowledge of English or French.[2]

Issues

Oakwood-Vaughan is considered a notorious neighbourhood, given that it has among the highest concentration of after-hour bars in Toronto, especially at the "Five Points" intersection of Oakwood Avenue, Vaughan Road, and Belvidere Avenue. It also has a spate of violence since the 1990s.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oakwood-Vaughan neighbourhood profile. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
  2. ^ Social Profile #2 - Immigration, Ethnicity and Language. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  3. ^ Kyonka, Nick. West-end residents fight bars, booze-cans. Toronto Star. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.

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