Victoria Square, Ontario

Victoria Square
—  Unincorporated community  —
Coordinates:
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Regional municipality York
Town Markham
Established 1805
Elevation 230 m (755 ft)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 905 and 289
NTS Map 030M14
GNBC Code FCZYK

Victoria Square is an unincorporated community in Markham, Ontario, Canada.

The community was formed in the early nineteenth century.[1] The first church (Primitive Methodist) was built in 1830s on the east side of 4th Line, where the cemetery is still located. The Wesleyan Methodists built a wood-frame church south of the Victoria Square corner in 1845. This was replaced by a red brick edifice in 1880. Victoria Square had an inn which was granted a tavern licence in 1849. A post-office was opened in 1854.

Today's residential development of the area began in the 1990s. Most homes in the area are single family dwellings.

The community is bounded by 19th Avenue, Warden Avenue, Woodbine Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive.

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Parks and recreation

Transportation

Due to its northerly location, most communters in the area use the regional roads and Ontario Highway 404. The area is serviced by York Region Transit.

Other nearest communities to Victoria Square and directions

References

  1. ^ For a fuller account of Victoria Square's early history, see Isabel Champion, ed., Markham: 1793-1900 (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), pp. 311-313; 152-153; 338. See also the detailed 1878 map, "Township of Markham," Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont. (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878).