Bayview Woods-Steeles is a neighbourhood located in the northern tip of the city of
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada in the district of
North York
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. It is part of federal and provincial electoral district
Don Valley North
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, and Toronto electoral ward 17: Don Valley North. In 2006, it had a population of 13,295.
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/ref> The area is divided by a series of ravines, and is often not considered a neighbourhood unto itself. Rather the sections are more often divided between the neighbouring areas of Hillcrest Village
Hillcrest Village is a neighbourhood located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the northern district of North York. It is bordered by Finch to the South, Leslie Street to the West, Steeles to the North and Victoria Park to the East ...
, Bayview Village
Bayview Village is an neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the federal Don Valley North riding and the provincial Don Valley North electoral district, and Toronto electoral Ward 17: Don Valley North. In 2006, it had a populati ...
, and Newtonbrook
Newtonbrook is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the area around Yonge Street and Finch Avenue in the district of North York between the east and west branches of the Don River. Officially, the area is divided into two n ...
.
The neighbourhood is bordered by Steeles Avenue East
Steeles Avenue is an east–west street that forms the northern city limit of Toronto and the southern limit of York Region in Ontario, Canada. It stretches across the western and central Greater Toronto Area from Appleby Line in Milton in the w ...
to the north, Leslie Street
Leslie may refer to:
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Families
* Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast"
* Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble famil ...
to the east, Bayview Avenue
Bayview Avenue is a major north–south route in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. North of Toronto, in York Region, Bayview is designated as York Regional Road 34.
History
Bayview Avenue follows the first concession line, laid east of Yong ...
to the west, and Finch Avenue East
Finch Avenue is an arterial thoroughfare that travels east–west in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The road continues west into the Regional Municipality of Peel as Regional Road 2 and east into the Regional Municipality of Durham as Regional ...
to the south. Several branches of the Don River meet in the middle of this neighbourhood and there is no shortage of greenspace as a result, though much is not usable, since it consists mostly of ravines. This neighbourhood is also notable for varying greatly in elevation, with the section in Cummer Avenue between Bayview and Leslie being especially steep.
Demographics
Bayview Woods-Steeles is a middle-income neighbourhood with an equal amount of single detached homes as apartment buildings with 5+ stories. The ownership rate is close to 60% which is well over the average for the city. In 2006, 655 people had an income of $60,000 and above which increased only increased over the years. In 2011 there were 1035 people with an income of $60,000 and above living in the Bayview Woods-Steels neighbourhood, making this a middle-income neighbourhood.
There is a very large population of Chinese
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* Something related to China
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**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
immigrants arriving each year and the neighbourhood is home to a large Chinese population (almost 30%). In 2006 there were 275 Chinese immigrants living in this neighbourhood and in 2011 there was a decrease of 25 people; there were 250 Chinese immigrants in the Bayview Woods-Steeles neighbourhood. There is also a strong Jewish
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community living in the area.
Bayview Woods-Steeles' major ethnic
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and cultural
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groups (by ancestry
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) in 2001:
* Chinese
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* Something related to China
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** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
- 29%
* Jewish
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- 12%
* British Canadians
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- 10%; English
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* English language
* English people
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Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
- 7%; Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
- 3%
* Canadian
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- 8%
* East Indian - 4%
* Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
- 4%
* Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
- 4%
* Iranian
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* Iran, a sovereign state
* Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran
* Iranian lan ...
- 4%
* German
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**Germania (historical use)
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**Ger ...
- 2%
* Other - 23%
The percentage of population below the poverty line
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was 18% in 2001.
Education
Two public
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school board
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The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional are ...
s operate schools in Bayview Woods – Steeles, the separate Toronto Catholic District School Board
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(TCDSB), and the secular
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Toronto District School Board
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(TDSB).
TDSB operates three primary education
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institutions, Steelesview Public School, Lester B. Pearson Elementary School, and Zion Heights Middle School. TDSB does not operate a school that provides secondary education
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in the neighbourhood, with TDSB secondary students residing in Bayview Woods – Steeles attending schools in adjacent neighbourhoods. Additionally, TCDSB operates one elementary school
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in the area, Blessed Trinity Catholic School, and one secondary school
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, St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School
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.
The French first language
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public secular school board, Conseil scolaire Viamonde
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, and it separate counterpart, Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir
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also offer schooling to applicable residents of Bayview Woods – Steeles, although they do not operate a school in the neighbourhood. CSCM and CSV students attend schools situated in other neighbourhoods in Toronto.
In addition to primary and secondary institutions, Tyndale University
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is also located in the neighbourhood. Tyndale is a private
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post-secondary
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institution.
Recreation
Several municipal parks are located in the Bayview Woods – Steeles, including Bestview Park, Cummer Park, Ruddington Park, Garnier Park, and Pineway Park. Several parks are situated near the Don Valley, a ravine network that bisects the neighbourhood. The valley forms a part of the Toronto ravine system
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. Municipal parks situated in the neighbourhood are managed by the Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division
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. In addition to municipal parks, the division also manages Cummer Park Community Centre, which has a swimming pool, an arena, and a skate park.
Transportation
Several major roadways bound the neighbourhood including Steeles Avenue
Steeles Avenue is an east–west street that forms the northern city limit of Toronto and the southern limit of Regional Municipality of York, York Region in Ontario, Canada. It stretches across the western and central Greater Toronto Area from ...
to the north, Finch Avenue
Finch Avenue is an arterial thoroughfare that travels east–west in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The road continues west into the Regional Municipality of Peel as Regional Road 2 and east into the Regional Municipality of Durham as Regional ...
to the south, and Bayview Avenue
Bayview Avenue is a major north–south route in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. North of Toronto, in York Region, Bayview is designated as York Regional Road 34.
History
Bayview Avenue follows the first concession line, laid east of Yong ...
to the west.
Public transit
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in the neighbourhood is provided by the Toronto Transit Commission
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(TTC). The TTC operates several bus routes
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in the neighbourhood, 11 Bayview, 53 Steeles East, 42 Cummer, 39 Finch East and 51 Leslie. In addition to the TTC, bus routes operated by York Region Transit
York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are in Richmond Hill, at 50 High Tech Road.
YRT operates 65 full-time, rush hour and limited routes, 35 school services, and six Viva bus ...
may be accessed in Bayview Woods – Steeles. The neighbourhood is home to one commuter railway station, Old Cummer GO Station
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. The station provides access to the Richmond Hill line
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, and is operated by GO Transit
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.
References
External links
*http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/profiles_map_and_index.htm
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