Carleton Village is a neighbourhood in the city of
Toronto
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,
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, Canada. It is centered along Davenport Road, south of
St. Clair Avenue West
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and surrounded on the other three sides by railway lines. The CNR/CPR mainline to the west, the CNR railway lines to the east, and the CPR east–west railway lines to the south.
The at grade crossing of two separate lines is referred to as the ''Davenport Junction''.
Metrolinx
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is working to eliminate this crossing to improve service and safety with a flyover to carry
GO Train
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traffic. The separatio will also create green space for residents.
Character
The neighbourhood is an extremely mixed neighbourhood. The residential area is primarily single-family semi-detached homes, occupying the centre of the neighbourhood area. Along all of the rail lines are light industrial areas. Along St. Clair Avenue West is an area of commercial storefronts and service industries, tied together by the St. Clair Gardens Business Improvement Area. The
512 St. Clair streetcar provides transit access through the neighbourhood.
History
Carlton and Davenport villages
The first European settlement in the area was the village of Carlton, at the intersection of St. Clair Avenue and today's Old Weston Road. Carlton was established in the late 1840s around the carriage and wagon-making shop of William Bull and appears in the 1851 Browne's ''Map of the Township of York''. It was named after governor
Guy Carleton. The settlement was not large, consisting of approximately thirty buildings. Carlton railway station was opened in 1857 and Carlton Post Office opened in 1858. By 1865, it was listed as having 150 residents. A new Carlton & Weston Road railway station was built in 1885 on the east side of the CNR tracks. It was renamed West Toronto Station and additions were added in 1902 and 1912. It still stands.
[Byers and Myrvhold, pp. 16-18]
![Davenport Station 1863](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Davenport_Station_1863.JPG)
Along Davenport at today's Perth Avenue, the settlement of Davenport developed. When the Northern Railway line was built, a Davenport Station was built. Davenport was also small, having only a population of 120 by 1875. The two villages grew steadily and more building lots were developed, all getting their water from wells. The neighbouring village of West Toronto Junction was incorporated in 1887. Rather than join the junction, villagers proposed forming a new merged village of 'Stanley', after Lord Stanley the Governor General of Canada at the time. The plan failed and Carlton and Davenport were later annexed into West Toronto Junction in 1889.
Connolly Street in the area was first laid out as Carlton Avenue and renamed when West Toronto was annexed by the City of Toronto in 1909 (likely to avoid confusion with
Carlton Street
Carlton may refer to:
People
* Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname
* Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy
* Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian ...
).
At the centre of the neighbourhood is Wadsworth Park, named after long-serving Alderman and Controller
William J. Wadsworth William J. Wadsworth (died March 20, 1949) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was a long serving municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario.
He was born in Flesherton, Ontario and migrated to Toronto when his family moved to the West Toron ...
.
Most development dates from the era of the building of St. Clair Avenue after the annexation by Toronto.
Demographics
Carleton Village falls within the City of Toronto's "Weston-Pelham Park" neighborhood. According to the 2016 Neighborhood Profile, the median family income is $78,988 (5% below the City average of $82,859).
Census tract
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0108.00 of the
2006 Canadian census overlaps exactly with Carleton Village. According to that census, the neighbourhood has 6,544 residents. The ten most common language spoken at home, after English, are:
#Portuguese - 17.0%
#Spanish - 5.7%
#Italian - 4.4%
#Cantonese - 2.5%
#Vietnamese - 2.1%
#Punjabi - 2.0%
#Unspecified Chinese - 1.7%
#Hindi - 0.5%
#Korean - 0.5%
#Tagalog - 0.4%
Education
Three
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 within Carleton Village, the public
secular
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Toronto District School Board
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(TDSB), and
Conseil scolaire Viamonde
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(CSV), and the public
separate Toronto Catholic District School Board
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. All three school boards operate a public
elementary school
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within the neighbourhood. They include:
* Blessed Pope Paul VI Catholic School (TCDSB)
* Carleton Village Junior and Senior Sports Academy (TDSB)
* École élémentaire Charles-Sauriol (CSV)
Previously, the TCDSB operated
Brother Edmund Rice Catholic Secondary School
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from 1977 to 2001.
In 2001, the south building of the school at 2054 Davenport Road closed. Some efforts were made by the local community to preserve elements of the old building, and as of 2009, early plans to completely demolish the existing structure and erect a new home for the local police division have been significantly altered. The architecture of the 1913 building will be preserved in the new plan for the station, with a contemporary wing replacing the addition from the 1960s.
References
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External links
Weston-Pellam Park neighbourhood profileToronto's BIAs: St. Clair Gardens
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