Moore Park is a neighbourhood in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada. It is one of Toronto's most affluent neighbourhoods. Toronto Life ranked the Rosedale-Moore Park neighbourhood as the best neighbourhood to live in Toronto. It lies along both sides of
St. Clair Avenue East between the
Vale of Avoca ravine
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and
Moore Park ravine (formerly Spring Valley ravine). The northern boundary is
Mount Pleasant Cemetery and the southern the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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tracks.
The neighbourhood takes its name from its developer,
John T. Moore. To encourage buyers, he built two bridges in 1891: the original steel bridge on St. Clair over the
Vale of Avoca, and the original wooden bridge on Moore Avenue over
Spring Valley ravine. He also helped establish railway service to the neighbourhood, overseeing the connection of the area to the
Toronto Belt Line Railway, a
commuter railway. The development was marketed to the wealthy, and the neighbourhood remains wealthy. Moore Park was annexed by the
City of Toronto on December 16, 1912.
Census tract
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0125.00 of the
2021 Canadian census
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covers Moore Park. Average income is , one of the highest incomes of all Toronto neighbourhoods. The neighbourhood’s average income is comparable, if not higher than parts of neighbouring
Rosedale.
Education
Public
* Bennington Heights Elementary School
* Our Lady of Perpetual Help Separate School
* Whitney Jr. Public School
Private
* Gradale Academy
See also
*
Loring-Wyle Parkette
*
Lytton Park
Lytton Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the " North Toronto" municipality, within the former city of Toronto ( Old Toronto). The neighbourhood is centered on 'Lytton Park' (hence the name). Its boundaries inclu ...
References
*Joan C. Kinsella, ''Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park'', Toronto Public Library Board, 1996
External links
Moore Park on torontoneighbourhoods.net
Neighbourhoods in Toronto
Former municipalities in Toronto
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