Wexford is a neighbourhood in
Toronto, Ontario
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, Canada. It is located in the eastern part of the city, on the western end of the district of
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
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* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
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, spanning
Lawrence Avenue East between
Victoria Park Avenue
Victoria Park Avenue is a major north-south route in eastern Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the western border of Scarborough, separating it from Old Toronto, East York, and North York. The common nickname for it is VP or Vic Park.
History
Vi ...
and
Birchmount Road. There are many persons of Greek heritage in this neighbourhood. The Wexford Heights
Business Improvement Area boasts 245 members and hosts an annual street festival on Lawrence.
History
![St Jude, Toronto](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/St_Jude%2C_Toronto.JPG)
The
Church of St. Jude was erected in Wexford in 1848. It was once the Anglican church to the small village of Wexford, and survives today as a landmark in the modern urban area.
In 1953, Wexford, along with the rest of Scarborough, was severed from
York County, forming the regional government of
Metropolitan Toronto
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. The area consists of mostly post-World War II type bungalow housing, apartments, retail and commercial space. The city was merged with the rest of Scarborough and the five other municipalities of Metropolitan Toronto, forming the new "City of Toronto" in 1998.
According to the 2006 Census Visible Minorities comprised 45.4% of the total population, the largest minority group being South Asian at 12.0%.
A 2013 article in the Toronto LIFE magazine ranks Wexford-Maryvale 6th out of Toronto's 140 neighbourhoods.
Education
![Wexford Collegiate Institute](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Wexford_Collegiate_Institute.JPG)
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 Wexford, 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).
Both TCDSB and TDSB operate public schools in the neighbourhood:
*Buchanan Public School
*George Peck Public School
*Manhattan Park Junior Public School
*Precious Blood Catholic School is a school located on 1035 Pharmacy Avenue serving Kindergarten to Grade 8. It opened in 1950 as ''St. Teresa School'' by the
Congregation of Notre Dame
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in the village of Wexford. The modern school was built on the land owned by James and Jesse Grant erected in 1953 and opened in September 1954 with Sister St. Agnes of the
Daughters of Wisdom
The Daughters of Wisdom is a Catholic religious institute of women founded by Louis de Montfort and Marie Louise Trichet in 1703 to serve those in need.
History
In 1703, when he was temporary chaplain of the hospital of Poitiers, Louis de ...
as principal with 444 pupils and 15 staff members. The Congregation of Notre Dame withdrew its teaching duties in 1956.
In 1963, the school had a population of 920 students.
*
Senator O'Connor College School
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, in North York
*St. Kevin Catholic School
*Wexford Public School
*
Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts
Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts (commonly known as Wexford Collegiate, WCSA, Wexford CSA, Wexford or "Wex" for short), formerly and still known as Wexford Collegiate Institute (WCI) and initially known as Northwest Collegiate Institute is ...
The French-
first language
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public secular school board,
Conseil scolaire Viamonde
The Conseil scolaire Viamonde (CSV) is a public-secular French first language school board, and manages elementary and secondary schools in the Ontario Peninsula and the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The school board operates 41 elementary schools and ...
, and it separate counterpart,
Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir
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also offer schooling to applicable residents of Wexford, although they do not operate a school in the neighbourhood, with CSCM/CSV students attending schools situated in other neighbourhoods in Toronto.
Recreation
Wexford is home to several municipal parks, including Wexford Park, located in the southwest of the neighbourhood. Municipal parks in Wexford are managed by the
Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division
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. The neighbourhood is also home to several recreational sports associations, including the Scarborough Minor Hockey Association, and the
Wexford Soccer Club.
Landmarks
![Wexford, Presb](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Wexford%2C_Presb.jpg)
Two shopping centres are located in Wexford, Wexford Heights Plaza, and Westford Shopping Centre.
The neighbourhood is home to a number of churches. They include:
*
Church of St. Jude
* Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church
* Scarborough Citadel of the Salvation Army
* St. John's Greek Orthodox Church
* Wexford Heights United Church (2002 Merger of the historic Zion-Wexford and Wilmar Heights congregations)
* Wexford Presbyterian Church
References
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Neighbourhoods in Toronto
Scarborough, Toronto