Clanton Park (sometimes referred to as Dublin Heights or Wilson Heights) is a

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, Canada. Located in the district of North York, it is part of federal and provincial electoral district

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, and Toronto electoral wards 9: York Centre (West) and 10: York Centre (East). In 2006, it had a population of 13,035.City of Toronto Demographics for Clanton Park
/ref> It is bordered on the north by Sheppard Avenue West, on the west by the Downsview Airport whose border includes Wilson Heights Boulevard (north part) and

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(south part), on the east by Bathurst Street, and on the south by

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. Clanton Park is sandwiched between

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, formerly

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, and

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, named after a former reeve of North York. It also contains several smaller parks.

History

William Duncan, a linen merchant from Ireland, settled a farm near the crossroads of Sheppard Avenue and Dufferin Street in 1827. A crossroads village was named Dublin after this farm. A general store was constructed in the late 1830s. Duncan built the one-room Dublin schoolhouse in 1872. The Neil Family Cottage, built circa 1900 and moved to its current location circa 1910 appears on Toronto's inventory of heritage properties.City of Toronto's Inventory of Heritage Properties
/ref> The Beth David Synagogue, designed by Irving Grossman in 1959, is an example of cast concrete construction. The reliefs on the large concrete panels were designed by Canadian artist

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. The neighbourhood used to be home to the Anglican Church of the Apostles on Sheppard Avenue until it was closed in 2012. The neighbourhood became part of the Township of North York which later became a borough and then a city, and was then incorporated into the city of Toronto. A large tract of land between Wilson Heights Boulevard and Faywood Boulevard that formerly belonged to the Downsview airport was developed into housing around the 1990s.

Demographics

The neighbourhood is one of the largest

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ish areas of the city, but also contains a large number of residents of

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, and

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n origin. The housing ranges from 1950s bungalow style homes to new medium rise condominiums. There is some low income high rise housing. Clanton Park's top ten

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and cultural groups (by ancestry) in 2006: * 24% -

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* 16% -

* 15% -

* 11% -

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(7% -

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& 4% - Scottish) * 9% -

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* 9% -

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* 7% -

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* 5% -

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* 4% -

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The percentage of population below the

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dropped from 24% (in 1996) to 21% (in 2001).

Education

Two

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s operate schools in Clanton Park, the separate

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(TCDSB), and the

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(TDSB). Both TCDSB, and TDSB operate public institutions that provide primary education in the neighbourhood. TCDSB operates St. Robert Catholic School, whereas TDSB operate Dublin Heights Elementary and Middle School, and Faywood Arts-Based Curriculum School. Neither school board operates a secondary school in the neighbourhood, with TDSB secondary school students residing in Clanton Park attending institutions in adjacent neighbourhoods. The French

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public secular school board,

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, and it separate counterpart,

Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir ( en, My Future Catholic School Board) is a Roman Catholic French first language public- separate school board that manages elementary and secondary schools in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The school board op ...

also offer schooling to applicable residents of Clanton Park, 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 public schools, the neighbourhood is home to The Toronto Heschel School. The school is a

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that occupies a building that formerly housed Dublin Elementary (until 1980) and then St. Robert Catholic School and

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Transportation

Several major roadways serve as the neighbourhood's boundaries.

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bounds the neighbourhood in the north, Bathurst Street to the east,

to the south, and Allen Road to the west. Highway 401, and portions of Allen Road, south of Transit Road, are

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in Clanton Park is provided by the

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. The TTC operates several services in the neighbourhood, including

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, and

Line 1 Yonge–University Line 1 Yonge–University is a rapid transit line on the Toronto subway. It serves Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada. It is operated by the Toronto Transit Commission, has 38 stations and is in length, making it th ...

of the

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. Two subway stations are located in the neighbourhood, Sheppard West, and Wilson station. 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 bu ...

may be accessed from Sheppard West station.

References

External links

Clanton Park neighbourhood profile
{{authority control Neighbourhoods in Toronto North York Jewish communities in Canada

History

Demographics

Education

Transportation

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Further reading

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