Little Tibet is an

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within the neighbourhood of Parkdale in

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, Ontario, Canada. The area bound by Queen St. W. to the north, the Gardiner Expressway to the west and south, and Atlantic Avenue to the east is known for its many

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an émigrés and Tibetan-related businesses and restaurants. There is also a growing Tibetan community nearby in South Etobicoke but Little Tibet remains the largest. Almost 3,000 Tibetans moved to Toronto from 1998 to 2008 making the city the home of the largest Tibetan Canadian community in North America. More than half of the city's Tibetans settled in Parkdale according to the 2006

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. The centre of Little Tibet is six blocks of

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starting at Sorauren Avenue west towards

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where there is a concentration of Tibetan restaurants and shops with varying

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ese and Chinese influence depending on the owners. To the north in

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is the Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple. Farther west is the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre at 40 Titan Road which opened in 2007. Parkdale Collegiate Institute, on Jameson Avenue, has a 40% Tibetan student population, a demographic that continues to grow. In a study, Toronto journalist Patrick Cain found the name

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to be the most popular baby name in Parkdale, where Little Tibet is located.

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