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Oakwood Village, formerly known as Oakwood–Vaughan, is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Located in the former inner suburb of York, the neighbourhood is a Business Improvement Area (BIA); it has an annual arts festival and a public library built in 1997.
Vaughan Road Academy (VRA), formerly known as Vaughan Road High School and Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute, is a Toronto District School Board (TDSB) facility that formerly operated as an International Baccalaureate high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was located in the Oakwood Village neighbourhood of the former suburb of York.
A village is a sub-type of municipalities in the Canadian province of Ontario. A village can have the municipal status of either a single-tier or lower-tier municipality. Ontario has 11 villages [1] that had a cumulative population of 13,695 and an average population of 1,245 in the 2016 Census. [2]
Oakwood Village from Oakwood Avenue, north of St. Clair Avenue in 1924. The area was initially developed as a streetcar suburb. From the period of 1850 onwards, individual villages developed such as Parkdale (1879) and Brockton (1881), which were later annexed into Toronto. [5] The village of Weston was incorporated in 1882. [5]
Little Jamaica, also known as Eglinton West, [1] is an ethnic enclave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It is located along Eglinton Avenue West, from Marlee Avenue to Keele Street, and is part of four neighbourhoods: Silverthorn, Briar Hill–Belgravia, Caledonia–Fairbank, and Oakwood–Vaughan.
Fairbank is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The area is centred on the intersection of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West.Fairbank includes the neighbourhoods of Briar Hill–Belgravia (North of Eglinton Avenue West) and Caledonia–Fairbank (South of Eglinton Avenue West).
Oakwood is situated on blocks off lots 15 and 16 in concessions 8 and 9. The name is derived from the heavy forest of oak which originally covered this neighbourhood. James Tift settled here about 1833 and may therefore be regarded as the father of the village. In 1843 a Post Office was established with A. McLauchlin as Postmaster.
Oakwood Village: York Oakwood Village N 58 Old East York: East York Old East York N 80 Palmerston-Little Italy: Old City of Toronto Little Italy and Palmerston N 149 Parkwoods–O'Connor Hills: North York Parkwoods: N 150 Fenside–Parkwoods: North York N 23 Pelmo Park-Humberlea: North York Humberlea N 67 Playter Estates-Danforth Old City of ...