Clanton Park | |
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 Condos in Clanton Park (2023) | |
 Location of Clanton Park within Toronto | |
| Coordinates:43°45′00″N79°27′00″W / 43.75000°N 79.45000°W /43.75000; -79.45000 | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Ontario |
| City | Toronto |
| Municipality established | 1850York Township |
| Changed municipality | 1922North York from York Township |
| Changed municipality | 1998Toronto from North York |
| Government | |
| • City Councillors | James Pasternak (Ward 6 York Centre) |
| • Federal M.P. | Ya'ara Saks |
| • Provincial M.P.P. | Michael Kerzner |
Clanton Park (sometimes referred to asDublin Heights orWilson Heights) is aneighbourhood inToronto,Ontario, Canada. Located in the district ofNorth York, it is part of federal and provincial electoral districtYork Centre, and Toronto electoral wards 9: York Centre (West) and 10: York Centre (East). In 2016, it had a population of 16,472, a 12.7% rise from 2011.[1]
It is bordered on the north bySheppard Avenue West, on the west by theDownsview Airport whose border includes Wilson Heights Boulevard (north part) andDufferin Street (south part), on the east byBathurst Street, and on the south byHighway 401.
Clanton Park is sandwiched betweenDownsview Park, formerlyCFB Downsview, andEarl Bales Park, named after a former reeve of North York. It also contains several smaller parks.
William Duncan, a linen merchant from Ireland, settled a farm near the crossroads of Sheppard Avenue and Dufferin Street in 1827.[2] 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.[3]
The Beth DavidSynagogue, designed by Irving Grossman in 1959, is an example of cast concrete construction. The reliefs on the large concrete panels were designed by Canadian artistGraham Coughtry. The neighbourhood used to be home to theAnglican Church of the Apostles on Sheppard Avenue until it was closed in 2012.
The neighbourhood became part of the Township ofNorth 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.
The neighbourhood is one of the largestFilipino areas of the city, but also contains a large number of residents ofItalian,Polish, andRussian origin. The housing ranges from 1950sbungalow style homes to new medium rise condominiums. There is somelow income high rise housing.
Clanton Park's top fiveethnic andcultural groups (byancestry) in 2016:[1]
The percentage of population below thepoverty line dropped from 24% (in 1996) to 17% (in 2016).
Twopublicschool boards operate schools in Clanton Park, theseparateToronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB), and thesecularToronto District School Board (TDSB). Both TCDSB, and TDSB operate public institutions that provideprimary education in the neighbourhood. TCDSB operates St. Robert Catholic School, whereas TDSB operateDublin Heights Elementary and Middle School, and Faywood Arts-Based Curriculum School. Neither school board operates asecondary school in the neighbourhood, with TDSB secondary school students residing in Clanton Park attending institutions in adjacent neighbourhoods.
The Frenchfirst language public secular school board,Conseil scolaire Viamonde, and it separate counterpart,Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir 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 aprivate school that occupies a building that formerly housed Dublin Elementary (until 1980) and then St. Robert Catholic School andHudson College. It is also home toYeshivat Or Chaim, a private school founded in 1973.
Several major roadways serve as the neighbourhood's boundaries.Sheppard Avenue bounds the neighbourhood in the north,Bathurst Street to the east,Highway 401 to the south, andAllen Road to the west. Highway 401, and portions of Allen Road, south of Transit Road, arecontrolled access highway.
Public transportation in Clanton Park is provided by theToronto Transit Commission. The TTC operates several services in the neighbourhood, includingbus routes, andLine 1 Yonge–University of theToronto subway. Two subway stations are located in the neighbourhood,Sheppard West, andWilson station. In addition to the TTC, bus routes operated byYork Region Transit may be accessed fromSheppard West station.
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