Church Yonge Corridor
History:
The area now known as the Church-Yonge Corridor was originally settled by some of early Toronto’s most prominent families. The street names in this neighbourhood are clues to its rich history. For instance Jarvis Street is named after the family of William Jarvis, the former provincial secretary of Upper Canada. Homewood Avenue is named after the estate of George Allan, a former mayor of Toronto. McGill Street is named after Captain John McGill, and Sherbourne Street commemorates the ancestral home of the Ridout family who came to Canada from Sherbourne, Dorsetshire, England. When the aforementioned families subdivided their large estates in the mid 1800’s, the current neighbourhood was born. The Victorian mansions on Jarvis and Sherbourne streets set the tone for the Downtown which up until the early 1900’s, was considered Toronto’s most fashionable suburb.
Overview:
Church-Yonge Corridor residents come from a myriad of different backgrounds, and span the entire spectrum of the socio-economic scale. There is a large number of rental accommodations in this neighbourhood. This reflects the mobility of the population, which is comprised mostly of singles and couples. Toronto Metropolitan University is helping to reshape Toronto’s downtown east core with an expanded campus. The former Maple Leaf Gardens which has been renamed Mattamy Athletic Centre, now serves as the home of the Toronto Metropolitan University Sports and Recreation Centre. Ritzy new condo developments are springing up all over the Church-Yonge Corridor which is rapidly changing the character of this downtown neighbourhood from urban grit to City chic.
Lifestyle:
Church Yonge Corridor residents have a wide variety of shopping opportunities available to them. This mix includes high-end fashion stores on Bloor Street, trendy shops and restaurants on Church Street, and day-to-day retail shopping on Wellesley, Gerrard, Sherbourne and Charles Streets. The major shopping centre in this part of the city is the Eaton Centre, which is Toronto’s largest indoor shopping mall, with over three hundred stores. The Downtown Yonge shopping destination includes over 600 retail stores, 150 bars and restaurants, 8 hotels, 4 theatres and Sankofa Square which is Toronto’s version of Times Square and features year round concerts, events and community celebrations.
Homes:
Downtown’s Victorian houses were built in the mid to late 1800’s. Most of these houses have been converted to commercial uses or into multi-family homes. This neighbourhood also contains a large number of fashionable townhouses built in the 1970’s and 1980’s and more recently in the 2000s. Downtown has Toronto’s most diverse selection of apartment buildings. There are art-deco designed, walk-up apartment buildings from the 1920’s, high-rise apartment buildings from the 1950’s, and newer luxury condominium apartment buildings, These range from entry level prices to more exclusive residences such as the Windsor Arms condominium where units sell for over one million dollars.
Recreation:
Allan Gardens is the largest public park in the Downtown core. This park is the home of the Allan Gardens Conservatory, a botanical garden with six greenhouses that feature unusual and exotic plants from around the world. Allan Gardens’ calendar of events includes spring, easter, and fall flower shows, as well as a Victorian Christmas show. The John Innes Community Centre located at 150 Sherbourne Street, has an indoor swimming pool, a gymnasium, a running track, a weight room, a cardio training room, a games room, a woodworking shop and a craft room. Adjacent to the community centre is the Moss Park Arena which includes pleasure and power skating programs as well as hockey leagues and a summer hockey camp.
Transportation:
Bus services on Wellesley and Carlton Streets connect to the Sherbourne station on the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line. The Sherbourne Street bus connects to the Sherbourne station on the Bloor-Danforth subway line. There is also an express bus that runs on Jarvis Street during rush hour only. Motorists are approximately ten minutes from Lake Shore Boulevard and the Gardiner Expressway.
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Church Yonge Corridor Stats
Walkability:
High
Bikeability:
Low
Public Transit:
High
Affordability:
Medium
Greenspace:
Low
Recreation:
Medium
Legend: Low, Medium, High
Commute Times
* All commuting times provided are approximate times only. Commute times may increase or decrease depending on where you live within the neighbourhood and the time of day i.e rush hour versus off hour commutes. Time estimates to public transit are based on walking distance or bus line connection whichever is quicker. All other commute times on the chart above are based on drive times.
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