Clanton Park, Toronto
| Clanton Park | |
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 Location of Clanton Park within Toronto |
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| Coordinates: 43°45′00″N 79°27′00″W / 43.75000°N 79.45000°WCoordinates: 43°45′00″N 79°27′00″W / 43.75000°N 79.45000°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| City |
 Toronto
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| Government | |
| • City Councillors |
Maria Augimeri (Ward 9 York Centre) James Pasternak (Ward 10 York Centre) |
| • Federal M.P. | Michael Levitt |
| • Provincial M.P.P. | Monte Kwinter |
Clanton Park, sometimes referred to as Dublin Heights or Wilson Heights, is a neighbourhood in the North York area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of federal and provincial electoral district York Centre, and Toronto electoral wards 9: York Centre (West) and 10: York Centre (East). In 2006, it had a population of 13,035.
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 Dufferin Street (south part), on the east by Bathurst Street, and on the south by Highway 401.
The neighbourhood is one of the largest Jewish areas of the city, but also contains a large number of residents of Italian, Filipino, and Russian origin. The housing ranges from 1950s bungalow style homes to new medium rise condominiums. There is some low income high rise housing.
Clanton Park is sandwiched between Downsview Park, formerly CFB Downsview, and Earl 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. 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 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.
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