New Toronto
| New Toronto | |
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| Neighbourhood | |
The old New Toronto post office, 2930 Lake Shore Boulevard West at Islington Avenue
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| Motto: Intelligence, Industry, Integrity | |
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| Coordinates: 43°36′02″N 79°30′19″W / 43.60056°N 79.50528°WCoordinates: 43°36′02″N 79°30′19″W / 43.60056°N 79.50528°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| City |
 Toronto
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| Community | Etobicoke-York |
| Established | 1890 (Subdivision) 1892 (Postal village) |
| Incorporated | 1913 (Village) 1920 (Town) |
| Changed Municipality | 1953  Metropolitan Toronto1998 Toronto from Etobicoke |
| Annexed | 1967 into Etobicoke |
| Government | |
| • MP | James Maloney (Etobicoke—Lakeshore)) |
| • MPP | Peter Milczyn (Etobicoke—Lakeshore) |
| • Councillor | Mark Grimes (Ward 6 Etobicoke—Lakeshore) |
New Toronto is a neighbourhood and former municipality in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the south-west area of Toronto, along Lake Ontario. The Town of New Toronto was established in 1890, which was designed and planned as an industrial centre by a group of industrialists from Toronto who had visited Rochester, New York. New Toronto was originally a part of the Township of Etobicoke. It was an independent municipality from 1913 to 1967, being one of the former 'Lakeshore Municipalities' amalgamated into the Borough of Etobicoke, and eventually amalgamated into Toronto. The neighbourhood has retained the name.
New Toronto is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, with a western boundary of Twenty-Third Street (south of Lake Shore Blvd. West) and the midpoint between Twenty-Second and Twenty-Fourth Streets (north of Lake Shore Blvd. West), the Canadian National Railway mainline to the north, and Dwight Avenue to the east. To the east is the neighbourhood of Mimico and the neighbourhood of Long Branch is to the west.
New Toronto is now centred around the intersection of Seventh Street/ Islington Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard West with a commercial strip running east-west along the latter street. Residential streets generally run north-south from Lake Ontario north to Birmingham Street, except for the Lakeshore Grounds (formerly the Mimico Lunatic Asylum / Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital) to the southwest which extends from Lake Shore Blvd. West south to the Lake. North of Birmingham Street has historically been a large industrial district, although many industries moved or closed in the period from 1987 to the early 1990s.
New Toronto is now a neighbourhood in transition, as the industrial corridor located at the north end of the community is being redeveloped after having been vacant and fallow for many years. Industry that gradually moved out of New Toronto over the years is now being re-established, in addition to institutional uses.
A large amount of government-assisted housing between 9th and 13th Streets, north of Lake Shore Boulevard. West, was built by The Daniels Corp. developers, on the former Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company site.
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