Palmerston–Little Italy
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A Mirvish Village street sign
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 The areas of Palmerston-Little Italy. Boundaries are approximate. |
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| Coordinates: 43°39′30″N 79°25′00″W / 43.65833°N 79.41667°WCoordinates: 43°39′30″N 79°25′00″W / 43.65833°N 79.41667°W | |
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 Canada
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 Ontario
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 Toronto
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Palmerston–Little Italy is a neighbourhood in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its boundaries, according to the City of Toronto, are by Bathurst Street to the east, Bloor Street to the north, Dovercourt Road to the west and College Street to the south. It is a mature downtown neighbourhood. Within this official neighbourhood of the City of Toronto are two neighbourhoods, Palmerston and Little Italy and the commercial enclave of Mirvish Village.
The neighbourhood is primarily residential, consisting mainly of residential side streets full of semi-detached homes, mostly built in the early 20th century. The major streets are Bloor Street to the north, running east-west, a four-lane arterial road commercial in nature. Bloor Street has many commercial storefronts and businesses. To the east is Bathurst Street, running north-south, another four-lane arterial road with mostly residences along both sides. Running east-west is Harbord Street, a four-lane arterial road with a mix of residences and commercial storefronts and restaurants. Also running east-west is College Street a four-lane arterial road with a vibrant commercial strip named Little Italy, one of the original ethnically Italian districts of Toronto. To the west, north-south streets include Ossington Avenue, a four-lane arterial road, mainly residential and Dovercourt Road, a four-lane road, entirely residential. In the north-east corner of the neighbourhood is "Mirvish Village", a one-block long enclave of businesses, mostly of arts, immediately west and extending south of the "Honest Ed's" discount department store at Bathurst and Bloor.
According to Statistic Canada, the neighbourhood in 2011 has approximately 2,360 residents living there currently, which recorded an increase by 25 people from 2,335 people in 2006 census. By citizenship, the neighbourhood's population consists of 2,140 Canadian Citizens and 220 non-Canadian Citizens. By visible minorities, the four biggest groups are: Chinese, South Asian, Black and Filipino. The only visible minority group recorded a population growth is Chinese with about 100 new residents and totally 220 of them in the neighbourhood.
Most residents had income over $40,000 per year in 2005 from the 2006 Census. In 2011, most people had income in the range of $10,000 - $29,000 annually. It is also to note that the average income from the 2006 census was $41,141 a year and median income was $25,096 a year. In addition, the average income in 2011 NHS was $45,978 a year and the median income is $28,093 a year, a small increase in median income of about $2,997. In 2015 average household income was $126,000. Houses in this neighborhood sell for an average of $1,500,000 with the recent rise in housing prices.
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