Toronto - Flying the Flags for Many Nations

TORÖNTO FLYING FLAGS FOR MANY NATIONS Toronto has a vibrant mix of cultural communities, from the Chinese to the Italians. Explore the history of these communities and find out what you can expect to experience in their respective neighbourhoods. LITTLE ITALY UNIVERSITY College Street between Euclid Avenue and Shaw Street HARBORD VILLAGE PALMERSTON Harbord St PALMERSTON LITTLE ITALY DUFFERIN GROVE College St LITTLE ITALY CH Dundas Si ALEXANDRA PARK Map data ©2014 Google HISTORY A large number of Italians arrived into Toronto during the early 20th century and settled in an area then known as The Ward, centred on University Avenue and College Street. By the 1920s, most Italians had moved west of Bathurst Street and the College-Clinton area had become the city's major Little Italy. LANDMARK RESTAURANTS FESTIVAL Taste of Little Ital 13th-15th June 2014 Italian Walk of Fame Cafe Diplomatico and Trattoria Giancarlo Cafe Diplematico Barilla -ISTORANTE AOncceA/ DA ASTD corre Tastelitaly Eat. Drink Tla LITTLE ITALY COLLEGE ST CHINATOWN HARBORD Extends along Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue LITTLE ITALY DOWNTOWN TORONT0 Dundas St CHINATOWwN ALEXANDRA PARK FINANCIAL DISTRICT TRINITY BELLWOODS HISTORY The original Chinatown in Toronto was centred near Elizabeth and Hagerman Street during the 1870s to 1961. In the 1960s businesses made the move from here to the Spadina location and eventually formed what is now the present day Chinatown. LANOMARK RESTAURANTS FESTIVAL The Chinatown dragons located on the intersection of Dundas and Spadina Avenue Pho Hung and New Sky Restaurant The 13th Annual Toronto China- town Festival 19th-20th July 2014 Chevrolet resents Annual oronto Chinatown Festival a 10 GREEKTOWN Danforth Avenue, between Chester Avenue and Dewhurst Boulevard Danforth Ave THE DANFORTH PLAYTER ESTATES THE POCKET Don River HISTORY In the 1970s and 1980s this region was seen as the largest Greektown in North America. In 1993, the Business Improvement Area (BIA) Board of Management's lobbying of City Hall paid off, and the BlA was officially renamed "GreekTown on the Danforth". LANOMARK RESTAURANTS FESTIVAL Carrot Common - the central Pantheon on the Danforth Taste of the Danforth meeting point and Mezes 8th-10th August 2014 TASTE OF THE DANFORTH DANTHEONE NESTALD KOREATOWN Bloor Street between Christie and Bathurst Street THE ANNEX SEATON VILLAGE CHRISTIE PITS RCOURT ARK UN Bloor St HARBORD VILLAGE PALMERSTON PALMERSTON LITTLE ITALY HISTORY DUFFERIN The adoption of a more liberal immigration policy by the Canadian government in 1967 led to an influx of Korean immigrants. Many were students and as a result, settled in close proximity to the University of Toronto (about a 10 minute walk from the centre of Korea Town). LANOMARK RESTAURANTS FESTIVAL Christie Pits Park Arisu Izakaya & Korean Village Han Kuk Kwan Korean DANO Spring Festival 6th-7th June 2014 ARISU Annual Korean DANO Spring Festival LITTLE PORTUGAL In the middle of Lansdowne Avenue and Bathurst Street along Dundas Street West X LITTL ITALY College St -LITTLE PORTUGAL Dundas St W WEST QUEEN WEST PARKDALE HISTORY Little Portugal was once known as Beaconsfield Village which was comprised of lots for the first settlers. Starting from the 1960s, Portuguese immigrants found their way to Little Portugal and made it their new home. EM LANOMARK RESTAURANTS FESTIVAL Ferma 27th Portugal Day Parade 8th of June 2014 St.Helen's Church Nova Era and Caldense NOMERA MVASTRY PORTUGALWEEK 2014 Pastry Bakery Neva Er MAXI DEOLINDA EMANUEL MENAGE LITTLE INDIA On Gerrard Street East, between Coxwell Avenue and Greenwood Avenue Gerrard Street East HISTORY Little India originated in 1972 when businessman Gian Naaz purchased the Eastwood Theatre on Gerrard Street, now known as the Naaz Theatre, and began to screen Bollywood and Pakistani films. He successfully drew other businesses into the area - many of them from Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan backgrounds. LANDMARK RESTAURANTS FESTIVAL Diwali - Festival of Lights, October/November 2014 The Gerrard India Bazaar Lahore Tikka House and Udupi Palace Diwali LAKESHORE CONVENTION CENTRE www.lakeshorecc.ca RESOURCES www.torontomulticulturalcalendar.com/calendar/action-agenda/page_offset-1/time_limit-1402153201 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Chinatown_toronto_spadina_avenue.JPG www.totallytoronto.com/information/About_ Toronto/Neighbourhoods/Portugal_ Village www.totallytoronto.com/information/About_Toronto/Neighbourhoods/Little_India torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110808tasteofthedanforth01.jpg www.armandassante.net/#litalian-walk-of-fame-star/zoom/cnnq/imagejow getoutcanada.com/static/uploads/content/Pantheon_on_the_Danforth.jpg www.blogto.com/sports_play/2012/07/toronto_parks_christie_pits_park freshlyeducatedmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/p10209001.jpg www.torontohistory.org/Pages_STU/Torontos_First_Chinatown.html tomatoesfromcanada.blogspot.in/2011/01/clear-cold-sunday.html www.seetorontonow.com/explore-neighbourhoods/little-india theorigami.ca/2013/10/26/korea-towns-enduring-spirit www.blogto.com/restaurants/arisu-izakaya-toronto www.boldts.net/album/Torch-St-Helens.shtml en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greektown, Toronto www.chinatowntcf.com/#!vstc63null www.blogto.com/danforth www.seetorontonow.com Greenwood Ave Redwood Ave Glenside Ave Highfield Rd - A Woodfield Rd + Hlawatha Rd - Ashdale Ave Craven Rd Rhodes Ave Lansdowne Ave Bathurst S Chester Ave Dewhurst Boulevar Ossington Ave