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The History Of The Rosedale Neighbourhood In Toronto - by Rob Parker
The wealthiest neighbourhood in Toronto came into being in 1824, when William Botsford Jarvis bought a portion of a 200 acre land grant made to Captain George Playter for his role in supporting King George in the American Revolution. Jarvis was the sheriff of the home district, and was a staunch supporter of the crown, continuing the family tradition passed on by his father, who like Playter had fought for the Crown during the American Revolution.

Jarvis moved to the property with his wife Mary. After their house was completed, Mary named the residence Rosedale because of the many roses that grew in the area. The couple would have five children, and Rosedale itself was one of the centres of concentration for William Lyon MacKenzie’s rebellion. MacKenzie and Jarvis had much ill will towards each other, and MacKenzie had stated one of the purposes of his march was to burn Rosedale to the ground. This was averted when a colonel in the ill fated rebellion said he would not fight women and children. Jarvis would later hang this colonel.

Legend has it that the famously meandering streets of Rosedale were patterned after the tracks Mary Jarvis made on her many rides throughout the property. Mary Jarvis died in 1852, and William lived on over a decade after her death until 1864. Although their names are synonymous with the history of the community, theirs was actually the second house built in the area, the first being built on the Don River in 1818...

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Toronto is the hub of industrial and commercial manufacturing, marketing and distribution in Canada. And the International Centre is considered the leading multipurpose trade show venue in Canada. >>> Trade Show Displays and trade show graphics within minutes of International Centre, Pearson Airport >>> The International Centre is located just three minutes from Toronto's Pearson International Airport and just 15 minutes from downtown Toronto. It is actually located in the outlying city of Mississauga at the crossroads of 6 major highways that service the business and financial centre of Canada.

Exhibition halls at the International Centre have a total of 500,000 sq. ft. The main hall called Arrow Hall has 100,000 sq. ft. of column free space and will accommodate up to 8,000 people theatre-style.

The facility accommodates more than 2 million visitors every year and has more than 10,000 hotel guestrooms within a few minutes drive. There is onsite parking for over 5,000 vehicles.

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Nov 9, 2006 -Toronto resale housing activity remained strong for the full month of October with 6,876 homes being sold during the month, according to the Toronto Real Estate Board.

Hottest areas of the city were the Beach neighbourhood where overall sales were up 45% over the same period last year. Semi-detached homes were the big movers.

The average price of a home in the GTA in October was up to $356,423. This was 2% higher than September and up 4% from October 2005.

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Toronto Real Estate sales remain strong in October - Despite bad news coming out of last year's hot markets in the U.S., Toronto real estate sales in October are on pace with October 2005.

According to the Toronto Real Estate Baord, there were 3,007 sales reported to mid-October, on par with the 3,012 sales reported during the same period in 2005.

Some regions of the city saw significant increases, due mainly to changes in market demand for certain types of properties. The hottest spots were Northeast Scarborough (up 24%), Rexdale in the west end (up 59%), and the downtown core (up 43%.) These sales increases were driven by condominium sales.

In Thornhill, north of the city, sales increase by 48% driven mostly by detached homes.

The average home price rose to $353,677, up six per cent over the
$335,208 recorded to the middle of September, and 3% higher than the $341,865 recorded during the first part of October last year.

Inventory stands at 25,839 listings, up two per cent over mid-September.
And the average number of days on the market for a home is 35.

For more information see the news release.

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Toronto Profile: Toronto Wedding Photographer Davide Greene - Before concentrating his talent and creativity on making "personal and timeless wedding images," Davide Greene was an award-winning fashion and beauty photographer. These days he books almost 40 weddings a year throughout North America and as far away as Holland and Japan.

For his "typical" wedding shoot, Greene takes an active and personal approach to the day by getting very close to the couple, getting to know them and the families, and most importantly becoming friends with them. Soon enough, he has quite literally melded himself into the celebration. "For me, photography is very symbiotic - it's about creating relationships with whomever you're working with. When you create a great relationship, you get great results.

"It is very important to me to make sure they are comfortable, relaxed and able to fully enjoy the day. I believe that you can truly see this in in my work." - from Davide Greene: Capturing the Emotion, Double Exposure

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Air Canada Centre - home of the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs, the NBA Toronto Raptors and the NLL Toronto Rock.
Maple Leaf Gardens - Former home to the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs.
Allan Lamport Stadium - named after Toronto Mayor Allan Lamport, City-owned facility
Beatrice Ice Gardens - York University
Birchmount Stadium - City-owned facility
Christie Pits - home to the Toronto Maple Leafs (baseball), City-owned facility
Esther Shiner Stadium - former home to York University Yeomens Football team
Greenwood Racetrack - demolished and replaced be Woodbine Park and housing development
National Soccer Stadium - Construction began at Exhbition Place in June, 2006
Rexall Centre - home to National Tennis Centre at York University
Ricoh Coliseum - formerly home of the AHL Roadrunners and current home of the AHL Marlies. On City land.
Rogers Centre - Owned and used by MLB Toronto Blue Jays and also home to the CFL Toronto Argonauts
Toronto Track and Field Centre at York University
Varsity Stadium - University of Toronto, since demolished
Varsity Arena - University of Toronto Varsity Blues Hockey
Woodbine Race Track - owned by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission

"Toronto is home to Canada's most active English language theatre scene, and is considered to be the third largest centre for English language theatre in the world, behind New York City and London. It is home to both acclaimed works by companies as the Soulpepper Theatre Company, the Canadian Stage, and Tarragon Theatre and large Broadway style musicals. Several Broadway theatrical hits originated in Toronto, such as the 1993 revival of Show Boat and Ragtime. Venues for theatre include the Canon Theatre (formerly Pantages Theatre and Pantages Cinema), the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres, the Princess of Wales Theatre, the Royal Alexandra Theatre, the Poor Alex Theatre, and the Harbourfront Centre. It is the mandate of Theatres such as The Factory Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille to produce distinctly Canadian Theatre and support local artists. Canadian artists that have started in these theatres include George F. Walker, Michael Healey and Ann-Marie MacDonald.

Musical venues in Toronto include the Toronto Centre for the Arts in North York; Roy Thomson Hall, home to Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO); and Massey Hall. The National Ballet of Canada is based in Toronto and performs at the Hummingbird Centre and formerly at the Walter Carsen Centre. It and the Opera will move to the Four Seasons Centre in 2006.

As Canada's largest city and the main centre of its recording industry, Toronto is also home to many Canadian pop, rock, and hip hop artists. This includes both musicians native to Toronto and those who have moved to Toronto from other towns and cities. The live music scene in Toronto is centred primarily in the Queen Street West area, part of what is known as the Entertainment District, although not all of Toronto's music venues are in this neighbourhood. More established acts play at venues such as Lee's Palace, The Opera House, The Horseshoe Tavern, The Mod Club, The Phoenix Concert Theatre, The Guvernment, and Kool Haus (formerly known as the Warehouse). Major concert tours by stars are usually booked into larger venues such as Air Canada Centre, Hummingbird Centre, the Rogers Centre and the Molson Amphitheatre at Ontario Place."

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"Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world. In 2004, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ranked Toronto second, behind Miami, in its "List of World Cities with the Largest Percentage of Foreign-born Population". Though ranking first, Miami's foreign-born population is mostly Hispanic, whereas Toronto's is significantly more diverse. Toronto also ranked ahead of Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York City, Singapore and Sydney. The resulting cultural diversity is reflected in the numerous ethnic neighbourhoods of the city.

Toronto represents a multicultural mosaic. The 2001 Canadian census indicates that more than 40% of Toronto's population belong to a visible minority group. In March 2005, Statistics Canada projected that the visible minority proportion will comprise a majority in both Toronto and Vancouver by 2017. Toronto's minority poulation grows by approximately 1% per year, largely because of immigration. Large ethnic communities in Toronto include those from Italy*, Jamaica*, India*, China*, Sri Lanka*, Portugal*, Poland*, Ghana, Korea, Philippines, Trinidad, Somalia, Ecuador, Vietnam, Russia, and Guyana. *Largest groups..."

From Wikipedia.org

The first settlers in the Toronto area were native North American Indians. Different tribes had inhabited the area around Lake Ontario for at least ten thousand years. By the time Europeans first started exploring the region, the predominant Indian tribes were the Hurons and Petuns. These groups started to move into the Lake Huron area in the early 1600s.

The Indian populations of much of this part of North America were devestated by diseases brought to the new world by European explorers and settlers. Their reduced numbers led to further feuding between tribes as each attempted to restore their numbers by capturing enemies.

This was the state of affairs in the southern Ontario region for much of the 1600s as Iroquois battled with Hurons. By 1688 however the Iroguois, who had moved into the Toronto area, were in turn displaced by the French.

The first European to reach the Toronto area is thought to have been Etienne Brule, who had served under Samuel de Champlain. Tradition has it that Brule "discovered" the Toronto site in 1615, but other scholars question whether Brule ever reached Lake Ontario at Toronto.

The first verifiable evidence of European presence in the area came with Roman Catholic missionaries working with the local natives in the 1660s and 1670s. Seasonal traders also regularly passed through the area by this time, the most famous of whom was the explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle.

By 1720 the French had established a trading post on the Humber River at the base of what was known as the "Toronto Passage." And in 1750-51, the French built Fort Rouille to protect French interests in the area against the British.

Fort Rouille, or Fort Toronto as it was more commonly known, was used as a trading post until 1759. At that time the French were locked in a protracted war with the British to decide which imperial power would have the upper hand in dividing up world wide colonial interests. The French were forced to retreat from much of inland North America in 1759. Before retreating from Fort Rouille they and burned the fort to the ground rather than having it fall into English hands.

This marked the end of French control of the regions we now know as Toronto and Ontario, and the beginning of English domination, which was formalized in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris.

During the following decades the fate of Toronto was largely decided by events taking place south of the great lakes in the American Colonies. In the late 1770s and throughout the 1780s much of southern Ontario was settled by United Empire Loyalists who were forced to flee from the newly independent American authorities. And, along with British settlers, missionaries, and governing elite the population and culture of the Toronto region slowly developed and grew.

The threat from an openly antagonistic United States was foremost on the minds of most residents of the British colonies to the north, and as a result, Toronto and the rest of southern Ontario experienced only slow growth for a number of decades.

In 1793 the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe, moved the capital of the province from Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) to Toronto and renamed the town York. At that time it was still a very small town consisting of only about 50 families. In 1813 one of the most decisive events of the War of 1812 with the U.S. saw York captured by the Americans and many of its major buildings burned to the ground.

But in spite of the damage done to York, the War of 1812-14 represented the end of hostilities between the U.S. and British North America. As a result the Toronto and southern Ontario regions experienced accelerated immigration and much more rapid development throughout the 1800s.

In 1834 the name of York was changed back to Toronto, and in 1841 Toronto became the capital of the newly minted Canada West portion of the United Province of Canada.

In 1867 when the Canadian confederation was reformed and expanded, Toronto carried on as the capital city of the new provice of Ontario.

Toronto's population grew rapidly in the late 1800s, with the population going from 30,000 in 1851 to 181,000 in 1891. This rapid population growth was almost completely the result of immigration. The 1891 population figure also included recent annexations of many smaller, outlying towns such as Parkdale, Brockton Village, West Toronto, East Toronto, and many others.

Most of the immigration in the early and mid 1800s was from Britain and Ireland. As a result Toronto became a thoroughly English-Scottish-Irish town and remained that way until immigration patterns changed in the late 1800s.