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'''Parkdale''' is a neighbourhood and former village in [[Toronto
Parkdale was founded as an independent settlement within [[York County, Ontario|York County]] in the 1850s.<ref name="Scott 1881">{{Cite book|title=The Parkdale register containing a history of Parkdale, from its incorporation to the present time : comprising official statistics, population, climate, municipal officers and departments, railways, churches, schools, societies, public, religious and philanthropic institutions, local celebrities, business announcements, and an alphabetical directory of the inhabitants of the village, and portrait of Major Gray, reeve|url=http://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/214758/the-parkdale-register-containing-a-history-of-parkdale-from|last1=Scott |first1=John G. |publisher=Bengough, Moore & Bengough |date=1881|location=Toronto|access-date=2021-09-21|via=Toronto Public Library Digital Archive |language=en}}</ref> It was incorporated as a village in 1879 and amalgamated with Toronto in 1889. It was an upper-income residential area for the first half of the 20th century, with several notable mansions. The area changed dramatically with the building of the [[Gardiner Expressway]] in 1955, which resulted in the demolition of the southern section of the neighbourhood and the [[Sunnyside Amusement Park]], and the creation of a barrier between the neighbourhood and the north shore of [[Lake Ontario]]. A boom in apartment building construction followed, replacing whole [[City block|blocks]] of homes with blocks of apartment buildings. Some of the older large residential buildings remain though many were converted into rooming houses. The demographic composition changed considerably, including a higher proportion of lower income and newcomer families. Today, it is a working-class neighbourhood, with a large percentage of low-income households concentrated in South Parkdale,<ref name=2011_NHS>{{cite web |url=http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Social%20Development,%20Finance%20&%20Administration/Neighbourhood%20Profiles/pdf/2011/pdf4/cpa85.pdf |title=85. South Parkdale |date=October 2014 |work=2011 Neighbourhood Census / NHS Profile |publisher=City of Toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110122202/http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Social%20Development%2C%20Finance%20%26%20Administration/Neighbourhood%20Profiles/pdf/2011/pdf4/cpa85.pdf |archive-date=January 10, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and an entry point for new immigrants, most recently South Asians and Tibetan.<ref name=2011_NHS /> The [[visible minority]] population in North Parkdale has changed overall to include fewer Asian, South Asian and Black residents between the census years 2006-2011 (GNR: 34%). The distribution of said visible minorities has changed from being predominantly Black visible minorities to predominantly South Asian (between 2006 and 2011 census).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://datacentre.chass.utoronto.ca/census/ct.html|title=Canadian Census Analyser|website=CHASS}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The area has a vibrant storefront commercial strip along Queen Street West that has seen an increase in restaurants and bars in the 2010s, increasing to the point that planning controls were put in place on the opening of new restaurants and bars from 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/4633839-parkdale-s-ban-on-new-restaurants-repealed-by-toronto-council/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024063035/http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/4633839-parkdale-s-ban-on-new-restaurants-repealed-by-toronto-council|date=July 16, 2014 |first1=David |last1=Nickle|archive-date=2014-10-24 |title=Parkdale's ban on new restaurants repealed by Toronto council|newspaper=Parkdale Villager|via=InsideToronto.com}}</ref>
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==Character==
Parkdale is primarily a residential area of the city, with semi-detached homes predominating on most side streets. Many of the homes date from the 19th Century and early 20th Century. Around 1900, the area was a well-to-do suburb and many older mansions from around 1900 still exist, often converted to multi-unit buildings. Many of the residential streets have mature trees. Good examples of Victorian housing can still be found on Cowan Avenue and Dunn Avenue, south of King Street. Victorian-era row homes of Georgian Revival style with original gaslights can also be seen on Melbourne Place.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=TOBuilt |url=http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/tobuildings_more.php?search_fd3=5364 |title=TOBuilt: Detailed Structure Information |access-date=October 7, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
[[File:Melbourne Place,Toronto.jpg|thumb|left|[[Victorian architecture|Victorian-era]] [[Terraced house|row homes]]
Parkdale has a higher than average amount of rental housing. Several streets, notably Jameson Avenue and Tyndall Avenue have been converted to zones of apartment buildings. The apartment buildings mostly date from the 1950s through the 1970s, and have remained rental buildings while no large condominium projects have been built west of Dufferin Street.
[[File:Entrance to a music venue in neon light (Unsplash).jpg|thumb|Parkdale's commercial districts are located on [[King Street (Toronto)|King Street]] and [[Queen Street West]].]]
Parkdale's commercial districts are along Queen Street West from Roncesvalles in the west to Dufferin Avenue in the east, and King Street West around Dufferin Street. Queen Street West has a large proportion of restaurants and bars, as well as local shops and art galleries. Commercial space is mostly storefronts oriented toward local customers.
The area has a lower amount of park land per resident compared to other parts of Toronto. Several streets have ''parkettes'' (small parks) built since the 1960s in an initiative to increase the amount of park land in the area.
Demographically, Parkdale is mixed in income and ethnicity. The neighbourhood has an above average percentage of renters<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.toronto.ca/city_of_toronto/social_development_finance__administration/files/pdf/housing_rental.pdf|title=Rental Housing Supply and Demand Indicators|date=December 2006|website=City Of Toronto|publisher=City Of Toronto|access-date=April 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130063534/http://www1.toronto.ca/city_of_toronto/social_development_finance__administration/files/pdf/housing_rental.pdf|archive-date=January 30, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and that number has increased since 2006 to 2011. The area contains some of the lowest-income persons in the city. Between 2006 and 2011, there was a decrease in the median income of Parkdale by 2.9%.<ref name="Census Data 2006">Census Data (2006, 2011). Statistics Canada</ref> However, in 2011, there was an increase in the number of people earning within the range of $30,000 to $60,000.<ref name="Census Data 2006"/> The large amount of rental stock is an entry point for immigrants to Toronto. The area has a significant group of musicians and visual artists, who often perform and exhibit locally.
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==History==
The '''Village of Parkdale''' was founded in 1879, but settlement of the area predated its foundation. In 1812, the {{convert|240|acre|ha}} of land bounded from Lot Street (today's Queen Street) on the north, and Jameson on the west and Dufferin Avenue was granted to James Brock, the cousin of Sir [[Isaac Brock]], in lieu of salary. Brock did not occupy or improve the land during his lifetime. After Brock's death in 1830, his widow Lucy Brock sold the lands which became the major part of Parkdale to [[John Henry Dunn]] and [[John Wellington Gwynne|William Gwynne]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Fife & Drum |title=Brockton's Name Recalls Isaac Brock's Cousin James |issue=March 2009}}</ref> The area north of Queen Street was subdivided from the [[Walter O'Hara|O'Hara]] Estate, given to Walter O'Hara for military service. Another parcel of land north of Queen was given to James Brock, east of the O'Hara estate, was developed along Brock Avenue and became Brockton Village.
[[File:North Parkdale CPR station, Toronto, 1898 -- A20578.jpg|left|thumb|[[Parkdale railway station (Toronto)|Parkdale railway station]] in 1898. The railway station opened in 1856.]]
The [[Parkdale railway station (Toronto)|Parkdale railway station]] was opened at Queen and Dufferin streets in 1856. In the 1870s, the [[Grand Trunk Railway]] built a railway station at Jameson Avenue, on its east–west line. It was named [[South Parkdale railway station|South Parkdale]], and the Queen Street station was given the name of North Parkdale station.
A census of residents prior to the founding showed 783 residents of the area, more than enough for the legal requirement of 750 at the time. A local legend is that [[Romani people
[[File:QueenStSubwayAtDufferin1899.jpg|thumb|View of Parkdale in 1898. Parkdale was annexed by the [[Old Toronto|City of Toronto]] a decade earlier, in 1888.]]
It was purely a residential suburb, home to large Victorian mansions and views of [[Lake Ontario]]. The first house of worship in Parkdale, the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[Epiphany and St. Mark, Parkdale|Church of St. Mark]], was completed on January 20, 1881, on Cowan Ave just south of Queen Street.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=The Anglican |title=Serving in Parkdale for Ninety years|issue=April 1969}}</ref> In 1884, the Village council passed a bylaw to join Toronto, to be ''annexed'' by the City of Toronto, as the village was in fact surrounded by the city of Toronto. The act did not take place immediately as the Village's finances were not in order. Liabilities of the village were not clearly stated in the village's financial statements. On October 27, 1888, another vote was held and the annexation was upheld. The village was annexed by the City of Toronto in March 1889. It became "St. Alban's Ward.".<ref>{{cite news |work=The Toronto Daily Mail |title=Laying The Stone |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1DEJAAAAIBAJ&pg=6453%2C3339150 |date=November 23, 1891 |
In the 1910s, the South Parkdale station was closed and replaced with [[Sunnyside railway station (Toronto)|Sunnyside railway station]]. At the time, a cut was made between Dowling and Atlantic streets and the rail lines of the Grand Trunk were moved below street level. The North Parkdale stations were given new signage of "Parkdale", returning to the original name.
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The [[Palais Royale]] at the eastern edge of Sunnyside Beach opened in 1922 as a canoe factory and dance hall. Many important [[big band]]s played there in the 1930s and the 1940s, and this attracted a large youth patronage. Many war-generation Torontonians courted their future partners in this building. The Palais Royale operates today as a special occasion hall and is a favourite venue for bands, including [[The Rolling Stones]], who played a 2002 concert there, and has been the location for live recordings by [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]] and [[Downchild Blues Band]].
===1950s-1970s: Gardiner Expressway and
In 1955, the city began work on the [[Gardiner Expressway]], a [[freeway|limited access highway]] alongside the railway cut. The Sunnyside Amusement Park was demolished, except for the Bathing Pavilion and the Palais Royale hall. The southern section of Parkdale to the west of Dufferin, south of the railway was also demolished. Parkdale was now separated from Lake Ontario and Sunnyside Beach and the expressway effectively halved the amount of usable lakeside parkland. A reorganization of the area's residential streets was also done. Patronage of the beach declined rapidly. Both the [[Parkdale railway station (Toronto)|Parkdale]] and [[Sunnyside railway station (Toronto)|Sunnyside]] train stations closed during the 1970s.
[[File:Westbound Gardiner from Dufferin.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Gardiner Expressway]] is a [[controlled-access highway]] that runs
The neighbourhood changed greatly after the highway was completed and the park closed. Population density increased with the building of numerous apartment buildings. Jameson Avenue, which became the conduit to the highway changed from single family homes to a street of apartment buildings, many cheaply built. Nearby, many of the mansions and large houses became makeshift low-rise 'bachelorette' apartment buildings and rooming houses. Several had operated as tourist hotels for visitors to Sunnyside and the CNE. Industrial activity declined along the railways. One former industrial site on West Lodge Avenue became a [[West Lodge Apartments|two-tower apartment complex]] that has repeatedly been cited by the
===1970s: Absorption of out-patients===
In the mid-1970s, the [[Government of Ontario]] decided to release many long-term care mental illness patients from its Queen Street and Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital facilities to integrate them into the community.<ref name="slater-web">{{cite web |url=http://www.urbancentre.utoronto.ca/pdfs/researchbulletins/CUCS-RB-28-Slater-Parkd.pdf |title=Toronto's South Parkdale Neighbourhood: A Brief History of Development, Disinvestment, and Gentrification |publisher=University of Toronto |author=Slater, Tom }}</ref> Many of the remaining mansions of South Parkdale had already been converted to boarding houses, and were only a short distance away from the Queen Street hospital. Many illegal 'bachelorette' units were also being created and the inexpensive rental stock of South Parkdale soon became home to many of the released patients. The area developed a reputation as a neighbourhood rife with poverty, crime, drugs, homelessness, and large numbers of people living with mental illness.<ref name="slater-web"/>
In 1977, the Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (PARC) was founded to operate a drop-in centre in Parkdale for survivors of mental health ailments, the homeless, the disabled and those with few resources. Community volunteers observed that there were a large number of adults living in rooming houses and boarding homes throughout the Parkdale community after local mental health facilities began to de-institutionalize psychiatric patients. Most of these adults possessed little income, had few or no family contacts, did not have a place to go during the day and had been ostracized. In 1980 PARC found funding, staff and a venue and opened its doors to provide support, meals, employment opportunities and various programs to people with serious mental health and addiction issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parc.on.ca/ |title=
The Parkdale Village [[Business improvement district|Business Improvement Area]] (BIA) was established in 1978, and represents the commercial strip on Queen Street West from Dufferin Street to Roncesvalles Avenue. The BIA has highlighted the uniqueness of this commercial district, including its restaurants, antique stores, cafés and shops.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=21abbb2729afa310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=8e3032d0b6d1e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD|title=Parkdale Village BIA|website=City of Toronto - BIA Listings|publisher=City of Toronto|access-date=July 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827225904/http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=21abbb2729afa310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=8e3032d0b6d1e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD|archive-date=August 27, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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The area has seen an influx of artists working in the relatively inexpensive spaces, close to the exhibit spaces on Queen Street within Parkdale and along Queen Street to the east.<ref name="slater-web"/> The opening of the Parkdale Arts and Cultural Centre, along with efforts to promote businesses in the area, such as the Parkdale-Liberty Economic Development Centre, has spurred the growth of a vibrant creative area along Queen Street, which puts on a large display during Toronto's annual 'Nuit Blanche.'
The housing stock has seen some gentrification, especially in the area north of Queen Street identified with the "Roncesvalles Village" area, again due to the relatively inexpensive property values. In recent years housing prices in Parkdale have caught up with much of the rest of Toronto.<ref name="slater-web"/> Still, sub-standard housing in the units within the older buildings remains a concern of local city councillors and local community members. Numerous conversions into bachelorettes were done illegally and conditions did not conform to building or fire codes. An initiative, known as the "Parkdale Pilot Project" was formed to address the illegal conversions, seeking to bring the buildings into line. One location on King Street was the location of the 'Pope Squat' where [[Ontario Coalition Against Poverty]] activists [[squatted]] in a vacant apartment building during a visit of [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref name="Pope">{{cite journal |last1=Lehrer |first1=Ute |last2=Winkler |first2=Andrea |title=Public or Private? The Pope Squat and Housing Struggles in Toronto |journal=Social Justice |date=2006 |volume=33 |issue=3 (105) |pages=142–157 |jstor=29768391 |issn=1043-1578}}</ref> After being vacant for over ten years (most of which it was owned by the [[Government of Ontario]]), the building eventually re-opened as apartments, after its redevelopment was approved by the Pilot Project's housing committee.. An apartment building on the corner of Queen Street and Dowling Avenue also lay vacant for some time before being expropriated by the city for an affordable housing re-development. It is known as Edmond Place and is a partnership of the
The commercial uses along Queen Street West have seen changes. In 2013, a sudden proliferation of restaurants and bars in one area led to a bylaw limiting the number to 25% of establishments.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/3901838-council-approves-limiting-restaurants-in-parkdale/ |title=Council approves limiting restaurants in Parkdale |date=July 19, 2013 |first=David |last=Nickle |work=Parkdale Villager |via=toronto.com}}</ref> The bylaw was rescinded in 2018, with a continuing
==Education==
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* [[Parkdale Collegiate Institute]], a TDSB secondary school on Jameson Avenue south of Queen Street. It was founded in the 1880s.
* Dr. Rita Cox – Kina Minogok Public School, is a TDSB elementary school on Close Avenue at King Street. Founded in 1887, it was previously known as Queen Victoria Public School. In 2022, it was renamed after [[Rita Cox]], an influential head of the Parkdale branch of [[Toronto Public Library]], and an Indigenous phrase.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2022 |title=New Parkdale school name celebrates beloved local librarian, Indigenous phrase |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/queen-victoria-school-renaming-rita-cox-kina-minogok-1.6492951 |access-date=February 15, 2024 |website=CBC News}}</ref>
* Parkdale Public School is a TDSB elementary school which includes preschool to grade 8. It is on Seaforth avenue.
* Holy Family Catholic School, a TCDSB elementary school, a part of [[Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Parkdale|Holy Family Parish]] on Close Avenue. Founded in 1900, two years before the parish church and present school opened at their current location, Holy Family School was created out of Toronto's original west end parish and school of St. Helen's and was first in Parkdale's Masonic Hall on the south side of Queen Street near Dowling Ave. The school was served for many years by the [[Sisters of Loreto]] who commuted from their convent in Toronto's downtown. As population increased in the Parkdale area, the school was enlarged many times such that the standing remains of the original building are now obscured. In 2004 a community centre opened in the school newly built additional building, also at that time, Toronto's archbishop invited fathers of the [[Oratory of Saint Philip Neri]] in Montreal to come to Toronto to serve Holy Family Church and school. When the original Holy Family Church burned in 1997, the congregation worshipped in the school while funds were raised to build a new church.<ref>Fifty Golden Years : Holy Family Parish TORONTO, ONTARIO 1902 - 1952</ref>
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===Main streets===
[[File:Bank of BNA King and Dufferin.jpg|thumb|A former [[Bank of British North America]] branch on King Street, a major road in the neighbourhood]]
'''[[Queen Street West]]''' running east–west is the primary commercial street of the neighbourhood. It is four lanes and the buildings are predominantly 2-3 storey buildings, often with apartments on the upper floors. It ends at Roncesvalles, meeting [[King Street (Toronto)|King Street]] and the Queensway at the 'Sunnyside' intersection. It continues to the east to downtown. The business along Queen have formed a Business Improvement Association under the name of "Parkdale Village." The street has numerous art galleries, restaurants, cafes and convenience stores. The Parkdale branch of the
'''King Street West''', running east–west is a major street continuing to the east to Toronto's downtown, ending to the west at Sunnyside. From Roncesvalles east, it curves along the original shoreline, which is about {{convert|30|ft|m}} above and {{convert|100|yard|m}} inland from the shoreline. The south side in that area is open, with views of the Lake. It is predominantly residential, with a commercial section around the intersection with Dufferin Street.
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* 1911 - Demolition of South Parkdale railway station
* 1912 - Founding of Canadian National Exhibition
* 1916 - Brothers Frederick and Donald Ryan, proprietors of a roller-skating rink named 'Pavlowa' in today's Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre, invent the Honey Dew drink, eventually leading to a large chain of Canadian restaurants.<ref>{{cite news |work=Toronto Star |title=Two historic landmarks commemorate the name of a Czechoslovakian hero |date=September 8, 1990 |first=Donald |last=Jones |
* 1922 - Opening of Sunnyside Beach and Amusement Park
* 1954 - September 9 - [[Marilyn Bell]] is first to swim Lake Ontario and comes ashore in Parkdale
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==Notable residents==
* [[Anderson Ruffin Abbott]] - first Black Canadian to become a physician. He lived on Dowling Avenue from 1890.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parkdaleliberty.com/maps/historic_locations_map/historic_locations_map.html |title=PLEDC Community Feature Maps - Historic Locations |access-date=January 20, 2009 |archive-date=August 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810140714/http://www.parkdaleliberty.com/maps/historic_locations_map/historic_locations_map.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Rob Burgess]] - a Canadian executive in the technology industry. CEO of Macromedia Inc. from 1996 to 2005 and chairman from 1997 to 2005.
* [[Cheri DiNovo]] - Member of Provincial Parliament for Parkdale—High Park
* [[John Henry Dunn]] - Businessman, politician and Canada Receiver General.
*[[Sam Dunn]] - Canadian musician and film director.▼
*[[Bhutila Karpoche]] - Member of Provincial Parliament for Parkdale—High Park
* [[Muriel Kauffman]] - née Muriel Irene McBrien, founding owner of the [[Kansas City Royals]] baseball team, along with her husband [[Ewing Kauffman]].<ref>{{cite news |work=Toronto Star |date=October 22, 2015 |page=GT1 |url=http://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20151022/282222304608667/TextView |title=First lady of the Kansas City Royals hailed from Toronto}}</ref>
* [[Beatrice Lillie]] - World-famous entertainer and comedian<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Torontoist |url=http://torontoist.com/2014/03/historicist-the-funniest-woman-in-the-world/ |title=Historicist: The Funniest Woman in the World |first=David |last=Wencer |date=March 1, 2015 |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Matty Matheson]] - chef, author, Youtuber and television host.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2018/11/parts-labour-closing-toronto/|title = Parts & Labour is closing after 10 years in Toronto}}</ref>
* [[Fred McBrien]] - Toronto City Alderman, Member of Provincial Parliament for Parkdale, Member of Parliament for Parkdale.<ref name="Star Obit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: McBRIEN, Fred G. K.C., M.P.P.|newspaper=Toronto Daily Star|date=July 4, 1938|page=27}}</ref>
* [[Dylan Moscovitch]] - Canadian [[figure skating|figure skater]], Olympic medalist<ref>{{cite news |work=Inside Toronto |url=http://www.insidetoronto.com/sports-story/1936417-parkdale-born-and-raised-national-silver-medalist-earns-berth-in-world-championships/ |title=Parkdale born and raised national silver medalist earns berth in world championships |date=February 21, 2013 |access-date=October 25, 2015 |first=Norm |last=Nelson}}</ref>
* [[Walter O'Hara]] - Military officer, landowner.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Gladstone Hotel |title=Famous People of Parkdale |url=http://www.gladstonehotel.com/history/famous-people-of-parkdale/ |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>
* [[David Spence (Canadian politician)|David Spence]] - Toronto City Alderman, Member of Parliament for Parkdale<ref name="Star 19400214">{{cite news|title=David Spence, Former M.P. Dies Suddenly at Home|newspaper=Toronto Daily Star|date=February 14, 1940|location=Toronto|page=4}}</ref>
* [[The Weeknd|Abel Tesfaye]]
▲*[[Sam Dunn]] Canadian musician and film director.
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==In popular media==
* [[Sam & Me]] - A film by [[Deepa Mehta]] was filmed and set in Parkdale
==See also==
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*{{cite book|title=Parkdale in Pictures: Its development to 1889|last=Laycock| first = Margaret|year=1991|publisher=Toronto Public Library Board|isbn=0-920601-12-X}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.parkdale.tv/history.html|title=Parkdale History|access-date=October 24, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928205149/http://www.parkdale.tv/history.html|archive-date=September 28, 2007|df=mdy-all}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.parkdaleliberty.com/quickLinks/history.html|
* Census Data 2006, 2011 (Statistics Canada)
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