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{{Short description|Neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada}}
[[File:Toronto Korean Town 4 (8438445512).jpg|thumb|upright|Toronto street signage in Koreatown]]
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'''Koreatown''' is an [[ethnic enclave]] within [[Seaton Village]], a neighbourhood of [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada. Located along [[Bloor Street]] between Christie and [[Bathurst Street, Toronto|Bathurst Street]]s, the area is known for its Korean business and restaurants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.toronto.ca/business-economy/business-operation-growth/business-improvement-areas/bia-list/bia-list-f-p/|title=BIA List: F-P|publisher=City of Toronto|year=2011|accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> The ethnic enclave developed during the 1970s, as the city experienced an influx of Korean immigrants settling in Toronto. Toronto has the largest single concentration of Koreans in Canada with 53,940 living in the city, according to the [[Canada 2016 Census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=POPC&Code1=0944&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Ethnic%20origin&TABID=1&type=0|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Toronto [Population centre], Ontario and Ontario [Province]|date=9 August 2019|accessdate=24 August 2019|publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref>
[[File:Toronto Korean Town 4 (8438445512).jpg|thumb|upright|Street sign with Korean text in the [[Hangul]] script reading "[[wikt:한국|한국]][[wikt:마을|마을]]" ([[Literal translation|lit]]. ''Korea Village') in the district (2007)]]


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'''Koreatown''' ({{Korean|hangul=코리아타운}}) is an [[ethnic enclave]] within [[Seaton Village]], a neighbourhood of [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada. Located along [[Bloor Street]] between Christie and [[Bathurst Street, Toronto|Bathurst Street]]s, the area is known for its Korean business and restaurants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.toronto.ca/business-economy/business-operation-growth/business-improvement-areas/bia-list/bia-list-f-p/|title=BIA List: F-P|publisher=City of Toronto|year=2011|access-date=25 September 2011}}</ref> The ethnic enclave developed during the 1970s, as the city experienced an influx of Korean immigrants settling in Toronto. Toronto has the largest single concentration of Koreans in Canada with 53,940 living in the city, according to the [[Canada 2016 Census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=POPC&Code1=0944&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Ethnic%20origin&TABID=1&type=0|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Toronto [Population centre], Ontario and Ontario [Province]|date=9 August 2019|access-date=24 August 2019|publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref>
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In addition to the [[Koreatown]] in Seaton Village, the city is also holds another cluster of Korean businesses and restaurants in the neighbourhood of [[Willowdale, Toronto|Willowdale]], informally referred to as Koreantown North, new Koreatown, and uptown Koreatown. The cluster of Korean businesses in Willowdale is centred along [[Yonge Street]], between [[Finch Avenue|Finch]] and [[Sheppard Avenue]].

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In addition to the [[Koreatown]] in Seaton Village, the city also holds another cluster of Korean businesses and restaurants in the neighbourhood of [[Willowdale, Toronto|Willowdale]], informally referred to as Koreantown North, new Koreatown, and uptown Koreatown. The cluster of Korean businesses in Willowdale is centred along [[Yonge Street]], between [[Finch Avenue|Finch]] and [[Sheppard Avenue]].


==History==
==History==
[[File:Toronto koreatown 2009x.JPG|thumb|Korean businesses and restaurants along Bloor Street]]
[[File:Toronto koreatown 2009x.JPG|thumb|Korean businesses and restaurants along Bloor Street (2009)]]
The section of [[Bloor Street]] west of [[Bathurst Street (Toronto)|Bathurst Street]] was heavily populated by people from Central and South America prior to the influx of Korean immigrants in the late-1960s and 1970s. Prior to this influx, the Korean population in Toronto was approximately 100 in 1966. However, by the 1970s, the Korean population in the city grew to roughly 10,000, with most settling Bloor Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/08/12/a-walking-tour-of-torontos-koreatown-reveals-family-history.html|title=A walking tour of Toronto's Koreatown reveals family history|publisher=Torstar Corporation|work=Toronto Star|date=12 August 2017|accessdate=24 August 2019|last=Daubs|first=Katie}}</ref>
The section of [[Bloor Street]] west of [[Bathurst Street (Toronto)|Bathurst Street]] was heavily populated by people from Central and South America prior to the influx of Korean immigrants in the late-1960s and 1970s. Prior to this influx, the Korean population in Toronto was approximately 100 in 1966. However, by the 1970s, the Korean population in the city grew to roughly 10,000, with most settling Bloor Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/08/12/a-walking-tour-of-torontos-koreatown-reveals-family-history.html|title=A walking tour of Toronto's Koreatown reveals family history|publisher=Torstar Corporation|work=Toronto Star|date=12 August 2017|access-date=24 August 2019|last=Daubs|first=Katie}}</ref>


The adoption of a more liberal immigration policy by the Canadian government in 1967 led to an influx of Korean immigrants, many of whom settled in the Toronto area. Many of them settled in the Bloor and Bathurst area, with a small Korean business neighbourhood developed along Bloor Street, centred on the intersection of Bloor and Manning Avenue. Restaurants, bakeries, gift shops, grocery stores, and travel agencies began to open up, most of which catered to the Korean-Canadian community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2008/11/28/singing_praises_of_koreatown.html|title=Singing praises of Koreatown|last=Mathieu|first=Emily|date=28 November 2008|accessdate=27 September 2011|publisher=Torstar Corporation|work=Toronto Star}}</ref> Today, although many Koreans work in the region, very few Koreans in fact live in Koreatown.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zina |first1=Fraser |date=2019 |title=An Enclave Left Behind: Koreatown for Whom? |url=https://landmarksjournal.geog.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Fraser-2019-Koreatown-for-Whom.pdf |journal=Landmarks |volume=5 |pages=6-17 |access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref>
The adoption of a more liberal immigration policy by the Canadian government in 1967 led to an influx of Korean immigrants, many of whom settled in the Toronto area. Many of them settled in the Bloor and Bathurst area, with a small Korean business neighbourhood developed along Bloor Street, centred on the intersection of Bloor and Manning Avenue. Restaurants, bakeries, gift shops, grocery stores, and travel agencies began to open up, most of which catered to the Korean-Canadian community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2008/11/28/singing_praises_of_koreatown.html|title=Singing praises of Koreatown|last=Mathieu|first=Emily|date=28 November 2008|access-date=27 September 2011|publisher=Torstar Corporation|work=Toronto Star}}</ref> Today, although many Koreans work in the region, very few Koreans in fact live in Koreatown.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zina |first1=Fraser |date=2019 |title=An Enclave Left Behind: Koreatown for Whom? |url=https://landmarksjournal.geog.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Fraser-2019-Koreatown-for-Whom.pdf |journal=Landmarks |volume=5 |pages=6–17 |access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref>


==Other Korean communities in Toronto==
==Other Korean communities in Toronto==
[[File:Yonge Street Olive Ave.jpg|thumb|Korean businesses and restaurants along [[Yonge Street]] in Willowdale.]]
[[File:Yonge Street Olive Ave.jpg|thumb|Korean businesses and restaurants along [[Yonge Street]] in Willowdale (2019)]]
A Korean community in the neighbourhood of [[Willowdale, Toronto|Willowdale]] has also developed in recent decades, and has also been referred to as ''Koreantown North'', ''new Koreatown'', and ''uptown Koreatown''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/food_wine/2017/03/22/learning-how-to-eat-banchan.html|title=Learning how to eat banchan|last=Bhandari|first=Aparita|date=27 March 2017|accessdate=24 August 2019|work=Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar Corporation}}</ref><ref name=reuwil>{{cite web|url=https://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN1HW2K8-OCATP|title=A 'new Koreatown' silenced by Canada van attack|last=Paperny|first=Anna Mehler|work=Reuters|publisher=Thomson Reuters|date=25 April 2018|accessdate=24 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/suresh-doss-seoul-food-takeout-1.5163813|title=Tiny downtown Korean spot serves up big flavours|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|work=CBC News|last=Doss|first=Suresh|date=6 June 2019|accessdate=24 August 2019}}</ref> Of the 118,000 residents of Willowdale, more than 10,000 identified Korean as their first language in the [[Canada 2016 Census]].<ref name=reuwil/> Korean businesses and restaurants are centred around [[Yonge Street]], stretching from [[Finch Avenue]] to [[Sheppard Avenue]] to the south. Koreans account for more than 13 per cent of the population in the strip of Yonge Street from Finch to Sheppard Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/04/25/korean-community-stays-united-in-the-aftermath-of-yonge-st-van-rampage.html|title=Korean community stays united in the aftermath of Yonge St. van rampage|first=Jaren|last=Kerr|date=26 April 2018|accessdate=24 August 2019|work=The Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar Corporation}}</ref>
A Korean community in the neighbourhood of [[Willowdale, Toronto|Willowdale]] has also developed in recent decades, and has also been referred to as ''Koreantown North'', ''new Koreatown'', and ''uptown Koreatown''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/food_wine/2017/03/22/learning-how-to-eat-banchan.html|title=Learning how to eat banchan|last=Bhandari|first=Aparita|date=27 March 2017|access-date=24 August 2019|work=Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar Corporation}}</ref><ref name=reuwil>{{cite web|url=https://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN1HW2K8-OCATP|title=A 'new Koreatown' silenced by Canada van attack|last=Paperny|first=Anna Mehler|work=Reuters|publisher=Thomson Reuters|date=25 April 2018|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/suresh-doss-seoul-food-takeout-1.5163813|title=Tiny downtown Korean spot serves up big flavours|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|work=CBC News|last=Doss|first=Suresh|date=6 June 2019|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> Of the 118,000 residents of Willowdale, more than 10,000 identified Korean as their first language in the [[Canada 2016 Census]].<ref name=reuwil/> Korean businesses and restaurants are centred around [[Yonge Street]], stretching from [[Finch Avenue]] to [[Sheppard Avenue]] to the south. Koreans account for more than 13 per cent of the population in the strip of Yonge Street from Finch to Sheppard Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/04/25/korean-community-stays-united-in-the-aftermath-of-yonge-st-van-rampage.html|title=Korean community stays united in the aftermath of Yonge St. van rampage|first=Jaren|last=Kerr|date=26 April 2018|access-date=24 August 2019|work=The Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar Corporation}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 03:40, 26 May 2024

Street sign with Korean text in the Hangul script reading "한국마을" (lit. Korea Village') in the district (2007)

Koreatown (Korean: 코리아타운) is an ethnic enclave within Seaton Village, a neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located along Bloor Street between Christie and Bathurst Streets, the area is known for its Korean business and restaurants.[1] The ethnic enclave developed during the 1970s, as the city experienced an influx of Korean immigrants settling in Toronto. Toronto has the largest single concentration of Koreans in Canada with 53,940 living in the city, according to the Canada 2016 Census.[2]

In addition to the Koreatown in Seaton Village, the city also holds another cluster of Korean businesses and restaurants in the neighbourhood of Willowdale, informally referred to as Koreantown North, new Koreatown, and uptown Koreatown. The cluster of Korean businesses in Willowdale is centred along Yonge Street, between Finch and Sheppard Avenue.

History

Korean businesses and restaurants along Bloor Street (2009)

The section of Bloor Street west of Bathurst Street was heavily populated by people from Central and South America prior to the influx of Korean immigrants in the late-1960s and 1970s. Prior to this influx, the Korean population in Toronto was approximately 100 in 1966. However, by the 1970s, the Korean population in the city grew to roughly 10,000, with most settling Bloor Street.[3]

The adoption of a more liberal immigration policy by the Canadian government in 1967 led to an influx of Korean immigrants, many of whom settled in the Toronto area. Many of them settled in the Bloor and Bathurst area, with a small Korean business neighbourhood developed along Bloor Street, centred on the intersection of Bloor and Manning Avenue. Restaurants, bakeries, gift shops, grocery stores, and travel agencies began to open up, most of which catered to the Korean-Canadian community.[4] Today, although many Koreans work in the region, very few Koreans in fact live in Koreatown.[5]

Other Korean communities in Toronto

Korean businesses and restaurants along Yonge Street in Willowdale (2019)

A Korean community in the neighbourhood of Willowdale has also developed in recent decades, and has also been referred to as Koreantown North, new Koreatown, and uptown Koreatown.[6][7][8] Of the 118,000 residents of Willowdale, more than 10,000 identified Korean as their first language in the Canada 2016 Census.[7] Korean businesses and restaurants are centred around Yonge Street, stretching from Finch Avenue to Sheppard Avenue to the south. Koreans account for more than 13 per cent of the population in the strip of Yonge Street from Finch to Sheppard Avenue.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "BIA List: F-P". City of Toronto. 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Toronto [Population centre], Ontario and Ontario [Province]". Statistics Canada. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. ^ Daubs, Katie (12 August 2017). "A walking tour of Toronto's Koreatown reveals family history". Toronto Star. Torstar Corporation. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  4. ^ Mathieu, Emily (28 November 2008). "Singing praises of Koreatown". Toronto Star. Torstar Corporation. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  5. ^ Zina, Fraser (2019). "An Enclave Left Behind: Koreatown for Whom?" (PDF). Landmarks. 5: 6–17. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  6. ^ Bhandari, Aparita (27 March 2017). "Learning how to eat banchan". Toronto Star. Torstar Corporation. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  7. ^ a b Paperny, Anna Mehler (25 April 2018). "A 'new Koreatown' silenced by Canada van attack". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  8. ^ Doss, Suresh (6 June 2019). "Tiny downtown Korean spot serves up big flavours". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  9. ^ Kerr, Jaren (26 April 2018). "Korean community stays united in the aftermath of Yonge St. van rampage". The Toronto Star. Torstar Corporation. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

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