Dundas Street showing a streetcar with Art Gallery of Ontario in background. This streetcar is destined for High Park. The tall buildings in the background are at the intersections with University Avenue and with Yonge Street, at Dundas Square.

Dundas Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, also known interchangeably as Highway 5 west of Toronto, is a major arterial street which forms a major intersection with Yonge Street where Dundas Square and the Toronto Eaton Centre are found. A second major intersection occurs at Spadina Avenue, where Toronto's downtown Chinatown is located. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1232x816, 96 KB)Dundas streetcar with Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in background I captured this picture of the Dundas Street streetcar, just a couple of minutes before the sun set (6:20pm), at a time of year when the sun... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1232x816, 96 KB)Dundas streetcar with Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in background I captured this picture of the Dundas Street streetcar, just a couple of minutes before the sun set (6:20pm), at a time of year when the sun... Looking down upon the Hillside Gardens and Grenadier Pond. ... University Avenue is one of the main north-south roads in downtown Toronto. ... Dundas Square. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked 4th 1,076... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... A sign for Yonge Street at the intersection with Maitland Street. ... Dundas Square. ... The Toronto Eaton Centre is a large shopping mall and office complex in downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada, named after the now-defunct Eatons department store chain. ... View of Spadina Avenue, looking north from its intersecton with Dundas Street. ... Toronto Downtown Chinatown, Spadina & Dundas. ...

Dundas Street is also one of the few east-west routes that has the distinction of being continuous from the Toronto/York Region to Peel Region (the others are Eglinton Avenue, Steeles Avenue, Highway 7, and Castlemore Road/Rutherford Road/Carrville Road/16th Avenue). York Regional Municipality, also called York Municipality or York Region, is a municipality in south-central Ontario, between Lake Simcoe and Toronto. ... Motto: Working for you Area: 1,241. ... Eglinton Avenue is an east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Steeles Avenue, near its intersection with Warden Avenue. ... The Kings Highway No. ... 16th Avenue is a east-west concession road in York Region and runs in the Towns of Markham, Richmond Hill and the city of Vaughan. ...

History

Dundas Street was constructed as a colonial road at the direction of John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada. It connected Toronto (then known as York) to the town of Dundas, then to settlements west, and also around Lake Ontario to Niagara-on-the-Lake (Newark). Dundas Street is named after its onetime destination, the town of Dundas. The town itself was named for Henry Dundas - Viscount Melville, British Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1791 to 1801. In the early 19th century when Toronto's oldest streets were first named, Dundas was an important settlement in its own right, rather than simply a suburb of Hamilton, as it has since become. John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 – October 26, 1806) was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (modern-day southern Ontario plus the shoreline of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior) from 1791-1796. ... Flag Map of Upper Canada (orange) Capital Newark 1792 - 1797 York 1797 - 1841 Language(s) English Religion Church of England Government Constitutional monarchy Sovereign  - 1791-1820 George III  - 1837-1841 Victoria Lieutenant-Governor See list of Lieutenant-Governors Legislature Parliament of Upper Canada  - Upper house Legislative Council  - Lower house Legislative... Dundas, Ontario, Canada held a town charter between 1848 and 2001. ... Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ... Categories: Canada geography stubs | Ontario communities | Coastal towns of Canada ... Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (April 28, 1742 - May 28, 1811) was a British statesman. ... Nickname: Ambitious City, Steeltown, The Hammer Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Coordinates: Country  Province Canada  Ontario Incorporated June 9, 1846 [1] Mayor Fred Eisenberger City Council Hamilton City Council Representatives MPs and MPPs Area    - City 1,138. ...

Montgomery's Inn was built on Dundas Street in 1832 for travellers along this route, and became a center of neighborhood business as well. It stands today, operated as a museum by the City of Toronto. Montgomerys Inn is a historic home in south Etobicoke in the city of Toronto, Ontario. ...

In the 20th century, for purposes of efficiency, Highway 5 was redirected, just west of the former village of Waterdown, Ontario and no longer passes through the town of Dundas, which was also located on the lower side of the Niagara Escarpment. Waterdown was a town in Canada which since 2001 has been a community of Hamilton, Ontario. ... Rattlesnake Point near Milton, Ontario. ...

Parts of the current day Dundas Street had different names (Arthur, Agnes, St Patrick, Crookshank, Wilton, and Beech), but they were amalgamated in the early 20th century to form the current road.

Immigrant communities have sprung up along its route within Toronto and some still exist today just to name a few; Kensington Market was home to Toronto's first Jewish community; vibrant Chinatown nearby (at Spadina Road) continues to expand; Brockton Village (at Dovercourt Rd.) became a west end destination for the immigrant Irish community in the mid-19th century, later on and still today the same area was settled by Portuguese and Brazilians, so much so one stretch of Dundas is aptly named "Rua Açores"; The Junction area attracted many immigrant labourers from Ireland and Britain, Southern and Eastern Europe due to its proximity to railways, meat packing and other heavy industries which sprouted up there in the late 19th century. Kensington market in downtown Toronto Kensington Market is one of the most famous neighbourhoods in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Toronto Downtown Chinatown, Spadina & Dundas. ... Brockton village was a village located to the west of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, annexed in 1884. ... The Junction, or West Toronto, is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that derives its name from a junction of four railway lines in the area known as the West Toronto Diamond. ...

Dundas Street's route through the city of Toronto is irregular, ignoring the general east-west axis of the city's streets once it is west of Dufferin Street. It meanders northwards towards Bloor Street, crossing it at Roncesvalles Avenue, heading north through The Junction neighbourhood (at Keele Street) until it reaches High Park Avenue, where it once again turns south to meet Bloor Street again at Kipling Avenue. However, this route allows the street to traverse the west end of the city while avoiding obstacles that would have been expensive to cross in the 18th century, such as Grenadier Pond in what is now High Park, and the highest point of the Humber River valley (Bloor Street to the south requires a high bridge to cross the river at that point). Dufferin Street is a north-south route in Toronto and York Region. ... Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Roncesvalles Avenue is a lesser known major street in Torontos west end. ... The Junction, or West Toronto, is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that derives its name from a junction of four railway lines in the area known as the West Toronto Diamond. ... Keele Street is a north-south road running from Bloor Street to the Holland Marsh. ... Kipling Avenue is a Toronto street, named for Rudyard Kipling, who may or may not have been travelling through on the road to Woodbridge, Ontario. ... Looking down upon the Hillside Gardens and Grenadier Pond. ... The Humber, as seen from a point near the northern border of Toronto. ...

Downtown centre

Dundas Street is centrally located in downtown Toronto, about midway between Front Street and Bloor Street. It serves as a major east-west thoroughfare for vehicular, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic both downtown and beyond. The introduction of Dundas Square prompted the migration of some of the arts and culture that were traditionally on Queen Street West and on Bloor Street to a point between them, namely to Dundas. Front Street is an east-west street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Queen Street West refers to both a major east-west downtown street and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

What is considered the focal point of Toronto's large Chinatown is located at the corner of Dundas Street and Spadina Avenue, on the western side of downtown. To the east of downtown, Dundas St. courses past the large Regent Park Co-operative Housing Project. For other uses, see Chinatown (disambiguation). ... View of Spadina Avenue, looking north from its intersecton with Dundas Street. ...

Art on Dundas Street

The main entrance to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is on Dundas Street, where the front steps of the AGO extend almost along the entire city block, forming an important part of the street life on Dundas Street, where people often meet.

Dundas Street is the address of the Art Gallery of Ontario, which takes a full city block on the south side of the street, at the corner of McCaul Street, just west of University Avenue. The street is also home to many other art galleries, including Bau Xi Gallery and Art Square, near the adjacent Chinatown. The main entrance to the AGO The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is an art museum on the eastern edge of Torontos downtown Chinatown district, on Dundas Street West between McCaul Street and Beverley Street. ... University Avenue is one of the main north-south roads in downtown Toronto. ... For other uses, see Chinatown (disambiguation). ...

Highway 5

While this route alignment in Toronto was along Danforth Avenue and Bloor Street, Dundas Street became the former Highway 5 (Ontario) in Etobicoke, west of the former village of Islington, at Kipling Avenue, known as the Six Points. Westward this route passed through Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington, extending across Ontario through St. George, Ontario, and ending in Paris, Ontario, with the junction of the former Ontario Provincial Highway 2, that proceeds west through Woodstock, and London, Ontario. In London, the ends just east of the forks of the Thames River, before it crosses the Kensington Bridge to West London. Originally, this section was called "Dundas Street West" with the Eastern portion being "Dundas Street East". However, since construction in the mid-1980s, the entire western portion has been called "Riverside Drive". Some Londoners still refer to "Dundas Street East" though no part of the street retains that name. Danforth Avenue is a east-west route in east Toronto. ... Country Canada Province Ontario Established 1 January 1850 (township)   1 January 1967 (borough) Incorporated Amalgamation June 1983 (city) 1 January 1998 Government  - Mayor David Miller (Toronto Mayor)  - Governing Body Toronto City Council  - MPs Roy Cullen, Michael Ignatieff, Borys Wrzesnewskyj  - MPPs Shafiq Qaadri, Donna Cansfield, Laurel Broten Area  - Disolved city 123. ... Kipling Avenue is a Toronto street, named for Rudyard Kipling, who may or may not have been travelling through on the road to Woodbridge, Ontario. ... Motto: Pride in our past, Faith in our future Location of Mississauga in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the province of Ontario Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Region Peel Established 1968, as a town Incorporated 1974, as a city  - City Mayor Hazel McCallion  - Local government Mississauga City Council (9... Oakville (2006 population 165,613[1]) is a town on Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, Canada, midway between Toronto (about 31 km or 19 mi away) on its eastern border and Hamilton (about 20 km or 12 mi away) from its western border. ... Motto: Stand By Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Region Halton Regional Municipality Established 1874  - Mayor Cam Jackson  - Governing Body Burlington City Council  - MPs Mike Wallace (CPC), Garth Turner (Liberal)  - MPPs Joyce Savoline (PC), Ted Chudleigh (PC) Area    - City 187 km²  (72 sq mi) Population (2001)  - City 150,8361(sc)  - Density... St. ... Paris (2001 population, 9,881) is a town on the Grand River in Ontario, Canada. ... Highway 2 was the major east-west provincial highway in Southern Ontario, running from Windsor in the west to the Lancaster in the east and joining together the towns and cities of the western two thirds of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. ... Woodstock (2005 population: 34,000) is a city and the county seat of Oxford County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. ... Nickname: The Forest City Location of London in relation to Middlesex County and the Province of Ontario Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Middlesex County Settled 1826 as a village Incorporated 1855 as a city Government  - City Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best  - Governing Body London City Council  - MPs Sue Barnes... The Thames River is located in southwestern Ontario, Canada. ...

In Toronto, Dundas Street is divided between Dundas Street East and Dundas Street West by Yonge Street, the east/west dividing line for all Toronto streets.

Transit connections in Metro Toronto

Dundas Street is served by the following subway stations:

Bloor-Danforth Subway line: The Bloor-Danforth line is the main east-west subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. ...

• Dundas West station
• Kipling Station

Yonge-University-Spadina line: Dundas West is a station on the Bloor-Danforth Line of the Toronto subway. ... Kipling is the western terminus station on the Bloor-Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. ... The Yonge-University-Spadina Line is the oldest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and undoubtedly, the most crowded subway line in Toronto, since it serves Downtown Toronto. ...

• St. Patrick station
• Dundas station

It is also served by the following GO stops: St. ... Dundas is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line of the Toronto subway. ... GO Transit (AAR reporting marks GOT), officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ...

• Bloor
• Cooksville
• Dixie
• Kipling

It is also served by the following TTC surface routes: Bloor GO Station is a GO Transit train station along the Georgetown rail corridor. ... Cooksville GO Station is a GO Transit railway station on the Milton line in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. ... Dixie GO Station is a Train Station on the GO Transit network along the Milton rail corridor in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. ... Kipling GO Station is a GO Transit railway station along the Milton rail corridor in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. ...

• 505 Dundas between Bloor St. W. and Broadview Avenue
• 40 Junction between Bloor St. W. and Runnymede Road.
• 30 Lambton between High Park Avenue and Kipling Avenue.

The 505 Dundas is a streetcar line run by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Ontario. ... Broadview Avenue is a street in east end Toronto and travels along the east side of the Don River. ... Kipling Avenue is a Toronto street, named for Rudyard Kipling, who may or may not have been travelling through on the road to Woodbridge, Ontario. ...

References

• Dundas Street and Dundas, Ontario

• Queen Street

Coordinates: 43.657541° N 79.376682° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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North-South streets:	Albion • Avenue • Browns • Bathurst • Bay • Bayview • Birchmount • Bridle Path • Brimley • Broadview • De Grassi • Don Mills • Dufferin • Homewood • Islington • Jane • John • Keele • Kennedy • Kipling • Leslie • Markham • McCaul • McCowan • Morningside • Oakwood • Palmerston • Roncesvalles • Spadina • University • Vaughan • Victoria Park • Warden • Weston • Woodbine • Yonge
East-West streets:	Bloor • Carlton • College • Danforth • Dundas • Eglinton • Ellesmere • Finch • Front • Gerrard • King • Kingston • Lake Shore • Lawrence • Parkwoods Village • Pemberton • Queen West • Queen's Quay • Queensway • Sheppard • St.Clair • Steeles • Wilson • York Mills
Expressways and highways:	2A • 27 • 400 • 401 • 404 • 427 • Allen Road • Black Creek Drive • Don Valley Parkway • Gardiner
Defunct expressways:	Crosstown • Richview • Spadina Expressway • Scarborough Expressway
Related Templates: Markham • York Region • Hamilton