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Encyclopedia > Finch Avenue

If you meant to search Finch Avenue in Durham Region, please check Durham Regional Road 37. Durham Regional Road 37 is also referred to as Finch Avenue in City of Toronto. ...


Finch Avenue is a major east-west principal arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages None Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total...


East of Toronto, Finch Avenue is also referred to as Durham Regional Road 37, while West of Toronto, Finch Avenue is also referred to as Peel Regional Road 2. Durham Regional Road 37 is also referred to as Finch Avenue in City of Toronto. ...

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History

The street is named after hotel owner John Finch, who operated a hotel at the northeast corner of Finch Avenue and Yonge Street in Toronto. The road allowance was a concession road, and at one time, there were a number of older churches, schoolhouses, and cemeteries on each side of the road. In the 1950s, Ontario Hydro constructed a series of transmission lines around Toronto, and paralleled Finch from Highway 400 eastward into Pickering. This routing is also a compressed natural gas pipeline. A sign for Yonge Street at the intersection with Maitland Street. ... In Upper and Lower Canada, concession roads were laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped land to define lots to be developed; the name comes from a Lower Canadian French term for a row of lots. ... The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario was established in 1906 by the provincial Power Commission Act to build transmission lines to supply municipal utilities with electricity generated by private companies already operating at Niagara Falls. ... Transmission lines in Lund, Sweden Electric power transmission is one process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. ... Highway 400 as part of the 400-series network Highway 400, known previously as the Toronto-Barrie Highway, is a key north-south route linking Toronto to Central and Northern Ontario. ... Pickering (estimated 2005 population 94,000) is a city located directly to the east of Toronto in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. ... Natural gas is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane. ...


West of Islington Avenue, Finch ended at the Humber River (Ontario). Traffic proceeding west had to travel on Islington, northwards towards Steeles Avenue, or south across the Humber to Albion Road. As urban development came to the Toronto area, a Finch Avenue alignment was developed in this area, and was completed in the 1980s within Toronto (at Islington), and then briefly into Mississauga with the construction of Highway 427 (Ontario), and Brampton, turning northwestward onto the Gorewood Road concession (formerly Toronto Gore Township Concession 3). The road now ends at Steeles Avenue, where Gorewood Road is cut off by Highway 407. The concession is then called MacVean Drive in northeastern Brampton, north of Queen Street, the former Highway 7. Islington Avenue is a north-south route in Toronto. ... The Humber, as seen from a point near the northern border of Toronto. ... Steeles Avenue, near its intersection with Warden Avenue. ... Albion Road is the Toronto, Ontario section of former Ontario provincial highway 50, that runs from the Intersection of Weston Road and Walsh Avenue to Steeles Avenue and Highway 427. ... Motto: Pride in our past, Faith in our future Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Region Peel Established 1974 City Mayor Hazel McCallion Governing Body Mississauga City Council MPs Navdeep Singh Bains, Albina Guarnieri, Wajid Khan, Omar Alghabra, Paul Szabo MPPs Bob Delaney, Vic Dhillon, Peter Fonseca, Tim Peterson, Harinder Takhar... Highway 427 as part of the 400-series network Highway 427 is a 400-Series Highway in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, that runs from immediately south of the Queen Elizabeth Way/Gardiner Expressway interchange (its exact southern terminus is on the Browns Line at Coules Court... Nickname: Flower City Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Region Peel Incorporation 1853 (village)   1873 (town)   1974 (city) Mayor Susan Fennell Governing Body Brampton City Council (click for members) MPs Navdeep Bains, Colleen Beaumier, Ruby Dhalla, Gurbax Malhi MPPs Vic Dhillon, Linda Jeffrey, Kuldip Kular Area    - City 266. ... Steeles Avenue, near its intersection with Warden Avenue. ... This article or section should include material from 407 ETR International Highway 407 as part of the 400-series network Highway 407, officially called 407 ETR, is a pay-per-use freeway located in south-central Ontarios Greater Toronto Area. ... The Kings Highway No. ...


Finch Avenue on the news

On August 19, 2005 a freak rainstorm in Toronto caused the Black Creek water level to rise, which caused a section of Finch Avenue West near Sentinel Road (due south of York University between Keele and Jane Streets to collapse, leaving a deep pit that prevented any pedestrian or vehicular traffic from passing through. The crater left where a 4 lane roadway once was is approximately 20–25 feet (7 metres) deep. Two lanes reopened in late 2005, and officials expect the other 2 lanes to be opened after May 2006. August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Black Creek is one of many waterways that flow from the just north of Toronto (near Highway 407 and Jane Street and connects to the Humber River (Toronto) near Scarlett Road and Dundas Street West. ... York University, located in Toronto, Ontario, is Canadas third-largest university. ... Keele Street is a north-south road running from Bloor Street to the Holland Marsh. ... Jane Street is a north-south route in west-end Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...


Transit hub

At the intersection of Finch Avenue and Yonge Street is the northernmost station of the TTC subway network and GO Transit Finch Terminal; formerly York Region Bus Terminal. TTC bus service on Finch runs 24 hours, on the 36 Finch West (318 Blue Night), and 39 Finch East (319 Blue Night). There is also a peak hours 139 Finch East Express bus that serves the Don Mills Station on the Sheppard Subway line. A sign for Yonge Street at the intersection with Maitland Street. ... It has been suggested that TTC Special Constable Services be merged into this article or section. ... GO Transit, 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). ... York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. ... Don Mills is a station on the Sheppard line of the Toronto subway. ... The Sheppard Line is the newest subway line line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. ...


Neighbourhoods

The Yonge/Finch corridor consists mostly of condominimums and some office buildings. A small Korean community resides in the area, mostly visa students studying in Canada There is also a sizable Persian community in the area. Look up Persian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


The community of Newtonbrook is located just north of Finch and Yonge and the birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson. Newtonbrook is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Mike Pearson, PC, CC, OM, MA (April 23, 1897 – December 27, 1972) was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963, to April 20, 1968, and also a 1957 Nobel Laureate. ...


The notorious Jane and Finch neighbourhood of Toronto is centered around the intersection of Finch Avenue West and Jane Street. View of 10 San Romanoway, of The Palisades apartment complex. ...


At the intersection of Highway 404 and Finch is Seneca College's Newnham Campus, one of Ontario's largest community colleges. Highway 404 as part of the 400-series network Highway 404 is an Ontario 400-Series Highway that runs from the junction of Highway 401 and the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto to its northern terminus at Green Lane/Herald Road in Newmarket. ... Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology has approximately 90,000 part-time and 17,000 full-time students. ...


Other sites and neighbourhoods along Finch:

Wild Water Kingdom, located on Finch Avenue, just south of Steeles Avenue East in Brampton, Ontario, is Canadas largest water-based fun park. ... Steeles Avenue, near its intersection with Warden Avenue. ... Nickname: Flower City Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Region Peel Incorporation 1853 (village)   1873 (town)   1974 (city) Mayor Susan Fennell Governing Body Brampton City Council (click for members) MPs Navdeep Bains, Colleen Beaumier, Ruby Dhalla, Gurbax Malhi MPPs Vic Dhillon, Linda Jeffrey, Kuldip Kular Area    - City 266. ... Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (generally referred to as Humber College) is a college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Kings Highway 27 was a secondary highway that ran from Etobicoke to Midhurst in Ontario. ... Albion Road is the Toronto, Ontario section of former Ontario provincial highway 50, that runs from the Intersection of Weston Road and Walsh Avenue to Steeles Avenue and Highway 427. ... 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. ... Weston Road is a north-south street in west end Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Jane Street is a north-south route in west-end Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... York University, located in Toronto, Ontario, is Canadas third-largest university. ... Keele Street is a north-south road running from Bloor Street to the Holland Marsh. ... The Don River is one of two rivers bounding the original settled area of Toronto, Canada along the shore of Lake Ontario, the other being the Humber River to the west. ... Dufferin Street is a north-south route in Toronto and York Region. ... William R. Allen Road, known more commonly as Allen Road or simply The Allen is a short expressway/freeway in Toronto, Ontario, which runs from Kennard Avenue(Wilson Heights Blvd. ... Bathurst Street is a north-south thoroughfare in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and into York Region. ... Finch is a terminus station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the Toronto subway. ... A sign for Yonge Street at the intersection with Maitland Street. ... Finch Hotel opened in 1848 by John Finch on Lot # 2, Concession # 1 (200 arces) , Toronto owned by Thomas Johnson since the late 1790s. ... 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Don Mills Road is a north-south route in Central Toronto. ... Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology has approximately 90,000 part-time and 17,000 full-time students. ... Highway 404 as part of the 400-series network Highway 404 is an Ontario 400-Series Highway that runs from the junction of Highway 401 and the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto to its northern terminus at Green Lane/Herald Road in Newmarket. ... McCowan Road is a north-south street in Scarborough in the City of Toronto, and in York Region in Markham, Whitchurch-Stouffville, East Gwillimbury, and Georgina . ... The Rouge River The Rouge River is a two river system Little Rouge and Rouge River in the east and the northeast parts of Toronto and begins at the Oak Ridges Moraine near Richmond Hill. ... The Toronto Zoo is a zoo which is open 364 days a year, located in the north eastern part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Street details

Despite its length (one of the longest streets in the Greater Toronto Area), few major landmarks are located on Finch; it runs primarily through business and residential areas. When it intersects Yonge in Uptown, there are located office high-rises and condominiums. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


Most of Finch Avenue west of Morningside Avenue is a four to six-lane principal arterial, with a speed limit of 60 km/h (35–40 mph) in most sections. East of Morningside, Finch is a discontinuous collector or minor arterial road (as Old Finch Avenue to Meadowvale) and detours via Meadowvale Road, Plug Hat Road and Beare Road. The road was broken up by residential development and Rouge Park. The street continues briefly east of Beare Road, and enters into the Town of Pickering in Durham Region after Scarborough-Pickering Townline. Morningside Avenue is a north-south street in Toronto, Ontario and the former city of Scarborough. ... Pickering (estimated 2005 population 94,000) is a city located directly to the east of Toronto in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. ... The Regional Municipality of Durham, commonly called Durham Region (2003 population 525,000), is a regional political area located east of Toronto, Ontario. ...


In Pickering, Finch Avenue is also Durham Road # 37 and continues east to Brock Road (Durham Regional Road 1). It ends at a cul-de-sac at Kingston Road (Durham Regional Road # 2 and formerly Ontario provincial highway 2), and the highway follows this concession line to the eastern boundary of Oshawa, Ontario. Kingston Road (originally The Kingston Road) was built by American engineer Asa Danforth as a route to connect Toronto (then called York) with Kingston, Ontario. ... 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. ... Oshawa (estimated 2004 population 150 000; metropolitan population 296 298) is a city on Lake Ontario located approximately 60 km east of downtown Toronto in Ontario, Canada. ...


Side streets

Pawnee Avenue and Old Finch Avenue are both former alignments of Finch Avenue. Pawnee Avenue runs along the former North York Township road alignment between Highway 404 and Victoria Park Avenue. Old Finch Avenue runs in northestern Scarborough, and includes a section of the original road alignment east of Morningside Avenue to Meadowvale Avenue, including the routing through the Rouge Park, and the northern edge of the Toronto Zoo Rouge Park is a large urban park located in east end Toronto. ... The Toronto Zoo is a zoo which is open 364 days a year, located in the north eastern part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...


Major Roads intersects Finch Avenue

Markham Road is a north-south route in Markham and Toronto. ... McCowan Road is a north-south street in Scarborough in the City of Toronto, and in York Region in Markham, Whitchurch-Stouffville, East Gwillimbury, and Georgina . ... Brimley Road is a north-south street in Scarborough, a community within Toronto, Ontario. ... Kennedy Road is a north-south street in Scarborough, Ontario, which is part of Toronto. ... Birchmount Road is a north-south road in Scarborough in Toronto. ... Victoria Park Avenue is a major north-south route in east end Toronto. ... Don Mills Road is a north-south route in Central Toronto. ... Leslie Street is a north-south route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Bayview Avenue is a major north-south route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Bathurst Street is a north-south thoroughfare in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and into York Region. ... Dufferin Street is a north-south route in Toronto and York Region. ... Keele Street is a north-south road running from Bloor Street to the Holland Marsh. ... Islington Avenue is a north-south route in Toronto. ... 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. ... Albion Road is the Toronto, Ontario section of former Ontario provincial highway 50, that runs from the Intersection of Weston Road and Walsh Avenue to Steeles Avenue and Highway 427. ... Highway 427 as part of the 400-series network Ontario Provincial Highway 427, or The Kings Highway 427 is a 400-Series Highway in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, that runs from immediately south of the Queen Elizabeth Way/Gardiner Expressway interchange (its exact southern terminus is... Kings Highway 27 was a secondary highway that ran from Etobicoke to Midhurst in Ontario. ...

Major Roads Parallel with Finch Avenue


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Jane-Finch.com (93 words)
The area where Black Creek flows under Finch Avenue West was washed out during the heavy rainstorm of August 19, 2005.
The crater that is Finch Avenue will cost approximately 5 million dollars to repair.
36 Finch) will be diverted, going through Grandravine Dr. The walkway has been recently restored allowing for pedestrians to walk along Finch Avenue again.
Jane-Finch.com (93 words)
The area where Black Creek flows under Finch Avenue West was washed out during the heavy rainstorm of August 19, 2005.
The crater that is Finch Avenue will cost approximately 5 million dollars to repair.
36 Finch) will be diverted, going through Grandravine Dr. The walkway has been recently restored allowing for pedestrians to walk along Finch Avenue again.
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