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Old Posted Apr 23, 2016, 11:48 PM
Docere Docere is offline
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Toronto's "Little Italy" on College St. became the city's main Italian district by the 1920s. It was supplanted by another working class area to the northwest, much further from downtown, by the 1960s, which was the main reception area for postwar immigrants. The northwest movement has continued to the Downsview area of North York and later the suburb of Woodbridge.

Today Corso Italia (at Dufferin and St. Clair) has a dwindling old school Italian population, but certainly there are still a lot of elderly unilingual Italians there. It was I believe about 70% Italian at one time, probably about 20% Italian now, having given way to new groups like Portuguese and Latin Americans. The College St. Little Italy isn't very Italian anymore, hasn't really been since the 1970s. Today it's a very trendy and gentrified area known for its restaurants and nightlife, though there's still a handful of old Italians there.

There's still a significant presence in the working class inner suburb of Downsview, though it's on the decline and has become home to other groups.

Woodbridge, part of the edge city of Vaughan, now is the biggest Italian area in Toronto. It includes more middle class housing but also the Italian developer/construction elite in some sections. Since it's a very car-oriented area, there's little Italian "street presence", though there's certainly a lot of Italian spoken and businesses catering to the Italian community.

Last edited by Docere; Apr 24, 2016 at 2:02 AM.
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