Why does Toronto have more "street-based" neighbourhoods than other Canadian cities?

[Docere]

While Toronto does have its well-defined "place-based" neighbourhoods with strong identities existing for many decades (Annex, the Beaches, Parkdale) a lot of other areas are relatively recent creations based on commercial strip/BIA or intersection (Yonge-Eglinton, Bloor West Village, Roncesvalles, the Danforth etc.) and if asked people who live in these areas will use these terms.

In contrast Montreal's neighbourhood names have held out more consistently, for longer and are based on parish names or old villages (i.e. Notre Dame de Grace, Hochelaga, Cote de Neiges etc.) Vancouver's neighbourhoods also lean more towards place-based identities (Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano, Kerrisdale etc.) though it does have a few commercial strip-based ones (Commercial Drive).