Forest Hill, Ontario
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Forest Hill, now part of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was incorporated as a village in 1923. The village was named after the summer home of John Wickson; previously it had been known as Spadina Heights (a name that continued to be applied to the neighbourhood into the twentieth century).
Its original boundaries were Bathurst Street to the west, Upper Canada College to the east, Eglinton Avenue to the north, and Lonsdale Road and a portion of Montclair Avenue to the south (the original boundaries of School Section 30). Neighbourhoods north of Eglinton were later incorporated into Forest Hill.
In 1967, the Village of Forest Hill and the Village of Swansea were annexed by the City of Toronto.
Forest Hill, Rosedale and the Bridle Path are Toronto's three wealthiest neighbourhoods.
Forest Hill Village is a part of Forest Hill occupying most of the original area of the village. The Village extends roughly from Eglinton Avenue in the north (the Upper Village) to Heath Street in the south (the Lower Village) along Spadina Road between Bathurst Street/Cedarvale Ravine (whichever is further east) and Avenue Road. The designations Upper and Lower are based on height of land and not on positions on a map or along a watercourse.
The Lower Village is known for its upscale shopping and dining, although the actual mix of stores includes several modest enterprises. The Lower Village has attracted extensive residential development (especially of apartments), both within the original boundaries of Forest Hill and in adjacent neighbourhoods to which developers have now extended the Village and Forest Hill names.