New Toronto, Ontario
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New Toronto is a working-class neighbourhood in the south-west corner of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
It is roughly bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, the Kipling Avenue to the west, New Toronto Street to the north, and Royal York Road to the east.
The Village of New Toronto was a strong manufacturing community during the early part of the twentieth century. The area's largest employer was the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, which established a plant there in 1917. The village was amalgamated into the Borough (later City) of Etobicoke in 1967. Etobickoe was merged with five other municipalities and a regional government into the new "City of Toronto" in 1998.
It is a neighbourhood in transition as the industrial corridor located at the north end of the community is being converted into residential zoning; industry is gradually moving out of New Toronto, making way for further residential development. New Toronto also has a high senior citizen population.
The Toronto Transit Commission's 501 Queen streetcar line, which runs along Lake Shore Boulevard, connects New Toronto to the downtown core. The Lakeshore Campus of Humber College is located at the foot of Kipling Avenue.