North Toronto
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North Toronto is the northern section of the old, pre-amalgamation City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It currently occupies a geographically central location within the new city boundaries. It is a relatively narrow strip, centered around Yonge Street, and running from Davisville Avenue north to Blythwood Road. The Town of North Toronto was incorporated in 1890, when much of the area was still farmland, and annexed by the City of Toronto in 1912.
Toronto's Yonge Street streetcar line was then extended through North Toronto, replacing the former radial railway service. North Toronto soon emerged as a popular streetcar suburb, with the area becoming completely developed by the 1940s. The streetcar was replaced by the Toronto Transit Commission's Yonge subway in 1954. Today North Toronto is a relatively affluent community, and very popular with young families.