A curved Eglinton Avenue West street sign.

Eglinton Avenue is an east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in Mississauga to the west. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Mississauga (ˌmɪsɪˈsɑgə) incorporated in 1974 is a City located in the Regional Municipality of Peel The Toronto portion of the road runs from Kingston Road in the east to the western city limits of Mississauga, west of Highway 427. Kingston Road (originally "The Kingston Road" was built by American engineer Asa Danforth as a route to connect Toronto (then called York with Kingston The King's Highway 427 is a 400-Series Highway in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, that runs from immediately south of the Queen

The road name originates from the Castle Eglinton in Scotland. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. While the correct name is spelled with one "g", Torontonians generally pronounce it as if it was spelled "Eglington. "

The road west of Yonge is Eglinton Avenue West and east of Yonge is Eglinton Avenue East. When Eglinton passes into Mississauga, it reverts to Eglinton Avenue East until west of Hurontario Street where it becomes Eglinton Avenue West, becoming Lower Baseline Road as it enters Milton just west of Mississauga. Hurontario Street is a roadway running in Ontario, Canada between Lake Ontario at Mississauga and Lake Huron 's Georgian Bay Milton ( 2006 census population 53939 is a town in southern Ontario, Canada, part of the Greater

The road runs through a number of neighbourhoods and is for the most part residential, though it becomes a major commercial area around the centre of the city. The Eglinton West area near Oakwood Avenue to Keele Street is home to a number of multi-cultural stores. Eglinton West, also known as Little Jamaica, is a retail section of Toronto, Ontario, Canada situated along Eglinton Avenue West Oakwood- Vaughan, also known simply as Oakwood, Oakwood Toronto redirects here --> is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario Keele Street is a north-south road in Toronto and York Region ( York Regional Road 6) in Ontario, Canada, running from Bloor

Eglinton Avenue is one of the few east-west routes north of Bloor Street that crosses Toronto uninterrupted in a more or less straight line across the entire city. Eglinton is also one of the few east-west routes that has the distinction of being continuous from Toronto/York Region to Peel Region (the others are Dundas Street, Steeles Avenue, Highway 7, and Castlemore Road/Rutherford Road/Carrville Road/16th Avenue). Dundas Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, also known interchangeably as Highway 5 west of Toronto is a major arterial street which forms Steeles Avenue is an east-west street that forms the northern city limit of Toronto and the southern limit of York Region, Ontario, Canada. Highway 7 is a provincially maintained highway in the province of Ontario, Canada. York Regional Road 73 is an east-west formerly Concession road, now a major urban throughfare in York Region, Ontario, Canada. For example, Lawrence Avenue to its north and St. Clair Avenue to its south are both interrupted by the Don Valley, and neither reaches the western boundary of the city at Etobicoke Creek. St Clair Avenue is a major east-west street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This article is about the river in Toronto Canada For other rivers with the same name see Don River (disambiguation. Etobicoke Creek (ɛˈtoʊbɨkoʊ) is one of the many creeks running through Toronto, Ontario and the Toronto Area into Lake Ontario Eglinton was also the only street to cross through all six municipalities that made up Metro Toronto: East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Toronto, and York

In Toronto, the right-of-way to construct the Richview Expressway remains but the project has never come to fruition, save for high-speed ramps from Eglinton to Highway 401 and Highway 427 at that complicated interchange. The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was the senior level of Municipal government in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada, area from 1954 to East York was formerly a semi-autonomous Borough within the overall municipality of Metropolitan Toronto before East North York forms the central part of the northern half of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Scarborough (ˈskɑrˌbəroʊ ( 2001 Census 593297 is the area that forms the eastern part of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Old City of Toronto refers to the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as it existed before the " York is a community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate city it was one of six municipalities The King's Highway 427 is a 400-Series Highway in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, that runs from immediately south of the Queen Local opposition has made the proposed expressway unlikely, though the lands remain owned by the city.

The provincial government of Bob Rae started the Eglinton West subway in 1994, as a way of appeasing politicians in Etobicoke and York (as North York would receive the Sheppard Subway), even though the official transit plan only recommended an Eglinton busway for the near future. Robert Keith "Bob" Rae PC OC QC OOnt MP (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian The Eglinton West subway was a proposed east-west subway line in Toronto, Canada. The Sheppard Line is the newest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. The Eglinton subway was abandoned by Rae's successor Mike Harris, after a tunnel had been started from Eglinton West station. Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26,

Transportation plans for the corridor include new rapid transit lines, announced as part of the TTC's Transit City light rail expansion programme in 2007,^[1] including the Eglinton Crosstown line and the Scarborough Malvern lines. Transit City is a plan for public transportation for the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, announced by Mayor of Toronto David Miller The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is a proposed Light rail line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as part of the Transit City proposal The Scarborough Malvern LRT is a proposed Light rail line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as part of the Transit City proposal announced Although questions arose early on regarding the availability of funding for the line, the provincial government's MoveOntario 2020 capital funding announcement in June 2007, as well as subsequent budgetary commitments, have all but solidified its future. MoveOntario 2020 is a plan proposed by the Government of Ontario that would fund 52 rapid-transit projects throughout the Greater Toronto Hamilton area Plans for the Eglinton Crosstown line involve operating new low-floor streetcars in a dedicated right of way between Kennedy Station in Scarborough and Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, with underground operation between Brentcliffe Road in the east and Keele Street in the west, and on-street operation (as on Spadina and St Clair) elsewhere along the line. A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train Kennedy is a station on the Bloor-Danforth and Scarborough RT lines of the Toronto, Ontario, Canada, subway system Lester B Pearson International Airport is a major International airport serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated 27 kilometres (17 mi northwest The Scarborough Malvern line would operate east of Kennedy station. The project has been officially approved, and engineering work is set to begin in early 2008^[2].

Sites along Eglinton

Eglinton Avenue on a rainy day, with Canada Square and the Yonge Eglinton Centre

• Erin Mills Town Centre
• Eglinton Flats Park
• Eglinton Square
• The Golden Mile
• Yonge Eglinton Centre
• Canada Square
• Eglinton Park
• TVOntario Headquarters
• Sunnybrook Park
• Ontario Science Centre
• Little Jamaica

The Eglinton West (at Allen Road), Eglinton (at Yonge Street), and Kennedy Toronto Transit Commission stations are located on Eglinton. The Erin Mills Town Centre is a Shopping mall located in the Erin Mills area of Mississauga, Ontario Canada, at the corner of The Golden Mile in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a stretch of Eglinton Avenue East that is the site of intensive industrial Canada Square is a complex of three interconnected office buildings located at Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue in Toronto, Ontario Eglinton Park is a public park located in the North Toronto neighbourhood of Toronto Ontario, Canada, a few blocks west of the Eglinton Subway Station TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, ( Call signs CICA, CICE, CICO) is a publicly-funded educational English language Ontario Science Centre (OSC is a Science museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, near the Don Valley Parkway about 11 km northeast of Eglinton West, also known as Little Jamaica, is a retail section of Toronto, Ontario, Canada situated along Eglinton Avenue West Eglinton West is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. William R Allen Road, known more commonly as Allen Road, The Allen Expressway or simply The Allen is a short Expressway / Freeway Eglinton is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Yonge Street (pronounced "young" is a major arterial street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and its northern Suburbs It was formerly Kennedy is a station on the Bloor-Danforth and Scarborough RT lines of the Toronto, Ontario, Canada, subway system The Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC) is a Public transport authority that operates Buses streetcars, subways and Rapid transit The street is currently served by the 32 Eglinton West and 34 Eglinton East TTC bus routes.

References

1. ^ http://www.transitcity.ca Official project website for the TTC's 'Transit City' programme
2. ^ Commission Report Macro

See also

• Yonge and Eglinton