Focus on Downtown

By admin | Published: November 7, 2009

sketch_20 Some of Toronto’s most prominent families were the original settlers of “The Downtown”. The names of the streets are clues to its rich history.

In downtown, Jarvis Street is named after the former provincial secretary of Upper Canada, William Jarvis.

McGill Street is named after Captain John McGill, and Sherbourne Street commemorates the ancestral home of the Ridout family who came to Canada from Sherbourne, Dorsetshire, England.

The families later subdivided their large estates in the mid 1800’s to create the current neighbourhood.

The Jarvis and Sherbourne mansions have set the tone for Downtown. Downtown was considered Toronto’s most fashionable suburb. More information on Downtown history.

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