Downsview
Downsview is a neighbourhood in the north end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the district of North York.
Downsview is a neighbourhood in the north end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the district of North York. The area takes its name from the Downs View farm established around 1842 near the present-day intersection of Keele Street and Wilson Avenue. It now extends beyond the intersection of Sheppard Avenue and Dufferin Street, though it is popularly seen as including the areas to the north right up to the Toronto city limits at Steeles Avenue. The area includes several large post-World War II subdivisions. Within the area is Downsview Airport, the former site of Canadian Forces Base Downsview, which has since been largely converted following the end of the Cold War into an urban park known as Downsview Park. The airport is still used as a manufacturing and testing facility for Bombardier Aerospace. As of the 2021 census, the Downsview-Roding-CFB neighbourhood was split into the two neighbourhoods of Downsview and Oakdale–Beverley Heights.
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Worth seeing in and around Downsview
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01World Youth Day 2002
The 17th World Youth Day 2002 was a Catholic youth festival held July 23 to 28, 2002, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. World Youth Day is a celebration of faith begun by Pope John Paul II held on an international level every two to three years.
1.3 km · 17th World Youth Day of the Catholic Church held in Toronto · Wikipedia - 02Yorkdale Shopping Centre
Yorkdale Shopping Centre is a shopping mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the southwest corner of the Highway 401 and Allen Road interchange in the former city of North York. It spans 1,845,725 square feet of selling space and has sales of CA$1,905 per square foot, making it the country's third-largest mall by area, and the mall with the highest sales per unit area.
3.3 km · shopping mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia - 03Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto
Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto, also known as SARSfest or SARSStock, was a benefit rock concert that was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 30, 2003. An estimated 450,000 to 500,000 people attended the concert, making it the largest outdoor ticketed event in Canadian history and one of the largest events in North American history.
1.4 km · 2003 benefit concert in Toronto · Wikipedia - 04Canadian Air and Space Museum
The Canadian Air and Space Conservancy was an aviation museum that was located in Toronto, Ontario, featuring artifacts, exhibits and stories illustrating a century of Canadian aviation heritage and achievements. The museum was located in a hangar that once housed the original de Havilland Canada aircraft manufacturing building, but in September 2011 the museum and all of the other tenants in the building were evicted by the landlord, the Crown Corporation, PDP.
2.2 km · aviation museum in Toronto, Ontario · Wikipedia - 05Regina Pacis Catholic Secondary School
Regina Pacis Catholic Secondary School is a former Catholic secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From 1980 to 2002, it was operated by the Toronto Catholic District School Board serving the Downsview neighbourhood.
3.9 km · catholic high school in University Heights, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia - 06St. Basil-the-Great College School
St. Basil-the-Great College School (also known locally as St.
3.2 km · catholic high school in Pelmo Park–Humberlea, North York, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia - 07Toronto and Region Islamic Congregation
The Toronto and Region Islamic Congregation, commonly referred to by its acronym as TARIC Islamic Center, is one of the largest Islamic centers in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, formerly in the city of North York. With its distinct box-shaped oriental motif, TARIC makes an unusual and highly visible landmark in the city of Toronto, primarily due to its location near the busy multi-level Hwy 401/Hwy 400 interchange.
2.4 km · Islamic Center commonly referred to as TARIC mosque in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
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Getting to Downsview
- Airports
- Toronto Pearson (YYZ), 13 km · John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 72 km · Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 107 km
- Stations
- Downsview Airport, 2.5 km · Sheppard West, 3.2 km · Wilson, 3.5 km · Yorkdale, 3.8 km · Downsview Park, 2.7 km
- Hamilton → Downsview13902 km · quickest by air, 28h 52m · NZ$3,040–4,700
- Windsor → Downsview331 km · quickest by air, 4h 23m · C$130–200
- Ottawa → Downsview9 km · quickest by road, 28 min · C$1.5–2
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No local-transport research exists yet for Downsview
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- Get inA free ferry service also makes the short crossing: it is just 121 metres, the world's shortest regularly-scheduled ferry route.
- Get inTTC streetcars are available within a short walk from the mainland ferry terminal: Route 509 Harbourfront travels east along the waterfront (Queens Quay) to Union Station.
- Get aroundA visit to Toronto Islands from the ferry docks at the southern end of Bay Street is a great way to spend a bike-friendly, relaxed afternoon by bike.
- Get aroundThe trip to the Toronto Islands from the downtown core (Bay St and Queens Quay) is a pleasant 15-minute ferry ride, with frequent summer service and the best views of the Toronto skyline.
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Downsview is 8 km from Toronto, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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