- Rexdale
Rexdale is a community located in the north-west corner of
Toronto ,Ontario ,Canada . Rexdale-Thistletown is now referred to most often as Rexdale, also known asEtobicoke North or North Etobicoke, forms the top third of the Etobicoke District in the City of Toronto.Etobicoke was formerly the City of Etobicoke which merged with five other municipalities and a regional government to form the new "City of
Toronto " in 1998. Rexdale was named afterRex Heslop and his wife Delma, the area's first residential real estate developers who built the original suburb north of Highway 401 and east of Islington Avenue. Rexdale now is bordered by Malton andPearson International Airport in the City ofMississauga to the west, Central Etobicoke to the south, the former Town of Woodbridge in the City of Vaughan to the north and theNorth York district of the City of Toronto to the east.The boundaries for Rexdale are the Humber River to the east; Indian Line, which has mostly disappeared beneath Highway 427 and Pearson International Airport, or approximately Highway 427 to the west;
Steeles Avenue to the north and Highway 401 to the south.Rexdale evolved into a suburb of Toronto starting in the late 1950s by
Rex Heslop . While representing many ethnicities in the early days of its evolution from small towns, farmland andgolf course s into an urban community, Rexdale started with a large English and Scottish population, as was often common of Toronto neighbourhoods at that time. The hip-hop duoGhetto Concept hail from Rexdale.The population of Rexdale, according to the 2006 Census, is 94,469 living in 30,238 households. The population grows at a rate comparable to surrounding communities. Rexdale has a strong industrial base with it main employment sector being office employment.
Rexdale is home to the
Canadian Standards Association (CSA),Humber College ,University of Guelph-Humber ,Woodbine Race Track and Casino, the Woodbine Centre and Albion Mall.ee also
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Etobicoke
*Etobicoke North
*Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown
*North Albion Collegiate Institute
*The Elms (Old Rexdale)
*Thistletown
*West Humber Collegiate Institute
*Rex Heslop External links
* [http://www.torontoneighbourhoods.net/regions/etobicoke/84.html Toronto Neighbourhoods - Rexdale]
* [http://www.rapdict.org/Rexdale Rap Dictionary definition]
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