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Agincourt

Agincourt is a neighborhood and former village in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Agincourt is located in northeast Toronto, along Sheppard Avenue between Kennedy and Markham Roads (north-south includes lands between Highway 401 and Finch Avenue). The City of Toronto officially recognizes it as occupying the neighborhoods of Agincourt South–Malvern West and Agincourt North. The name Agincourt is often used to refer to a larger area of northwest Scarborough rather than just the officially recognized neighborhood. The place to the west of Agincourt, named Tam O’Shanter–Sullivan, is often included as part of Agincourt, and the Agincourt Mall is located in Tam O’Shanter.

The section of Agincourt west of Midland Avenue belongs to the electoral district of Scarborough—Agincourt, while the area to the east is part of Scarborough North (federal, previously Scarborough—Rouge River) or Scarborough—Rouge River (provincial, until the 2018 local election, when it will be replaced with Scarborough North).

The citizens once referred to Agincourt as a “hero town.” The village of Agincourt was officially founded with the establishment of the Agincourt post office, opened in June 1858 by John Hill. The settlement’s name was after the site of Henry V’s decisive English victory over French forces in 1415. Local legend has it that the town’s name was chosen when Hill requested that the city be given a post office. The French-Canadian Postmaster agreed, on the condition that it be given a French word, with ‘Agincourt’ chosen to undermine the Postmaster’s intention. The site of the 1415 battle is now known as Azincourt, so today’s Agincourt, Ontario, is more in line with Agincourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle. The original crossroads of Agincourt is located at Midland Avenue and Sheppard and served a rural agricultural population. A1 Bed Bug Exterminator Scarborough

A Presbyterian church was built on the northeast corner—today’s Knox United Church. In addition, an Agincourt Public School was built in 1914, which has evolved into Agincourt Junior Public School. A secondary school that later evolved into Agincourt Collegiate Institute was established in 1915 on the second floor of the same building. From 1954 to 1998, the schools were a part of the Scarborough Board of Education.

Agincourt saw an influx of Hong Kong, Chinese and Taiwanese emigrants during the 1980s, especially on Sheppard Avenue near Midland Avenue. Since the development of Chinese-themed shopping” centers in the 1980s, it has become a booming suburban Toronto Chinatown and was the vanguard for the proliferation of catering specifically to the Chinese community across the GTA.

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