Scarborough Junction (also known as Kennedy Park) is a small neighborhood in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. It is bordered by Birchmount Road, Brimley Road, Eglinton Avenue, and St. Clair Avenue. Scarbrough Junction has an approximated population of 20,000. The population consists of 1/4 Caucasian, 2/4 Asian (South and East), and 1/4 other (Black, Latino, etc.)
The first European settlement in the area was the town of Strangford, established at what is today the intersection of Victoria Park and St. Clair in 1863. Another small town named Mortlake was established in 1865. The town’s main building, the Halfway House Hotel, survives today at Black Creek Pioneer Village, where it was moved in 1962. The small farming communities changed when the area became the meeting point of two major railways. The Grand Trunk Railway laid track through the area in 1856, and the Toronto and Nipissing Railway arrived in 1873. The business of the area site changed from farming to supporting travelers and maintaining the railroads. The two towns, Strangford and Mortlake, merged into Scarborough Junction. By 1896 Scarborough Junction became the most populated of all the villages in the Township of Scarborough.
The post-World War II years saw Scarborough Junction become one of the first areas of Scarborough to be transformed into modern suburbs. Its major road and rail lines made for easy travel to the city, inspiring the epithet “Scarborough Junction.” It is named for the junction of two early railways: The Grand Trunk and the Toronto-Nipissing.
Education
Two public school boards operate schools in Scarborough Junction, the separate Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) and the secular Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Both TCDSB and TDSB operate public elementary schools in the neighborhood. TCDSB operates two elementary schools, St. Joachim Catholic School and St. Maria Goretti Catholic School. St. Maria Goretti is the largest Catholic elementary school in Toronto. It opened in 1955 and is named after Maria Goretti. It boasts a double gymnasium with a stage, closed-circuit television in every classroom, an elevator, an assembly area called the “Ark'” which can be used to gather up to 300 people. TDSB has several elementary schools in the neighborhood. They include:
- Corvette Junior Public School
- Danforth Gardens Public School
- General Brock Public School
- G. Workman Public School A1 Bed Bug Exterminator Scarborough
- Norman Cook Junior Public School
- Robert Service Senior Public School
- Walter Perry Junior Public School
Nearby Attractions
- Kennedy Bowl is located at 2300 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough, ON
- Scarborough Bluffs is located at 83 Fishleigh Dr, Scarborough, ON
- Bluffer’s Park Marina is located at 7 Brimley Rd S, Scarborough, ON
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