Dorset Park is a neighbourhood in Scarborough

Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...

, a district of the city of Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada. The neighbourhood is located in western Scarborough, bordered by Highway 401 to the North, Midland Avenue to the East, Lawrence Avenue

Lawrence Avenue

Lawrence Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is divided into east and west portions by Yonge Street, the dividing line of east-west streets in Toronto....

 to the South, Birchmount Road to the west, and Kennedy Road running along the centre North and South and Ellesmere Road running along the centre East and West of the neighbourhood. The area south of Lawrence north of the hydro corridor is known as McGregor Park and is often included as part of Dorset Park.

Area description

Dorset Park is low to middle income neighbourhood. The houses are relatively inexpensive, however, half of the neighbourhood lives in predominantly low-income high-rise buildings. The main high school in the area is Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute

Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute

Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute is a public high school in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario. Although the language of instruction is English, 59 percent of the students do not use English as their primary language, and 26 percent have resided in Canada less than five years...

 located in the south end of the neighbourhood. The business district of Scarborough seems to be carried right through the heart of Dorset Park along Kennedy Road from Kennedy Road and Highway 401 to Kennedy and Lawrence Ave. The business district along Kennedy Road is a 3.5 kilometer stretch of the road with nothing but stores/business and high rise buildings. Kennedy Commons, a large strip mall is located in between Kennedy/401 and Kennedy/Ellesmere.

Historical background

The area was formerly agricultural in nature, with the majority of the housing built in the 1950s.

External links

• http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/profiles_map_and_index.htm

Official Website http://www.dorsetpark.com/