North York

North York is a suburb of Toronto that was a separate city until 1999 when six municipalities were merged into the present City of Toronto. North York has a unique charm being its own brand of multiculuralism.
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  • Type: Suburb with 636,000 residents
  • Description: administrative division in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Also known as: “North York, ON” and “North York, Ontario”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mel Lastman Square and Meridian Arts Centre.

Square
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is a public square at in , , Canada. It is named after then North York mayor Mel Lastman. It was officially opened on June 16, 1989, by Norman Jewison and Mel Lastman's granddaughter Brie Lastman.

Arts center
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The is a performing arts venue in the North York district of , , Canada. It opened on October 16, 1993, as the North York Performing Arts Centre and was designed by Canadian architect Eberhard Zeidler for musicals, theatre productions and other performing arts.

Museum
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is a historical in , , Canada. It is located on Yonge Street, in the North York Centre neighbourhood of the former city of North York.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bayview Village and Lansing.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood in , Ontario, Canada. It is part of the federal Don Valley North riding and the provincial Don Valley North electoral district, and Toronto electoral Ward 17: Don Valley North.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood in , , Canada. It originated as a minor settlement of a store, other services, and a post office at the corner of Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue, was later designated a postal village, and was finally consolidated with its fellow postal villages, and , into a new postal village named Willowdale within the Township of North York.

North York

Latitude
43.77082° or 43° 46′ 15″ north
Longitude
-79.4133° or 79° 24′ 48″ west
Population
636,000
Elevation
180 metres (591 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CA NYK
Open location code
87M2QHCP+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 252362084
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6091104
Wiki­data ID
Q1586510
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“North York” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Nort York”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен Йорк”
  • Catalan: “North York”
  • Cebuano: “North York”
  • Chinese: “北約克”
  • Czech: “North York”
  • Danish: “North York”
  • Dutch: “North York”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Jorko”
  • Finnish: “North York”
  • French: “North York”
  • Galician: “North York”
  • German: “North York”
  • Greek: “Νορθ Γιορκ”
  • Hebrew: “טורונטו/נורת‘ יורק”
  • Hebrew: “צפון יורק”
  • Italian: “North York”
  • Japanese: “ノースヨーク”
  • Persian: “نورث یورک”
  • Polish: “North York”
  • Portuguese: “North York”
  • Russian: “Норт-Йорк”
  • Serbian: “Северни Јорк”
  • Slovak: “North York”
  • Spanish: “North York (Ontario)”
  • Spanish: “North York”
  • Swedish: “North York”
  • Tamil: “நோர்த் யோர்க்”
  • Turkish: “North York”
  • Ukrainian: “Норт-Йорк”
  • Yue Chinese: “北約克 (多倫多)”
  • “North York”

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