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Major roads include Highway 427, Eglinton Avenue West, and Dundas Street West.
The Etobicoke Civic Centre is a 461 km drive from Parliament Hill. The drive is about five hours.
The elusive flower species Trillium erectum, or the purple trillium, has been spotted in Lambton Woods.
The Mimico Creek flows through West Deane Park at the very centre of the riding, where residents can sometimes spot ground hogs, skunks, raccoons, and blue birds.
The Etobicoke Creek, the Mimico Creek, and the Humber River forms part of this riding’s border.
About 41.5% of the riding’s population are immigrants, with some of the largest populations born in Italy, Poland, and Ukraine.
Italian, Ukrainian, and Polish are the most common non-official mother tongues in the riding.
Less than 1% of the riding’s population identify as Aboriginal.
Average individual income is $61,115.
Centennial Park Conservatory is over 12,000 square feet and has show houses, a resident Cockatoo named Angel, and a variety of themed and seasonal displays.
St. George’s Golf and Country Club has hosted the Canadian Open five times and ranks in the top 50 of Golf Digest’s list of 100 greatest golf courses in the world.
Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford went to school here at Scarlett Heights Collegiate.
Many exterior school scenes in the 2004 film “Mean Girls” were filmed at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute.
Have you ever wanted to walk the Oregon Trail? There’s a street named “Oregon Trail” in the riding that’s much easier to trek than the famed historic 19th century trail.
Top occupational sectors are retail trade; professional, scientific and technical services; and education services. About 10% of the riding’s workers are employed in retail trade.
Almost 59% of the riding’s workforce has some sort of post-secondary education.
On June 15, 2016, the Toronto Region Conservation Authority held a Young Tree Monitoring and Maintenance event at Centennial Park where volunteers tracked the progress of the 2014 tree planting site. The data collected through this event will help the TRCA in choosing which species to plant for other restoration projects.
Centennial Park opened in 1967 for Canada’s 100th birthday. The land was once a dairy farm and was purchased by the City of Toronto to create the park. The Centennial Park Ski Hill and Chalet currently sits upon a former municipal dump, which was closed and covered over to create the hill’s slope.
The Richview neighbourhood got its name when a post office called “Richview” opened in the area in 1852.
