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Ionview

FieldValue
nameIonview
settlement_typeNeighbourhood
image_skylineIonview Aerial view 2023.jpg
image_captionIonview Road at Eglinton Avenue in 2023
image_mapIonview map.PNG
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1
subdivision_type2City
subdivision_name2Toronto
established_titleEstablished
established_date1850 Scarborough Township
established_title1Changed municipality
established_date11998 Toronto from City of Scarborough
leader_titleMP
leader_nameBill Blair (Scarborough Southwest)
leader_title1MPP
leader_name1Doly Begum (Scarborough Southwest)
leader_title2Councillor
leader_name2Michael Thompson (Ward 37 Scarborough Centre)

Ionview is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the district of Scarborough. It is bounded by Birchmount Road to the west, the hydro transmission corridor north of Ranstone Gardens to the north, the CNR railway to the east, and Eglinton Avenue East, Kennedy Road and the CNR railway to the south.

Ionview is contained within the federal and provincial riding of Scarborough Southwest. It is represented by Doly Begum in the Ontario Legislature and Bill Blair in the Parliament of Canada. The Toronto Police Service's 41 Division is based in the neighbourhood.

History

Portions of the area comprising modern Ionview were once contained in the former village of Wexford, founded in the 1840s, and Scarborough Junction, established in 1873. The area remained generally rural until the postwar housing boom of the 1940s and 1950s.

Ionview is a predominantly working-class neighbourhood, with 63% of the population residing in rented accommodation as of 2001, the majority in apartment towers. There was a higher percentage of children aged 0–4 in Ionview than the Toronto average as of 2001.

Recreation

Eglinton Ravine Park in southern Ionview

The Taylor-Massey Creek, an eastern tributary of the Don River, flows through the Eglinton Ravine in the southwest portion of Ionview. Green space within the neighbourhood includes Eglinton Ravine Park, extending from Eglinton Avenue East to the railway, centrally located Ionview Park, and Jack Goodlad Community Park in the north.

Municipal parks in Ionview are managed by the Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division.

Transportation

The neighbourhood is well-connected to the rest of the city by public transit, served by the Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) bus routes 17 Birchmount, 34 Eglinton East, and 43 Kennedy bus routes. Kennedy station, the eastern terminus of the Bloor-Danforth subway and southern terminus of the Scarborough RT, is immediately south of Ionview.

Eglinton Avenue East is a major east-west road that passes through Ionview.

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