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Chinatown, Vancouver
Chinatown, Vancouver (溫哥華華埠): historic Chinese Canadian neighbourhood east of downtown Vancouver, settled in the 1880s, a National Historic Site since 2011, centred on Pender Street, now under city revitalization plans.
Cordova Bay
Cordova Bay, Saanich, BC: bay and seaside neighbourhood on the east shore of the Saanich Peninsula, ~10 km north of Victoria; named via Spanish Puerto de Cordova (1790), site of the ȾEL¸IȽĆE Coast Salish village and a former summer resort.
Downtown Eastside
Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, is a historic neighborhood centered on Main and Hastings Streets, home to Chinatown, Gastown, and Strathcona, and known for concentrated low-income housing and homelessness.
Downtown Toronto
Downtown Toronto, the city's central business and cultural district in Ontario, is anchored by the Financial District, Canada's premier center of commerce, and Union Station, the regional transit hub.
Etobicoke
Etobicoke is Toronto's westernmost district, a former township (1795), borough (1967), and city (1983) amalgamated into Toronto in 1998; name from Mississauga 'Adobigok', where the alders grow.
Greenfield Park, Quebec
Greenfield Park is a borough of Longueuil, Quebec, on Montreal's South Shore, formerly an independent city chartered March 24, 1911. Population 17,197 (2021); one of only three Quebec boroughs with bilingual status.
Hudson, Quebec
Hudson is a bilingual town of about 5,400 in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM, Montérégie, Quebec, on the Ottawa River 60 km west of Montreal. Formed by 1969 mergers of Hudson Heights, Como-Est, and McNaughton; known for arts, heritage, and Sandy Beach.
Kirkland, Quebec
Kirkland, Quebec: a West Island suburb of Montreal between Beaconsfield and Pierrefonds, incorporated as a town in 1961, named for Dr. Charles-Aimé Kirkland, merged into Montreal in 2002 and reconstituted in 2006; 19,413 residents in 2021, served by a REM station.
Kitsilano
Kitsilano (Kits) is a Vancouver west-side neighbourhood on English Bay between Granville Island and Point Grey, known for Kits Beach, West 4th Avenue, the Squamish Sen̓áḵw reserve history, and Broadway Plan redevelopment near the future Arbutus SkyTrain station.
La Baie
La Baie is a borough of Saguenay, Quebec, on the baie des Ha! Ha!, formed in 1976 from Port-Alfred, Bagotville, and two parish municipalities; settled from 1838, industrialized from 1917.
LaSalle, Quebec
LaSalle is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, on the island's southwest along the Saint Lawrence River, incorporated as a town in 1912 and a borough since 2002; 90,975 residents on 16.3 km², home to the Lachine Rapids and the Fleming Mill. Distinct from the Town of LaSalle, Ontario.
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, a borough of Montreal, Quebec, on the plateau east of Mount Royal; 8.1 km², about 100,390 residents, density 12,348/km²; known for spiral staircases, Mile End, bagels, and Québécois culture.
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, on the island's east end along the Saint Lawrence River, formed from the former municipalities of Hochelaga, Maisonneuve, and Longue-Pointe.
Mimico
Mimico is a lakeside neighbourhood in Etobicoke, Toronto, formerly an independent town (records 1911–1966), bounded by Mimico Creek and the Gardiner, with Mimico Waterfront Park, Mimico GO Station, and the Mimico-by-the-Lake Secondary Plan.
Nepean, Ontario
Nepean, Ontario: former township (1792) and city (1978) dissolved into Ottawa on January 1, 2001; west-end area of about 186,600 people (2021, with Barrhaven), distinct from Nepean Point and the federal riding.
Ottawa South
Ottawa South (Old Ottawa South), Ottawa neighbourhood between the Rideau Canal and Rideau River; settled 1814, annexed 1907; also federal riding 35080 (pop. 126,791) and provincial district 079.
Rexdale
Rexdale, northwest Toronto neighbourhood in Etobicoke, named for developer Rex Heslop who built its first post-war subdivision from 1951; known for Woodbine Racetrack, Casino Woodbine, and the planned 684-acre Woodbine redevelopment.
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles (RDP-PAT) is a borough of Montreal at the eastern tip of the island, created January 1, 2006, combining the districts Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles; 51.26 km², about 108,000-117,000 residents, largest Montreal borough by area.
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, a borough of Montreal, Quebec (arrondissement since 1989, constituted 2002); about 151,000 residents on 15.9 km², third most populous, ~70% renters, named partly from Claude Jasmin's 1972 novel La Petite Patrie.
Tsawwassen
Tsawwassen (scəw̓aθən, "Land Facing the Sea") is a seaside town on a peninsula in southwestern Delta, British Columbia, near the US border and BC Ferries terminal; 2021 population 23,940, adjoining Tsawwassen First Nation, whose treaty took effect April 3, 2009.
Verdun, Quebec
Verdun is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, on the island's southwest shore, created 1 January 2002 from the former city of Verdun. Named after Saverdun, France, via Zacharie Dupuy; 72,419 residents over 9.83 km².
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension (VSP) is a borough of Montreal created January 1, 2002, combining the neighbourhoods Villeray, Saint-Michel, and Parc-Extension; about 145,000 residents, highly multicultural, dominated by plex housing and rising housing costs.
Wendake
Wendake is a reserve of the Huron-Wendat Nation enclosed within Quebec City, occupied since 1697; the name once also referred to the Wendat homeland between Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay in Ontario.
Weston, Toronto
Weston, Toronto: historic Humber River neighbourhood in the city's west end, founded 1796, village 1881, town 1915, absorbed into York 1967; 18,675 residents (2021), 64.5% visible minority, centered on Weston Road.
Yorkville, Toronto
Yorkville, Toronto, is a neighborhood in central Toronto north of Bloor Street, once an independent village annexed in 1883 and now known for luxury retail.