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Scarborough Village | |
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Neighbourhood | |
Coordinates: 43°44′35″N 79°13′08″W / 43.74306°N 79.21889°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
City | Toronto |
Established | 1850 Scarborough Township |
Changed municipality | 1998 Toronto from City of Scarborough |
Government | |
• MP | Bill Blair (Scarborough Southwest) John McKay (Scarborough-Guildwood) |
• MPP | Doly Begum (Scarborough Southwest) Andrea Hazell (Scarborough—Guildwood) |
• Councillor | Parthi Kandavel (Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest) Paul Ainslie (Ward 24 Scarborough—Guildwood) |
Elevation | 158 m (518 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | (416) and (647) |
Scarborough Village is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the larger namesake Scarborough district. It was one of the earliest settlements in the former township of Scarborough with the distinction of being the site of the township's first post office. Despite this, it was not the town centre from where the later (and now defunct) City of Scarborough grew, with mass urbanization of the former municipality actually having began as spillover growth from the old City of Toronto at Birch Cliff in the district's southwestern extremity. Today, the neighbourhood is composed of private and public housing, apartment complexes, schools, a few condominiums, and strip mall plazas. The neighbourhood lies along the Scarborough Bluffs escarpment.