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Jane Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 5th concession west of Yonge Street, the road begins at Bloor Street and continues north into York Region, before ending in the Holland Marsh in King Township. The street passes through several neighbourhoods and landmarks; such as Bloor West Village, Jane and Finch, Vaughan Mills, and Canada's Wonderland. Jane Street is one of the most congested roads in the Greater Toronto Area, with the Toronto Transit Commission bus routes serving the street being among the system's busiest.[1]
The most infamous place on Jane Street would be the Jane and Finch area, known for its high crime rate and being one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Toronto.[2] The title character of the Barenaked Ladies song "Jane" is Jane St. Clair, and is named after the intersection of Jane and St. Clair Avenue. Steven Page recalls that co-writer Stephen Duffy saw the intersection on a map and remarked that it sounded like the most beautiful intersection in the world; "I didn't have the heart to tell him it wasn't".[3]
- ^ Munro, Steve (July 22, 2021). "Service Reliability on 35/935 Jane". Steve Munro. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- ^ Mirror, Dominik Kurek | Scarborough (June 24, 2023). "Does Toronto's Jane and Finch community deserve its bad reputation?". Toronto.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ Murray Crawford, "What's in a name? Plenty", Lloydminster Meridian Booster Archived January 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (Thursday, October 21, 2010).