Rosedale, Toronto

This article is about the Toronto neighbourhood. For the nearby TTC subway station, see Rosedale (TTC).

Rosedale
Neighbourhood
View of Rosedale from Rosedale Park
View of Rosedale from Rosedale Park
Vicinity
Vicinity
Rosedale, Toronto is located in Toronto
Rosedale, Toronto
Location within Toronto
Coordinates: 43°40′44″N 79°22′41″W / 43.679°N 79.378°W / 43.679; -79.378
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CityToronto
Area
 • Total
2.741 km2 (1.058 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
7,816
 • Density2,852/km2 (7,390/sq mi)

Rosedale is a neighbourhood in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was formerly the estate of William Botsford Jarvis, and so named by his wife, granddaughter of William Dummer Powell, for the wild roses that grew there in abundance.[2] It is located north of Downtown Toronto and is one of its oldest suburbs. In 2013, Rosedale was ranked the best neighbourhood in Toronto to live in by Toronto Life.[3] According to Today’s Senior Magazine, it is known as the area where the city's 'old money' lives,[4] and is home to some of Canada's richest and most famous citizens including Gerry Schwartz, founder of Onex Corporation, Adrienne Clarkson, the 26th Governor General of Canada, and her husband, the author John Ralston Saul, as well as David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet of the Thomson Corporation, the latter of whom is the richest man in Canada.[5]

Rosedale's boundaries consist of the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks to the north, Yonge Street to the west, Aylmer Avenue and Rosedale Valley Road to the south,[6][7][8] and Bayview Avenue to the east. The neighbourhood is within the City of Toronto's Rosedale-Moore Park neighbourhood. The neighbourhood is divided into a north and south portion by the Park Drive Ravine.

  1. ^ GeoSearch
  2. ^ "Rosedale".
  3. ^ "The Best Places to Live in the City: A (Mostly) Scientific Ranking of All 140 Neighbourhoods in Toronto | Toronto Life". torontolife.com. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  4. ^ "Rosedale - old money and new luxury".
  5. ^ "#9 Kenneth Thomson & Family".
  6. ^ "About Us | South Rosedale Residents' Assoc | The SRRA is one of Canada's oldest ratepayer groups, formally incorporated in 1931". southrosedale.org. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  7. ^ "Image: SouthRosedale_MAP2.jpg, (382 × 446 px)". southrosedale.org. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  8. ^ Marsha Kelmans (15 May 2003). "South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District Study, November 2002" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-09-02.