Pleasant View is a neighbourhood in the city of

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that is located in the district of North York at the northern end of the city. It is bordered by Victoria Park to the East, Sheppard Avenue to the South, Highway 404 to the west and the Finch

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to the north (north of Finch Avenue). The neighbourhood is home to several high-rise apartment and condominium buildings, such as The Clippers. This has become a popular area for immigrants and many

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are arriving and settling in the area. The area also has a sizeable

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and

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population, among others. There is a huge percentage of house ownership in the area and the neighbourhood would be classified as middle income, with people on both ends of that spectrum.

Education

Two

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s operate schools in Pleasant View, the separate

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(TCDSB), and the

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(TDSB). Both TCDSB, and TDSB operate public

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and

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s in the neighbourhood. TCDSB operates two elementary schools in the neighbourhood, St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School, and St. Gerald Catholic School. TDSB operates a number of institutions that offer primary education. They include: * Brian Public School * Cherokee Public School * Ernest Public School * Muirhead Public School * Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School * Pleasant View Middle School Neither school board operates a secondary school in the neighbourhood, with TDSB secondary school students residing in Pleasant View attending institutions in adjacent neighbourhoods. The French

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public secular school board,

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, and it separate counterpart,

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also offer schooling to applicable residents of Pleasant View, although they do not operate a school in the neighbourhood, with CSCM and CSV students attending schools situated in other neighbourhoods in Toronto.

Recreation

The Pleasant View is home to Pleasant View

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, and several municipal parks, including Clydesdale Park, Muirhead Park, Old Sheppard Park, and Van Horne Park. The community centre, and municipal parks are managed by the

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. In addition to community centres, and parks, the

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also operates the Pleasant View branch of

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. The neighbourhood is also home to a strip mall Van Horne Plaza is home to many business establishments in the Pleasant View neighbourhood.

Transportation

The neighbourhood is bounded by four major roadways,

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to the north,

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to the east,

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to the south, and

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to the west. The latter is a major

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, that connects the northern areas of

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to the

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, a controlled access highway to

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, just south of the neighbourhood.

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, a major east–west controlled access highway is also located south of the neighbourhood.

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is provided by the

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bus system.

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, a subway station for TTC's

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is located west of the neighbourhood, in the neighbourhood of Don Valley Village.

External links

* http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/profiles_map_and_index.htm {{authority control Neighbourhoods in Toronto North York