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Seaton Village is a
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and former village located west of
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in
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,
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, Canada. It is named after
John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, (16 February 1778 – 17 April 1863) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. After taking part as a junior officer in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, Sir Ralph Abercromby's expedit ...
,
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of
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from 1828 to 1836. Seaton Village is bordered by
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to the south, the
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tracks to the north, Christie Street to the west, and Bathurst Street to the east. Officially, it is an enclave within
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neighbourhood, as defined by the City of Toronto. It is sometimes referred to as the West Annex. While Seaton Village shares several characteristics with the Annex (notably its architecture and its popularity with
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students), it is often perceived as a quieter, family-oriented neighbourhood with smaller, less expensive homes. The
Koreatown A Koreatown (Korean: 코리아타운), also known as a Little Korea or Little Seoul, is a Korean-dominated ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area outside the Korean Peninsula. History Koreatowns as an East Asian ethnic enclave have ...
shopping district is at its southern border.


Character

The area is primary semi-detached single family homes dating to the start of the 20th century. Most are either of solid brick construction, while some have a facade of brick. Most of the trees planted at the same time as the houses were built are still standing. One unique home is located on Clinton Street. The house is almost completely covered with shells, marbles, and circular "woodcakes" cut from billiards cues. Vermont Square Park is near the centre of Seaton Village. The park has a playground that was totally rebuilt in 2012, as well as off-leash dog park hours. St. Albans Boys and Girls club and the Bill Bolton hockey arena are also located in the park. There are also several small businesses located along Dupont Street. Karma Co-op, a co-operatively run
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, is hidden down a lane way (officially named Karma Lane in 2014) and has operated in the area since 1972. Seaton Village is represented in the
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as part of the
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. It is represented in the Ontario Legislative Assembly as part of the
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constituency. It is served by two
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(TTC) subway stations: Bathurst and Christie. Buses run north from both stations, and buses run along Dupont. Seaton Village is bounded to the south by
Bloor Street Bloor Street is a major east–west residential and commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bloor Street runs from the Prince Edward Viaduct, which spans the Don River Valley, westward into Mississauga where it ends at Central Park ...
. Nearly the entirety of Seaton Village's portion of Bloor Street is occupied by a Korean
ethnic enclave In sociology, an ethnic enclave is a geographic area with high ethnic concentration, characteristic cultural identity, and economic activity. The term is usually used to refer to either a residential area or a workspace with a high concentration ...
known as
Koreatown A Koreatown (Korean: 코리아타운), also known as a Little Korea or Little Seoul, is a Korean-dominated ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area outside the Korean Peninsula. History Koreatowns as an East Asian ethnic enclave have ...
. Prior to the influx of Korean immigrants in the 1980s, this section of Bloor Street was populated by people from Central and South America.


Demographics

In the
2016 Canadian census The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. ...
, Seaton Village was covered by census tract 0093.00. According to that census, the neighbourhood has 5,652 residents. Average income is $167,014, close to the average for the Toronto CMA. The ten most common languages spoken at home, after English, are: #Portuguese - 5.0% #Italian - 3.5% #Korean - 2.0% #Cantonese - 1.6% #Unspecified Chinese - 1.5% #Greek - 1.4% #Spanish - 0.8% #French - 0.6% #Hungarian - 0.5% #Polish - 0.5%


Notable persons

Seaton Village is the former home of Canadian poet and children's author Dennis Lee,
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-winning (for ''Chicago'') sound engineer David Lee (no relation, now deceased), and sociologist
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. It is the current home of
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and
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Ann-Marie MacDonald, musician
Charles Spearin Charles Spearin is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, Ontario. He is primarily known as a founding member of indie rock bands Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene. Career As a teen, Spearin studied at Etobicoke School of the A ...
, professor and author
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, and songwriter/performer Nancy White. Seaton Village was also where
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, UK's Duchess of Sussex, lived in a rented house at 10 Yarmouth Gardens while filming the TV series '' Suits''. She moved out in late November 2017 after work on the seventh season had been completed.


Notes and references


External links


Ontario Roots: The Lost Village of Seaton


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