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Maple Leaf is a neighbourhood in
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district. Its approximate borders are
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to the south, Culford Road to the west,
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to the north, and the CNR rail lines east of
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to the east.


Education

Three
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s operate schools in Maple Leaf:
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(CSV), the
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(TCDSB), and the
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(TDSB). CSV and TDSB are
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school boards; the former is a French
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school board, whereas the latter is an English first-language school board. TCDSB is an English first-language,
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board. All three school boards operate
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and
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s in the neighbourhood. Public institutions that provide
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include: * Amesbury Middle School (TDSB) * Gracefield Public School (TDSB) * Maple Leaf Public School (TDSB) * École élémentaire Mathieu-da-Costa (CSV) * St. Fidelis Catholic School (TCDSB) * St. Francis Xavier Catholic School (TCDSB) TCDSB and TDSB are the only school boards that operate a
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in the neighbourhood. TDSB operates Nelson A. Boylen Collegiate Institute, a public secondary school, whereas TCDSB operates
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, a public all-boys secondary school. While CSV's headquarters are located in the neighbourhood, in the same building as École élémentaire Mathieu-da-Costa, CSV does not operate a
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there. CSV secondary school students residing in Maple Leaf attend institutions in adjacent neighbourhoods. The public French first language separate school board,
Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir (also referred to as Csc MonAvenir) is a French-language Catholic school board that manages elementary and secondary French schools in South-Central Ontario. The school board operates 47 elementary schools, 12 ...
(CSCM), also offer schooling to applicable residents of Maple Leaf. However, they do not operate a school in the neighbourhood. CSCM students attend schools situated in other neighbourhoods in Toronto.


Recreation

Several municipal parks managed by the
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are in the neighbourhood. They include Maple Leaf Park, the Queen's Greenbelt, and North Park. The division also operates a
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in Maple Leaf, the Falstaff Community Centre.


Demographics

The population of Maple Leaf in 2021 was: 9,840 Major ethnic populations (2021): * 55.0%
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; ''30.3%
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'', ''9.4%
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'' * 14.2% Filipino * 10.0%
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(of any race) * 7.9%
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* 7.1%
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; ''2.2% Jamaican'' * 4.9% East Indian The population of Maple Leaf in 2016 was: 10,111 Major ethnic populations (2016): * 55.0%
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; ''35.2%
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'', ''9.6%
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'' * 12.1% Filipino * 9.7%
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* 8.4% East Indian * 7.8%
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; ''3.7% Jamaican'' * 6.4%
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(of any race) The population of Maple Leaf in 2011 was: 10,197 Major ethnic populations (2011): * 56.0%
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; ''34.8%
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'' (largest concentration in Toronto), ''6.8%
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'' * 11.0% East Indian * 12.9%
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* 10.1% Filipino * 7.1%
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* 6.8%
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(of any race) The population of Maple Leaf in 2006 was: 10,175 Major ethnic populations (2006): * 63.7%
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; ''44.8%
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'', ''3.7%
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'' * 14.1%
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* 6.6%
Latin American Latin Americans (; ) are the citizenship, citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their Latin American diaspora, diasporas are Metroethnicity, ...
(of any race) * 6.2%
Black Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''P ...
* 2.6% Filipino The population of Maple Leaf in 2001 was: 10,290 Major ethnic populations (2001): * 68.9%
White White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...
; ''41.6%
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'', ''4.2%
Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...
'' * 9.6%
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* 7.0%
Latin American Latin Americans (; ) are the citizenship, citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their Latin American diaspora, diasporas are Metroethnicity, ...
(of any race) * 5.7%
Black Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''P ...
* 3.8% Filipino


Transportation

Several major roadways pass through the Maple Leaf, including
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,
Keele Street Keele Street is a north–south road in Toronto and York Region in Ontario, Canada. It stretches , running from Bloor Street in Toronto to the Holland Marsh. It begins at Bloor Street, as a continuation of Parkside Drive, which was originally pa ...
,
Lawrence Avenue Lawrence Avenue is a major east–west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is divided into east and west portions (Lawrence Avenue East and Lawrence Avenue West) by Yonge Street, the dividing line of east–west streets in Toronto. Rout ...
,
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s Highway 400, and
Highway 401 King's Highway 401, commonly referred to as Highway 401 and also known by its official name as the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway or colloquially referred to as the four-oh-one, is a controlled-access 400-series highway in the Canadian prov ...
. Lawrence Avenue is a major roadway that serves as the neighbourhood's southern boundary. Culford Road serves as the neighbourhood's western boundary. Highway 401 is a major east–west highway that passes through
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and serves as the neighbourhoods northern boundary.
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in the neighbourhood is provided by the
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's bus system.


References


External links


City of Toronto - Demographics for Maple Leaf neighbourhood
{{authority control Neighbourhoods in Toronto North York