Byron, London, Ontario

Oakridge Acres is a neighbourhood in north-west of the City of London, Ontario, Canada. It is north of Westmount and north-east of Byron. The neighbourhood comprises the subdivisions of Oakridge Acres, Oakridge Park, Oakridge Meadows (also known as Huntington), Thornwood Estates, Hunt Club Green, Hazelden, and Hazelden Park. Almost all of its residents live in low-density, single detached dwellings. As of 2011, the area is home to 16,730 residents. The neighbourhood is considered a middle to upper-income area, with an average family income of $124,966 an average dwelling value of $319,726 and a home ownership rate of 89%.

Byron Northview Public School is an elementary school in the community of Byron in London, Ontario, Canada and part of the Thames Valley District School Board. Byron Northview is a JK-8 school with a long tradition of educating young people. The present building sits on the oldest site of a school location in southern Ontario. In 1987, the school celebrated the 150th Anniversary of the Byron Northview School site. Former students came from as far away as Australia and Africa to celebrate this significant event. Each year at the Graduation Ceremony, two deserving students are awarded cash prizes from a special fund established to recognize the anniversary.

Springbank Park is a 140-hectare (300 acre) park located along a stretch of the Thames River in London, Ontario, Canada. The largest park in London, it contains 30 km (19 mi) of trails and is home to Storybook Gardens, a family attraction open year-round.

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (STA) is a Catholic secondary school in London, Ontario, located in the neighbourhood of Oakridge in the west end of the city. It currently serves students in the London District Catholic School Board in the London Areas of Byron, Oakridge, Westmount, Lambeth, as well as some areas outside of the city limits such as Delaware, Komoka and even as far as Mount Brydges. Mission Statement: The purpose of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School is to present the Catholic tradition and teachings in all our pedagogy to prepare our students to meet the demands of modern life within the context of the gospel. Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas: Grant us, O Lord our God, minds to know you, hearts to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. AMEN

Boler Mountain, previously known as the London Ski Club, is a not for profit recreation club in London, Ontario. The mountain is located in the western suburban neighbourhood of Byron and is used for skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing in the winter and for mountain biking, hiking, zip lining, and beach volleyball in the summer. Despite its title, it is more accurately described as a hill than a mountain. The facility is relatively small but very conveniently located for Londoners. After the 2012 completion of the West Hill expansion, Boler has 3 quad chairlifts, a magic carpet and a tube carpet serving 16 trails.

Child and Parent Resource Institute is a provincially operated, regional resource centre located at 600 Sanatorium Road, N6H 3W7 London, Ontario, Canada, providing services for children (0–18 years) with special needs, including developmental and mental health disorders. CPRI services, and is run by, the province of Ontario. A class action lawsuit was brought against the Province of Ontario on behalf of individuals formerly admitted as inpatients to CPRI in London, Ontario. The action was certified as a class proceeding on December 22, 2016. The lawsuit included children admitted to CPRI as inpatients between September 1, 1963, and July 1, 2011, and was alive as of 2014, but excluded any time for which an individual was an inpatient and resided in the Glenhurst or Pratten 1 units. The lawsuit alleged that between 1963 and 2011, the inpatients at CPRI suffered various harms, including physical and sexual abuse, which are covered under the settlement. Of the settlement, CPRI states on its website, "The lawsuit alleged that between 1963 and 2011, the inpatients at CPRI suffered various harms, including injuries resulting from the wrongful acts of their peers, and that the Province owed a duty to supervise and failed to adequately ensure the safety of those individuals admitted. The Province denies these claims and a Court has not decided whether the Class or the Province is right. Instead, both sides have agreed to a settlement." The Ontario government denied the allegations but agreed to settle out of court with the plaintiff at a last-minute mediation in March, just before a 12-week trial was set to begin. A Settlement Agreement was approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on July 22, 2021. A copy of the Settlement Agreement can be viewed here. CPRI Description: The Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI), formerly the Children's Psychiatric Research Institute (rebranded in 1992), is directly operated by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services of Ontario. As of 2011, it was delisted by the province for performing inpatient services and now offers outpatient services, following victim reports of abuse. CPRI states that it provides highly specialized (tertiary) diagnostic assessment, consultation, education, research, and short-term treatment services. It aims to provide trauma-informed and highly specialized services for children and youth of Ontario (age 0–18 years) who experience complex and long-standing combinations of mental health difficulties and/or developmental challenges where: These difficulties significantly impact functioning in multiple areas such as home, school, and community and; Appropriate community interventions have not produced the desired response.

The Sifton Bog Environmentally Significant Area is a wetland jointly administered by the city of London, Ontario and the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. It is located west of Hyde Park Road and south of Oxford Street inside the city limits of London, Southern Ontario, Canada. It is a Class 2 provincially significant wetland.Prior to 1967 the wetland was called "Byron Bog", having been at that time within the boundaries of the village of Byron, but it was renamed following the donation of the land by the "Sifton Construction Company". However, it had undergone a series of name changes before this time also, being variously named Foster's Bog and Redmond's Bog in the 1880s, after the occupants of the land at that time, and Spruce Bog in the 1890s. The name Byron Bog was used by the 1920s, but no record exists of its Native American name.The Sifton Bog is one of the most southerly acidic bogs in Canada. It contains a number of rare species including four types of carnivorous plants. Among the latter are the sundews Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia and the purple pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea. The central bog vegetation is dominated by Sphagnum and Chamaedaphne calyculata (leatherleaf), with a few short larches (Larix laricina) and black spruce (Picea mariana). The depression that houses the bog was created like many local geologic features, by the effects of glaciation. A depression in the Ingersoll Glacial Moraine was left by retreating glaciers. The result was a pocket with no drainage which developed into the Sifton Bog. The 0.2 hectare pond at the centre of the bog, Redmond's Pond, is the remnant of what would have originally been a larger 23 hectare water body, which has gradually filled with peat over the last 10000 years. The peat layer at the centre of the bog has been measured at 18 m (60 ft).Redmond's Pond is named after the Redmond family, who owned part of the land on which the bog is situated, between 1854 and 1900. The pond is less than 1.5 m (5 ft) deep, and has a pH of around 5. On the margins are surface growths of the carnivorous bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris and water lily Nuphar advena, with sparse growths of duckweed (Lemna minor) and water flax-seed (Spirodela polyrhiza).The bog was previously used as a commercial source of sphagnum moss, an alternative to cotton gauze. It was mined during the First World War to support the war effort and the needs of local hospitals. The Alder Buckthorn, a plant native to the bog, was harvested and used during the Second World War to produce gunpowder.

École élémentaire Marie-Curie, previously known as London French School and École Alexandra, is a public French first language elementary school in London, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Hunt Club Drive off Oxford Street West in the north-western neighbourhood of Oakridge. London has a very small francophone population, but became eligible for French learning institutions when the Government of Ontario amended the Education Act in 1968 to officially recognize French language schools in the province. Marie Curie opened in 1972 under the name of "London French School" and was located downtown on King Street. It was soon renamed "École Alexandra" after Princess Alexandra. It was the first French language school in London and initially taught kindergarten to eighth grade. The school moved to its current Hunt Club Drive location for the 1981-1982 school year and the aging older building was demolished. As the first French school in London, it became popularly and informally known simply as "École". In the early 1990s the then principal, Jean-Claude Imbeault, made a number of changes to the school. He had the school renamed to "École élémentaire Marie-Curie" after the Polish-French physicist Marie Curie. He changed the school colours from blue and white to black, silver and white. The school was also given new logo and the motto "Savoir faire et bien faire". Most significantly, he created a plan for a multicultural school population. From 1979 until 1999, graduating students from Alexandra/Marie Curie who wanted to continue their French studies went to London Central Secondary School. Central, an English school, was the host to the Module scolaire de langue française (MSLF) – the first French first language public high school in London. Only one course was initially offered, but quickly grew to include many subjects. The French high school program eventually outgrew Central Secondary School. For the start of the 1999-2000 school year, the MSLF moved from Central into the same building as the French Catholic Secondary School and became École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont. The seventh and eighth grade from Marie-Curie was moved to Gabriel-Dumont during the relocation. Today, École élémentaire Marie-Curie teaches junior kindergarten to the sixth grade and is one of five French schools in London (two public schools and three catholic schools). There are also two French high schools and a French community centre.

CIQM-FM is a radio station broadcasting at 97.5 FM in London, Ontario, Canada, branded as 97.5 Virgin Radio. The station airs a CHR/Top 40 format. CIQM is owned by Bell Media. CIQM's studios are located at 1 Communications Road along with CJBX-FM, CJBK, and CFPL-DT while its transmitter is located near Byron in West London. CIQM operates on a frequency once occupied by CKO from 1977 to 1989.

CBCL-FM is a Canadian radio station in London, Ontario, broadcasting at 93.5 FM. It is the city's CBC Radio One station. Their studio is located in downtown London in the Central branch of the London Public Library while its transmitter is located near Byron in West London.

The 1993 du Maurier Classic was contested from August 26–29 at London Hunt Club. It was the 21st edition of the du Maurier Classic, and the 15th edition as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. This event was won by Brandie Burton in a sudden-death playoff with Betsy King with a birdie on the first extra playoff hole.

Oakridge Secondary School is one of the government-operated high schools (as opposed to collegiate institutes) in the neighbourhood of Oakridge in London, Ontario, Canada. This school is well-known for being 1 out of 2 schools in London Ontario with the International Baccalaureate (I.B) The school enrolls around 1000 students, and is located on Oxford Street in West London. The school's demonym is Oakridge Oaks and its colours are red, blue and gold.