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Little Jamaica

AC with 0 elementsBarbadian CanadianBlack Canadian culture in TorontoBlack Canadian settlementsCaribbean-Canadian culture in Ontario
Commons category link is locally definedEthnic enclaves in OntarioGuyanese CanadianJamaican CanadianNeighbourhoods in TorontoToronto geography stubsTrinidadian and Tobagonian Canadian
Intersection of Oakwood and Eglinton, 2013 04 09 ak (15503918995)
Intersection of Oakwood and Eglinton, 2013 04 09 ak (15503918995)

Little Jamaica, also known as Eglinton West, is an ethnic enclave in the York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is situated along Eglinton Avenue West, from Allen Road to Keele Street, and is part of four neighbourhoods: Silverthorn, Briar Hill–Belgravia, Caledonia–Fairbank, and Oakwood–Vaughan. The commercial main street has been recognized to be of great cultural heritage significance to the City of Toronto, as a distinct ethnic and cultural hub for African-Caribbean immigrants for many decades.

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Little Jamaica
Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto York

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N 43.69454 ° E -79.4553 °
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Eglinton Avenue West 2011
M6E 2K3 Toronto, York
Ontario, Canada
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Intersection of Oakwood and Eglinton, 2013 04 09 ak (15503918995)
Intersection of Oakwood and Eglinton, 2013 04 09 ak (15503918995)
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Fairbank station

Fairbank is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system. It will be located in the Fairbank neighbourhood at the intersection of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West. Destinations include the Fairbank neighbourhood and Fairbank Memorial Park. As of 2017, construction work related to the station was in progress, having been scheduled to begin in 2014. The station is scheduled to open in 2022.During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Dufferin", which is identical to the pre-existing Dufferin station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. On November 23, 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton). Thus, the LRT station was renamed "Fairbank" after the Fairbank neighbourhood rather than the intersecting Dufferin Street.The main entrance will replace the Esso gas station on the east side of St. Hilda's Park, at the southeast corner of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue. A secondary entrance will be on the northwest corner, where a right-turn slip road will be removed to provide the necessary space. A third structure, for mechanical and venting purposes, will replace a storefront near the southwest corner. Fairbank station will include a decorative exterior plaza having grass, a misting feature, 14 shade trees, 15 benches and 10 bicycle parking spaces. It will be suitable for community events.