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6 unusual facts about Etobicoke


Elwy Yost

He then worked as an English and History teacher at Burnhamthorpe Collegiate in Etobicoke, Ontario.

Graham Yost

Born in Etobicoke, he is the son of Canadian television personality Elwy Yost, the longtime host of the public broadcaster TVOntario's Saturday Night at the Movies.

Heather Ross-McManus

Heather Ross-McManus (born September 3, 1973 in Etobicoke) is a Canadian trampoline gymnast.

Humber Bay Park

Humber Bay Park is a waterfront park located in Etobicoke part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

John E. Thomas

The Thomas family moved to Toronto in 1950 where John Thomas took the pastorship of Ebenezer Baptist Church on Burnhamthorpe Road, in Etobicoke, Ontario.

Toronto PET User's Group

TPUG Meetings are held at 7:30 pm on the 3rd Thursday of each month, from September to June, at the Alderwood United Church (downstairs) located at 44 Delma Drive, which is south of Sherway Gardens and west of Browns Line, in Etobicoke.


Amalgamation of Toronto

1931: Long Branch was severed from Etobicoke township to become a village.

Brampton Etobicoke District Cricket Association

The Brampton Etobicoke District Cricket League works very closely with the City of Brampton, City of Toronto, City of Mississauga, Powerade Center, Humber College and the City of Waterloo in order to arrange ground facilities for the games.

Canada Women's Australian Football League

In 2004, the Toronto-based Etobicoke Kangaroos held footy development clinics at two local girls’ schools; Bishop Strachan and St. Clement's School.

Dave Bolland

Born in 1986 in Mimico, a neighbourhood of Etobicoke, Ontario at the time, Bolland started playing hockey at the local arena, Mimico Arena, where he played for the Queensway Canadiens, then playing minor hockey for the Toronto Red Wings in the Greater Toronto Hockey League from 2000 until 2002.

Gordon Giffin

He lived in Montreal and Toronto for 17 years, attending Valois Park Elementary School in Pointe Claire and Richview Collegiate in Etobicoke.

Islington-City Centre West

The Toronto Transit Commission's Bloor–Danforth line was extended into Etobicoke as far as Islington in 1968 with the establishment of Islington station at Islington Avenue and Bloor Street West.

Lake Shore Boulevard

Prior to 1998, two segments of Lake Shore Boulevard (from the EtobicokeMississauga boundary to the Humber River and from the eastern terminus of the Gardiner Expressway to Woodbine Avenue) were designated as part of Highway 2.

Laureano Leone

He first ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election, but finished third against New Democrat Ed Philip in the riding of Etobicoke.

Terry Buckle

Commissioned as a Church Army Evangelist in 1962 he was Parish Assistant at St Philip’s, Etobicoke and then Director of Inner Parish, Little Trinity, Toronto until 1966.

Thomas Montgomery

Thomas Montgomery (innkeeper) (1790–1877), Upper Canada militia officer and innkeeper (Montgomery's Inn) in modern day Etobicoke

Toronto Aeros

The team played its home games in Iceland Mississauga in Mississauga and MasterCard Centre in Etobicoke.

Vincent Massey Collegiate

Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute, a former secondary school in Etobicoke, Ontario (now a part of Toronto)

William Osler Health Centre

It serves a geographic area of over 2,400 square kilometres including Brampton and Etobicoke.


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