Ward 3 (Etobicoke Centre)
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The fight to save a neighbourhood park and controversy over bike lanes on Bloor Street are two key issues in Ward 3 right now.
Heathercrest Park has been at the centre of a community firestorm since last November, when the TDSB announced their intentions to sell the property. Since 1973, the city has maintained it as a park, with a community-funded playscape, 35 city-planted trees, two gardens, benches and picnic tables.
The park also boasts a mature oak forest connected to the Mimico Creek watershed, and a small marshy strip that feeds into Mimico Creek – its potential saving grace. The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority recently expressed interest in acquiring the land, but negotiations are ongoing.
Deferred plans for council-approved new bike lanes along a 3.2-km stretch of Bloor Street West, meanwhile, are sure to create controversy in a ward split between bike fans and residents concerned with the gridlock bike lanes might bring.
Originally due to be implemented this summer, the bike lanes were deferred when Ward 3 Councillor Doug Holyday and Etobicoke-Lakeshore Councillor Peter Milczyn successfully requested that Toronto Transportation Services defer until after the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) finalizes its plans for changes to Hwy. 427.
| CANDIDATES |
| Rogers Deschenes | ||
| Doug Holyday | ||
| Peter Kudryk | ||
| Ross Vaughan |
| DEMOGRAPHIC DATA |
| Population by age group | ||
| Age 14 and under | 8,175 | 16.0% |
| Age 15 to 24 | 6,450 | 12.6% |
| Age 25 to 44 | 12,410 | 24.2% |
| Age 45 to 64 | 13,780 | 26.9% |
| Age 65 and over | 10,365 | 20.3% |
| TOTAL | 51,180 | 100.0% |
| Top 10 countries by origin | ||
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Country/Area
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Total Immigration
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Percentage of Total
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| Poland | 1,810 | 8.3% |
| United Kingdom |
1,240 | 5.7% |
| Italy | 1,025 | 4.7% |
| India | 1,000 | 4.6% |
| Ukraine | 915 | 4.2% |
| China | 855 | 3.9% |
| Caribbean | 850 | 3.9% |
| Philippines | 835 | 3.8% |
| South Korea |
805 | 3.7% |
| Portugal | 775 | 3.6% |
| Other | 11,640 | 53.5% |
| TOTAL | 21,750 | 100.0% |
| Education – Highest level completed by age group | |
| Age 15 to 24 | Age 25 to 64 |
| Total Population (20% sample data) = 6,335 | Total Population (20% sample data) = 25,975 |
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| Age 65 and over | LEGEND |
| Total Population (20% sample data) = 9,420 | |
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| Family household information | ||
| Average family income | $82,089 | |
| Total single parent families | 2,880 | |
| Family with children at home | 8,740 | |
