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83-581: Glen Abbey Golf Club is a public golf course in Oakville, Ontario , Canada. It is one of Canada 's most famous golf courses and is home to Golf Canada and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame . It has hosted 30 Canadian Open Championships, more than any other course, with the first having been in 1977. It was the first solo design by Jack Nicklaus in 1976. A distinguishing feature of the Glen Abbey course are

166-482: A project to extend Dundas eastwards from Broadview to Kingston Road as a new four-lane traffic arterial in order to provide an alternative east–west route to Gerrard and Queen. From west to east, Crawford Street, Elliot Street, Whitby Street, Dickens, Dagmar, Doel, Applegrove and Ashbridge Avenues as well as Maughan Crescent and Hemlock Avenue were all cleared and widened. In some cases, alleyways were used to connect these nine separate streets. In Toronto, Dundas Street

249-638: A "AAA" hockey system. The current rep hockey team for boys in Oakville is the Oakville Rangers. For girls, there is the Oakville Hornets. Skate Oakville, which is headquartered at Oakville's Sixteen Mile Creek Sports Complex, was recently the largest skating club in Canada, providing learn to skate lessons, recreational figure skating programs, competitive training, and 10 synchronized skating teams. Baseball

332-487: A DJ that's free and open to the public. The Oakville Place Shopping Centre is an indoor shopping mall in Oakville that opened in 1981. The mall is approximately 42,000 square metres (452,000 sq ft). The Oakville Half Marathon is an annual half marathon event held in Shell Park, with sub-events in 10K, 5K, and 2K Fun Run/Walk. Glen Abbey Golf Course is located in Oakville. Designed by Jack Nicklaus ,

415-587: A golf course. Oakville SC is semi-professional and youth soccer club that competes in League1 Ontario . Oakville boasts over 60 soccer fields and a Soccer Club Facility with a two-star, full-size, FIFA-Certified indoor soccer pitch. Oakville is home to the headquarters and practice facilities of the Toronto Rock professional box lacrosse team competing in the National Lacrosse League. Oakville

498-497: A locally owned online daily newsletter and website. Dundas Street Dundas Street ( / ˈ d ʌ n ˌ d æ s / ) is a major historic arterial road in Ontario , Canada. The road connects the city of Toronto with its western suburbs and several cities in southwestern Ontario . Three provincial highways— 2 , 5 , and 99 —followed long sections of its course, although these highway segments have since been downloaded to

581-567: A major east–west thoroughfare for vehicular, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic downtown and beyond. Since the building of the Eaton Centre and the Yonge-Dundas Square, the intersection of Yonge and Dundas Streets has become one of the busiest intersections in the city. It is estimated that over 56 million people pass this intersection each year. To ease traffic, a pedestrian scramble has been installed. Northeast of Yonge and Dundas

664-539: A population density of 1,538.5/km (3,984.7/sq mi) in 2021. According to the 2021 census, the median age in the town is 41.6 years. 18% of the population is under 15 years of age, 66.3% is between 15 and 64 years, and 15.7% is 65 and over. In 2016, immigrants made up 35.9% of the population. The top 10 places of birth of the immigrant population were the United Kingdom (11%), China (9.3%), India (7.6%), Pakistan (4.2%), Poland (3.8%), Philippines (3.7%),

747-554: A sports property of historic importance. Oakville, Ontario In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road. In 1805, the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada bought the lands between Etobicoke and Hamilton from the indigenous Mississaugas people, except for the land at the mouths of Twelve Mile Creek (Bronte Creek) , Sixteen Mile Creek , and along the Credit River . In 1807, British immigrants settled

830-605: Is a six-lane arterial road, and began to follow the former Highway 5 (which ran along the more direct Bloor east of that point). West of Cloverdale Mall , Dundas Street meets Highway 427 at a parclo interchange. Upon crossing the Toronto boundary at Etobicoke Creek , the street enters Mississauga , in the Peel Region and follows a southwestern heading. It then enters Halton Region and passes through Oakville and Burlington , and then Waterdown (a part of Hamilton ). It leaves

913-688: Is also home to the 3rd largest minor lacrosse association in Ontario: The Oakville Minor Lacrosse Association has more than 1,500 players and competes in multiple classes and multiple divisions. The town also has the Oakville Buzz , a Junior "A" lacrosse team who won the Founders Cup in 2006. The current rep lacrosse team is the Oakville Hawks. The Oakville Blades is a Tier II Junior "A" franchise since 1966, and

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996-558: Is an annual summer jazz festival established in 1992. The event includes performances at a number of stages along Lakeshore Road in downtown Oakville. The event is free to the public. Beginning in 1982, Oakville's Coronation Park played host to the annual Oakville Waterfront Festival . Among a range of events, the festival included small amusement park rides, arts and crafts, food and drinks, free concerts headlined by Canadian bands, and nightly fireworks displays. The Waterfront Festival took place in late June of each year until 2010, when it

1079-529: Is planned to run from Kipling Bus Terminal, which connects to Line 2 Bloor–Danforth in Etobicoke , Toronto to Highway 6 in Waterdown, Hamilton. The project is part of the regional transportation plan The Big Move . Amid the protests following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, over 10,000 people signed a petition calling for the city to rename Dundas Street, due to Henry Dundas's "involvement in supporting

1162-460: Is presently a rota course of the Canadian Open, hosting the event 30 times since 1977. The Royal Canadian Golf Association purchased the club in 1990 and sold it to Clublink in 1999. The 18th hole is notable due to its connection to Tiger Woods , who, in the final round of the 2000 Canadian Open, hit a six-iron shot 218 yards from a bunker on the right side of the fairway to about 18 feet from

1245-565: Is primarily served by media based in Toronto with markets in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) that cover most of the news in the GTA. One regional newspaper, the Oakville Beaver , is published once weekly. The monthly magazines Neighbours of Joshua Creek , Neighbours of Glen Abbey and Neighbours of Olde Oakville serve three key neighbourhoods. The town is also served by Oakvillenews.org,

1328-593: Is provided by Oakville Transit with some bus lines extending as far as Highway 407 & Dundas Carpool Lot in Burlington and South Common Centre in Mississauga. Its bus services are focused on servicing passengers using the Lakeshore West line from four different GO stations within or near Oakville. GO Transit commuter rail and bus service operate from Bronte GO and Oakville GO stations. Via Rail services along

1411-447: Is represented in Oakville by two organizations: Oakville Little League and the OMBA (Oakville Minor Baseball Association). Oakville Little League is the largest Little League organization in Canada. In 2018, there were over 1,150 young people playing across eight divisions and over 90 teams, including seven All-Star teams. Oakville Little League also fields six All-Star (Rep) teams, known as

1494-582: Is served by the MiWay bus routes 1 and 101/101A starting from the Kipling Bus Terminal next to Kipling station. In Oakville, the Oakville Transit bus route 24 runs on Dundas street between the border with Mississauga and Trafalgar Road and by bus route 5/5A between Trafalgar and Highway 407 . In Burlington, Dundas Street has no dedicated transit route and only has transit service until Guelph Line with

1577-543: Is served by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) 505 Dundas between Broadview Avenue and its eastern intersection with Bloor Street at Dundas West station . Between Dundas West station and just after its second intersection with Bloor Street at Kipling station it is served by the TTC bus route 40 Junction-Dundas West bus. Beyond Kipling station, it is served by various TTC bus routes. Through Mississauga, it

1660-506: Is the Ryerson University campus. To the east of downtown, Dundas travels through the older Cabbagetown neighbourhood, and the large Regent Park public housing project fills the block south of Dundas between Parliament Street and River Street. The Dundas and Bay Street area, west to University Avenue, has been developing into a Little Tokyo district. It was previously the location of Toronto's original Chinatown . Dundas Street

1743-488: Is the address of the Art Gallery of Ontario, which takes a full city block on the south side of the street, at the corner of McCaul Street, just west of University Avenue . The north side of the street between McCaul and Beverley is also home to several private art galleries. Just to the south of Dundas on McCaul is OCAD University. Dundas Street was developed in different time periods and in different sections. The section of

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1826-541: The Burlington Transit bus routes 2, 3, 6, and 11 and Oakville Transit bus route 24 all providing service along different sections of the street. In Hamilton, Dundas Street is served by the Hamilton Street Railway bus route 18 through Waterdown . The Dundas Street bus rapid transit (Dundas BRT) is a proposed bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor proposed by Metrolinx that would run along Dundas Street. It

1909-555: The CP Rail line through the mixed industrial-residential district. At Scarlett Road, the route veers southwest toward a high crossing over the Humber River valley , through the former village of Lambton Mills . Beyond the river, Dundas serves as the northern boundary of the Kingsway residential district. Passing the historic St. George's Church-on-the-Hill, Dundas again heads southwest toward

1992-542: The International Baccalaureate Program. The town is home to Appleby College , a private school for grades seven to twelve, established in 1911 as well as St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School , an independent all-girls school. Oakville is also home to the Trafalgar Campus of Sheridan College , primarily an arts and business studies institute, and Oakville's only higher education facility. Oakville

2075-764: The Oakville Symphony Orchestra , the Oakville Children's Choir and the Oakville Ballet Company . The Oakville Arts Council provides further artistic talents in the town showcasing films, literary figures and visual arts. The Oakville Children's Choir has been in business since 1994. Oakville Galleries is a not-for-profit art museum that exhibits contemporary art, cares for a permanent collection and delivers public programming. Its exhibition spaces are located on two sites: Gairloch Gardens and Centennial Square. The Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival

2158-645: The Procor factory (no longer manufacturing), and, most importantly, the Ford Motor Company 's Canadian headquarters and plant , all close to the Canadian National Railway and the Queen Elizabeth Way highway between Toronto and Fort Erie (Buffalo). In 1962, the town of Oakville merged with its neighbouring villages ( Bronte , Palermo, Sheridan, and the remainder of Trafalgar Township ) to become

2241-648: The United States (3.4%), Portugal (3.3%), Egypt (3.1%), and South Korea (2.9%). The most common mother tongues among the population in 2021 were English (57.4%), Mandarin (7.0%), Arabic (3.5%), Spanish (2.3%), and Urdu (2.2%). The 2016 census found the most reported ethnocultural background to be White (68.5%), followed by South Asian (8.9%), Chinese (7%), Arab (3.2%), Black (2.9%), Filipino (1.9%), Latin American (1.9%), Korean (1.6%), West Asian (1.1%), and other backgrounds. Aboriginals make up 0.7%

2324-523: The life science umbrella , with an emphasis on pharmaceuticals and elder care . There are also a number of retirement homes in the city. As Oakville is considered part of the Greater Toronto Area it is common for residents to commute to jobs in Toronto . The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts houses several performances by local and international artists. It is also the performing venue for

2407-411: The "Valley Holes", numbered 11 through 15. On number 11, a par 4, players tee off a cliff to a fairway that is approximately 60 feet below on the valley floor. The second shot must clear Sixteen Mile Creek to the green. Holes 12, 13 and 14 all use Sixteen Mile Creek as a hazard of one form or another. Number 15 is a short par 3 with a sharply-sloping green, after which players climb out of the valley to

2490-468: The 16th hole. Glen Abbey is owned by Clublink , operated by TWC Enterprises Limited. The company was planning to demolish the golf course in order to build residential and commercial units. The plan was opposed by the Oakville Town Council , which designated the facility a heritage site. In 2018, the company achieved some success in its efforts against the town after a Superior Court ruled against

2573-650: The 1850s, there was an economic recession and the foundry, the most important industry in town, was closed. Basket-making became a major industry in the town, and the Grand Trunk Railway was built through it. In 1869, the population was 2,000. The community was served by the Great Western Railway and it was a port on Lake Ontario. The town eventually became industrialized with the opening of Cities Service Canada (later BP Canada , and now Petro Canada ) and Shell Canada oil refineries (both now closed),

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2656-571: The Central Ontario Baseball Association (COBA) system. Burloak Canoe Club is located in Oakville. Three Olympians, Adam van Koeverden , Mark Oldershaw and Larry Cain , trained at the club. At the municipal level, the governing body is the Oakville Town Council consisting of a mayor (currently Rob Burton ) and fourteen councillors . The town is divided into seven wards , with two councillors elected by residents of each ward. In each ward, one councillor represents

2739-504: The Great Lakes, there are varying temperatures within town boundaries, generally warmer days further from the lake, the exception being on the colder days in winter. In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada , Oakville had a population of 213,759 living in 73,558 of its 76,179 total private dwellings, a change of 10.3% from its 2016 population of 193,832. With a land area of 138.94 km (53.65 sq mi), it had

2822-630: The Hamilton Golf and Country Club but the event may again be held at Glen Abbey in some future years if the redevelopment is not allowed to proceed. In July 2021, following discussions with the Ontario government, the Glen Abbey Golf Course redevelopment plans were quashed by Clublink and the property continued as a golf course. With the redevelopment plans no longer proposed, the Glen Abbey Golf Course continues to operate going forward, recognized as

2905-474: The Humber opened in 1957 (repaired in 1973 and 2009) to replace the 1907 iron trestle that lost approaches on both ends during Hurricane Hazel in 1954 and resulted in the old bridge being demolished in 1955. An 1800 map shows Dundas connecting with the newly built Yonge Street, although the map does not show the route of this section within Toronto with any detail. An 1816 map of York shows a "Burlington Road", which

2988-527: The Love of the Arts Festival is an annual event taking place in the late spring in Oakville. Inaugurated in 2002, the event is hosted by CommUnity Arts Space (originally known as Music and Art Shared Space who initiated the festival), a local umbrella group advocating for shared physical space for Oakville's arts and cultural groups. Currently the only such multi-disciplinary community festival of its kind in Oakville,

3071-603: The Oakville Whitecaps. The 12U and 14U Whitecaps teams compete annually to play in the Little League World Series and Junior League World Series , respectively. The OMBA (Oakville Minor Baseball Association) was established in 1963. It offers three levels of baseball to children and youth in Oakville: House League, Select and Rep. OMBA runs the Oakville A's, the official Town Rep baseball playing in

3154-580: The TTC's 505 Dundas streetcar route serves the street from Riverdale to the Junction . Following controversy over the namesake of the street, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville , in delaying the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade , Toronto City Council voted in 2021 to rename the section of the street within Toronto – with other municipalities reviewing their use of the name. The route of Dundas Street through

3237-699: The abolition of the slave trade" and that this conflicts with "the values of equity and inclusion" of the city. The city's process also sparked reviews of the use of the Dundas name in other areas of the province, including Mississauga, London and Hamilton. On July 6, 2021, the City of Toronto's executive committee unanimously supported the renaming of Dundas Street. During public deputations, former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson stated that "the name of Dundas has no relevance to Canada ... he has no connection to Toronto". On July 14, Toronto City Council voted 17–7 to rename

3320-408: The area as it had planned, with 3,222 housing units. 69,000 square feet of commercial/retail space and 107,000 square feet of office space. Golf Canada was also concerned, since they could not predict whether it could get the necessary permit to hold the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey in 2018. Eventually, the event was in fact held at Glen Abbey. The Town of Oakville formally rejected the plan to demolish

3403-719: The area surrounding Dundas Street as well as on the shore of Lake Ontario . In 1820, the Crown bought the area surrounding the waterways. The area around the creeks, 390 ha (960 acres), ceded to the Crown by the Mississaugas, was auctioned off to William Chisholm in 1827. He left the development of the area to his son, Robert Kerr Chisholm , and his brother-in-law, Merrick Thomas. Chisholm also formed shipbuilding business in Oakville Navy Street and Sixteen Mile Creek and lasted until 1842, but shipbuilding in Oakville lasted into

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3486-505: The city of Toronto is irregular. The street, as laid out today, is made up of what were originally several smaller named streets. Proceeding west through central Toronto, Dundas Street East originates near the Beaches neighbourhood at Kingston Road , itself a historic route to eastern Lake Ontario and the town of Kingston . Originally, the street began at today's Queen and Ossington intersection, and incorporated today's Ossington Street north to

3569-453: The course has hosted 30 Canadian Open championships since it opened in 1977, and both Golf Canada and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame are located there. In 2018, the owner, Clublink , planned to demolish the golf course in order to build residential and commercial properties. In 2021, following objections from the community and municipal government, Clublink withdrew its development plan and stated it would continue operating Glen Abbey as

3652-601: The current Dundas intersection, then proceeded west along the route still used today. Crossing the lower reaches of the Don River west of Broadview Avenue , Dundas serves as one of the few arterial roads connecting the central city to the city's original eastern suburbs . At Yonge Street , Dundas passes Yonge-Dundas Square , within sight of downtown landmarks such as the Eaton Centre and Toronto Metropolitan University . Designated Dundas Street West from this point westward,

3735-524: The east to Kensington Avenue in the west) having street signs in Chinese as 登打士街, which is the same as Dundas Street in the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. West of Ossington Avenue , it meanders northwards towards Bloor Street near the intersection of Roncesvalles Avenue , heading north toward the Junction district at Keele Street . Proceeding due west from Keele through the Junction, Dundas parallels

3818-460: The entire length of former Hwy. 99 west to Osborne Corners where it follows former Highway 5 again to Paris , where it joined former Highway 2 and picks up the name Dundas again. Through most of Paris, Highway 2 bypasses it as it becomes a broken residential street, but rejoins it to follow King Edward Street. The name again resumes west of Paris as the street proceeds west along the former highway through Woodstock en route to London . In London,

3901-492: The event of an invasion. This new section of the street to York was detached from the section from London to Dundas. Instead, the two sections were connected by York Road, which traversed the section of the Niagara Escarpment between them along the path of modern day York Road, Valley Road, and Patterson Road. Beyond York, Dundas Street was extended further eastwards as a part of what later became Highway 2. In York,

3984-598: The event serves to showcase local talent, skills, crafts, literary art, dance performances, theatre groups and music performances. The event is intended as a symbolic presentation of a "shared space" and is entirely sponsored by local corporate and private donations. The Northeast Oakville Fair is an annual event that takes place toward the end of spring across from the Iroquois Ridge Community Centre. The fair brings together local businesses, inflatables, food trucks, hot air balloon rides, family activities, and

4067-475: The former Highway 5 alignment (which continues west as a still-provincially maintained highway through rural Brant County ) west of Highway 6 in Waterdown, and resumes to the south in its namesake former town Dundas (today also part of Hamilton) and follows the former Highway 99 (now Hamilton Road 99 ) and assumes its alternate name, Governors Road, after crossing Main Street (the original Highway 8 ). It follows

4150-541: The former village of Islington . This route traverses the west end of the city, avoiding obstacles that were expensive to negotiate in the 18th century, such as Grenadier Pond in what is now High Park and the highest point of the Humber Valley (Bloor Street to the south requires a high bridge to cross the river at that point). Dundas intersects for a second time with Bloor Street at Kipling Avenue in Etobicoke. In 1961,

4233-562: The golf course in a unanimous vote by the Planning and Development Council on February 12, 2018. In summer 2018, Clublink was awaiting a Superior Court decision on its plan to request a demolition permit and, in the meantime, the Canadian Open took place at the course. On October 25, 2018, Justice Edward Morgan ruled that Clublink had a right to take its demolition application to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), in spite of

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4316-519: The gradual abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire in the 18th century" as opposed to immediate abolition. On June 10, 2020 , Mayor John Tory stated that a working group would be formed "to examine the issue of renaming streets in a broader sense". The city's final report, published in June 2021, supported renaming the street, concluding that Dundas "played an instrumental role in delaying

4399-417: The hole. The shot was over a large pond that guards the green. In doing so, Woods proceeded to defeat his playing partner Grant Waite and won the tournament. The shot is regarded as one of the most spectacular both of Woods' career and in recent PGA Tour history. In 2009, Mark Calcavecchia set a new PGA Tour record with 9 consecutive birdies in his second round of the Canadian Open. After having started

4482-432: The intersection of Dundas Street was also known as Dundas. At the time, the district along Dundas was not cleared. Montgomery's Inn was built on Dundas Street in 1830 for travellers along this route and also became a center of neighbourhood business in the village of Islington. It stands today, operated as a museum by the City of Toronto. From Ossington Avenue to the east, Dundas was pieced together from various streets. In

4565-485: The intersection was rebuilt into a highway-type interchange, with an overpass over Kipling. The City of Toronto demolished the interchange and replaced it with a new at-grade intersection. A new routing of Dundas Street to the south of the former interchange was opened in February 2019, connecting via Dunbloor Road (which was rechristened to be a part of Dundas for continuity) to the section east of Kipling. From Kipling, Dundas

4648-459: The intersection with Victoria Street and chopping a section off of 171 Victoria Street (the former home of Egerton Ryerson ) and renumbering it as 38–40 Dundas Street East. East of the Don, various streets were connected by jogs in the 20th century to form the current road. From the 1920s until the 1940s, Dundas Street terminated at Broadview Avenue in the east. In the 1950s, the city of Toronto implemented

4731-402: The late 20th century. The population in 1846 was 1,500. The community shipped large quantities of wheat and lumber via schooners and the railway. There were three churches, a grist mill and saw mill, and various small companies making threshing machines, wagons, watches, saddles, and metal goods. There were also tradesmen of various types. Oakville's industries also included shipbuilding. In

4814-487: The latter half of the 19th century, Arthur Street was connected from Ossington Avenue and Dundas Street to Bathurst Street along the current alignment of Dundas. St. Patrick Street, the portion of today's Dundas from Bathurst Street to (east of McCaul Street it was called Anderson Street) College Avenue (now University Avenue) bisected the Grange estate in 1877. The section from College Avenue (now University Avenue) to Yonge Street

4897-669: The line between Windsor and Quebec corridor , and operates from Oakville station. Several major roads and highways go through Oakville: Law enforcement in Oakville is performed by the Halton Regional Police Service . Fire service is provided by the Oakville Fire Department with its nine fire stations. The Town of Oakville's Waters Air Rescue Force is a volunteer organization that provides marine search and rescue service in Western Lake Ontario. It

4980-482: The mid-19th century. This district was later settled by emigrants from Portugal and Brazil and bears the name "Rua Açores" . The Junction attracted many immigrant labourers from Ireland , Britain , and Southern and Eastern Europe due to its proximity to railways and heavy industry, such as meatpacking, which sprouted up there in the late 19th century. Dundas Street is centrally located in downtown Toronto, about midway between Front Street and Bloor Street. It serves as

5063-399: The municipalities they passed through. Originally intended as a military route to connect the shipping port of York (now Toronto) to the envisioned future capital of London, Ontario , the street today connects Toronto landmarks such as Yonge–Dundas Square and the city's principal Chinatown to rural villages and the regional centres of Hamilton and London. A historic alternate name for

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5146-549: The new Town of Oakville, reaching northwards to Steeles Avenue in Milton . In 1973, the restructuring of Halton County into Halton Region brought the northern border southwards to just north of the future Highway 407 . Oakville's Planning Department divides the town into communities. These are based on traditional neighbourhoods. Like much of Southern Ontario, Oakville has a Humid continental climate straddling Dfa/Dfb classifications, with cold winters with frequent snowfall, and warm summers. Like most lakeside municipalities on

5229-571: The population report no religious affiliation. The top employers in Oakville include: Sagen MI Canada (TSX:MIC), Algonquin Power & Utilities , Canadian Tire Financial Services , Cameron's Brewing Company , Equirex , Pelmorex , and Rockstar Toronto are based in Oakville, while Siemens , The Ford Motor Company , and MADD Canada have their head Canadian offices in the town. Many Oakville residents work in advanced manufacturing at large facilities operated by UTC Aerospace Systems and General Electric . Many Oakville companies fall under

5312-421: The population: 0.4% First Nations and 0.3% Métis . According to the 2011 census, 70.1% of the population identify as Christians , with Catholics (37.9%) making up the largest denomination, followed by Anglican (7.6%), United Church (7.3%), and other denominations. Others identify as Muslims (4%), Hindus (2.1%), Sikhs (1.4%), Buddhists (0.8%), Jewish (0.5%) and with other religions, and 20.6% of

5395-417: The property into a gentlemen's club and golf course; and later into a ski hill. In 1974, the property was sold to another developer, who developed the property into the present golf course. In 1975, the Royal Canadian Golf Association relocated its headquarters and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame to the golf club the following year. Two years later, the course hosted its first Canadian Open . The golf club

5478-421: The road ended at the Humber River at Old Mill Road, following the path of today's Bloor Street within Etobicoke . A bridge was built in 1811 to cross the Humber, followed by a series of other bridges over the years. Dundas was re-routed in 1928, which resulted in what is now Old Dundas Street on either side of the Humber. The western section of Old Dundas Street becomes Home Smith Park Road. The current bridge over

5561-432: The round on the 10th hole, he birdied holes 12 through 18, then holes 1 and 2 of the front nine. Clublink Corp first filed an application in October 2015 to redevelop the property. In its plan, there was no provision for a golf course. The Town of Oakville Council responded in August 2017 by declaring the golf course a heritage site under the Ontario Heritage Act . This would make it more difficult for Clublink to develop

5644-445: The route passes to the north of City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square . At McCaul Street , the road fronts the Art Gallery of Ontario in proximity to some of the city's institutions of higher learning, including OCAD University , Michener Institute , and the University of Toronto . At Spadina Avenue , Dundas serves as the east–west axis of the city's largest Chinatown , with the Chinatown sections of Dundas (from Beverly Street in

5727-611: The street ends just east of the confluence of the Thames River before it crosses the Kensington Bridge to west London. Originally, this section was called "Dundas Street West" with the eastern portion being "Dundas Street East". However, since construction in the mid-1980s, the entire western portion has been called "Riverside Drive". Some Londoners still refer to the non-renamed portion "Dundas Street East" though it no longer bears an "East" designation. Riverside Drive ends further west at junction with Boler Road and Sanatorium Road. A 396-foot (121 m) three-hinged ribbed steel arch bridge

5810-404: The street near Dundas Valley, today known as Governors Road and earlier as Governor's Road, was surveyed by Augustus Jones and constructed by the Queen's Rangers from 1793 to 1794 as a military supply route at the direction of John Graves Simcoe , first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada . It connected Coote's Paradise, which was later renamed Dundas in reference to the road, which in turn

5893-631: The street was Governor's Road , as its construction was supervised by John Graves Simcoe , lieutenant governor of Upper Canada ; and the section between Hamilton and Paris still bears that name, albeit without an apostrophe. Dundas Street is also one of the few east-west routes to run uninterrupted through the central and western Greater Toronto Area, from Toronto to Hamilton (the others are Lake Shore Boulevard / Lakeshore Road , Eglinton Avenue , Steeles Avenue /Taunton Road, Queen Street ( Brampton )/ Highway 7 , and Bovaird Drive /Castlemore Road/ Rutherford Road /Carrville Road/16th Avenue). Within Toronto,

5976-452: The town's attempts to block its plan. However, in July 2021, the Ontario government became involved in the issue and an agreement was reached for the Glen Abbey Golf Course redevelopment plans to be quashed and the golf course to continue. The Glen Abbey Golf Course is now continuing to operate going forward, recognized as a sports venue of historic importance. The property Glen Abbey is situated on

6059-632: The town's previous denial of this step. The city council subsequently voted unanimously to take the issue to the Ontario Court of Appeal. On December 11, 2018, the Ontario Superior Court ruled against the conservation plan and bylaws which had been enacted to stop the Glen Abbey development plan. Judge Edward Morgan said that the effort exceeded the town's legal rights and was made in bad faith. The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) will hold an eight-day hearing in June 2019 on ClubLink’s appeal of

6142-527: The town’s updated official plan and amended bylaws and later in 2019, another hearing later about ClubLink’s development application appeal. A report at the time of the October 2018 hearing clarified the owner's plan: building "3,222 residential units, including nine apartment buildings between nine and 12 storeys in height". These would be over and above the planned office space and commercial/retail space. The 2019 and 2023 Canadian Open were scheduled to be held at

6225-596: The ward solely on the Oakville Town Council, and the other is a member of the 21-member governing council of the Regional Municipality of Halton , in addition to being a member of the 14-member Town Council. Two provincial ridings are situated in Oakville, which use the same boundaries as the federal ridings and are currently represented provincially by: Two federal ridings are situated in Oakville, which are currently represented by: Local bus service

6308-456: Was a westward extension of today's Queen Street. The first section of the current route of Dundas Street constructed in Toronto was constructed during the War of 1812. It connected today's intersection of Queen Street and Ossington Avenue to Lambton Mills. It was constructed by the militia under the supervision of George Taylor Denison. The section of today's Ossington Avenue from Queen Street north to

6391-563: Was built from 1910 to 1911 to span the Don River valley and railway tracks (now used by the Don Valley Parkway ) below. The bridge was a set of four Warren pony truss spans connected by a shorter riveted Warren deck truss spans to the east and west. The bridge has been altered with the removal of ornamental railings with concrete barrier topped with ornamental railing, removal of steel girders with larger abutments to allow for wider road deck

6474-450: Was cancelled due to financial difficulties, despite having annual attendance of up to 100,000 visitors. It returned in August 2013, which was the most recent festival to date. The Kerrfest is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place in early September in Oakville. Having begun in 2014, the event includes free performances and is open to the public, located at Westwood Park. The For

6557-407: Was completed in 2007. Immigrant communities have sprung up along the route of Dundas Street within Toronto, with most still retaining elements of their original character. Kensington Market was home to Toronto's first Jewish community; Spadina's Chinatown is still the city's largest downtown Asian ethnic enclave; Brockton Village became a west-end destination for the immigrant Irish community in

6640-685: Was founded in 1954 and was a charter member of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary . Elementary schools and high schools in Oakville are a mix of private and public schools, with one of the highest ratios of private schools to student population in the country. Oakville is covered by the Halton District School Board , Halton Catholic District School Board , Conseil scolaire Viamonde , and Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir . St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (Oakville) and White Oaks Secondary School both offer

6723-410: Was known as Agnes Street. East of Yonge, it was Crookshank Street, Wilton Street, with a portion called Wilton Crescent (George Street to Sherbourne Avenue), and finally Beech Street to River Street. Beyond River, Dundas was severed until a steel Arch bridge was built over the Don River in 1910–1911. From 1922 to 1923, the jog from Agnes Street to Wilton was eliminated, tearing down several buildings at

6806-408: Was named after Simcoe's friend Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville , to London, the planned capital at the time, and around Lake Ontario to Newark, today Niagara-on-the-Lake . In 1796, Dundas Street was extended from just west of what is today Highway 6 east towards York . The road was constructed away from the lake shore, and the American border, so a communication link could be maintained in

6889-558: Was previously owned by a number of groups before it was made into a golf club. The land was originally patented to King's College (the predecessor to the University of Toronto ) in 1814. In 1937, the property was sold to Andre Dorfman, as a private estate. In 1953, the property was sold to the Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada, and was used as a retreat. From 1963 to 1974, the property was sold to another developer, who first attempted to develop

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