Ionview

Ionview
Neighbourhood
Ionview Road at Eglinton Avenue in 2023
Coordinates:43°43′53″N79°16′16″W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Toronto
Established	1850Scarborough Township
Changed municipality	1998Torontofrom City of Scarborough
Government
•MP	Bill Blair(Scarborough Southwest)
•MPP	Doly Begum(Scarborough Southwest)
•Councillor	Michael Thompson(Ward 37Scarborough Centre)

Ionviewis a neighbourhood inToronto,Ontario,Canada, in the district ofScarborough.It is bounded byBirchmount Roadto the west, the hydro transmission corridor north of Ranstone Gardens to the north, the CNR railway to the east, and Eglinton Avenue East,Kennedy Roadand the CNR railway to the south.

Ionview is contained within the federal and provincial riding ofScarborough Southwest.It is represented byDoly Begumin theOntario LegislatureandBill Blairin theParliament of Canada.TheToronto Police Service's 41 Division is based in the neighbourhood.

History

Portions of the area comprising modern Ionview were once contained in the former village of Wexford, founded in the 1840s, and Scarborough Junction, established in 1873. The area remained generally rural until the postwar housing boom of the 1940s and 1950s.

Ionview is a predominantly working-class neighbourhood, with 63% of the population residing in rented accommodation as of 2001, the majority in apartment towers. There was a higher percentage of children aged 0–4 in Ionview than the Toronto average as of 2001.

Recreation

Eglinton Ravine Park in southern Ionview

TheTaylor-Massey Creek,an eastern tributary of theDon River,flows through the Eglinton Ravine in the southwest portion of Ionview. Green space within the neighbourhood includes Eglinton Ravine Park, extending from Eglinton Avenue East to the railway, centrally located Ionview Park, and Jack Goodlad Community Park in the north.

Municipal parks in Ionview are managed by theToronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division.

Transportation

The neighbourhood is well-connected to the rest of the city by public transit, served by theToronto Transit Commission's (TTC)bus routes17 Birchmount, 34 Eglinton East, and 43 Kennedy bus routes.Kennedy station,the eastern terminus of theBloor-Danforth subwayand southern terminus of theScarborough RT,is immediately south of Ionview.

Eglinton Avenue Eastis a major east-west road that passes through Ionview.

External links

• City of Toronto - Ionview Neighbourhood Profile
• Toronto Neighbourhoods - Scarborough Junction
• Scarborough Archives