Henry Farm

Henry Farm
Neighbourhood
Houses in Henry Farm (2023)
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Toronto
Settled	1806
Municipality established	1850York Township
Changed municipality	1922North Yorkfrom York Township
Developed	1964-72
Changed municipality	1998Torontofrom North York
Government
• City Councillor	Shelley Carroll
• Federal M.P.	Han Dong
• Provincial M.P.P.	Vincent Ke

Henry Farmis a neighbourhood in the City ofToronto,Ontario,Canada. It is located in the north central part of the city within the former city ofNorth York.

The City of Toronto has officially designated the neighbourhood of Henry Farm to encompass theParkway Forestresidential subdivision, between Don Mills Road andHighway 404.The neighbourhood is served by the Henry Farm Community Interest Association.

History

Built in 1824, Oriole Lodge was amongst the first buildings built in the neighbourhood.

Henry Farm was settled in 1806 by Henry Mulholland, a native ofClones, County Monaghan,Ireland.He sold the farm in 1814 to William Marsh Jr and past through a few owners including Mulholland's son-in-law (married to daughter Mary Ann),but his great-grandson,George Stewart Henry(son of Louisa Stewart and grandson to Mary Ann Mulholland),reacquired it in 1898. Henry was the tenthPremier of Ontariofrom 1930 to 1934. Ten days before his death in 1958, Henry sold his farm forCA$2 millionto the developers of the present-day neighbourhood.Henry's house, calledOriole Lodge,still stands as a private residence at 17 Manorpark Court.

Henry Farm was developed into a housing subdivision in the 1960s. Most of the neighbourhood consists of low density suburban housing. Along the northeast and southeast are townhouse developments. The latter are primarilysocial housing.There are also two high-rise apartment buildings, Havenbrook Towers, at the southeast corner.

There is one church, located at 80 George Henry Boulevard, which houses the St. Matthew the Apostle, OrioleAnglican Church of Canadacongregation. The church was built in 1969 and dedicated on January 25, 1970. The site was shared with the CovenantUnited Church.Covenant United Church amalgamated with Donway United Church in 1992, and moved out of Henry Farm.

Education

TheToronto District School Board(TDSB) is apublicschool boardthat operates twoelementary schoolsin Henry Farm, Forest Manor Public School, and Shaughnessy Public School. TDSB does not operate a secondary school in the neighbourhood, with TDSB students attending secondary schools in adjacent neighbourhoods.

In addition to TDSB, three other public school board also offers schooling to residents of Don Mills, theToronto Catholic District School Board(TCDSB),secular schoolboard; and two Frenchfirst languagepublic school board, the secularConseil scolaire Viamonde(CSV), and it separate counterpart,Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir(CSCM). However, none of the three school boards operate school in Don Mills, with CSCM, CSV, and TCDSB students attending schools situated in other neighbourhoods in Toronto.

Recreation

The neighbourhood is home to several municipal parks, including Havenbrook Park, and Parkway Forest Park. Havenbrook Park has a baseball diamond, toboggan hill and the Henry Farm Tennis Club. The park is situated near theDon Valley,which forms a part of the largerToronto ravine system.Municipal parks in Toronto are managed by theToronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division.The division also manages acommunity centrein the neighbourhood, Parkway Forest Community Centre.

Transportation

Entrance to theTTC'sDon Mills stationon the south side ofSheppard Avenue.

Several major thoroughfares bound the neighbourhood.Sheppard Avenueis a roadway that bounds Henry Farm in the north, whileHighway 404bounds the residential neighbourhood to the east. Highway 404 to provides access to York Region to the north and south to the Don Valley Parkway which starts at the 401/404 interchange just south of Sheppard Avenue. Highway 404 serves as a point of division between the primarily residential neighbourhood and the Consumers Business Park a commercial area to the east of the 404. The Business Park runs east to the Victoria Park Avenue.Highway 401is the other majorcontrolled access highwaythat bounds the neighbourhood from the south. The highway provides east–west access to the rest ofGreater Toronto,andsouthern Ontario.The Don River's East Branch is the natural border to the west that passes under the Sheppard Avenue and Leslie Street intersection

Public transportationin the neighbourhood is provided by theToronto Transit Commission(TTC), operating severalbus routesthrough the neighbourhood. In addition, theToronto subwaymay be accessed fromDon Mills station,located at Don Mills Road, and Sheppard Avenue. Access to bus routes operated byYork Region Transitmay also be accessed at Don Mills station.

External links

• Henry Farm at TorontoNeighbourhoods
• City of Toronto neighbourhood profile