Moss Park
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Moss Park is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as officially defined by the City of Toronto. However, many people would also include the Distillery District and Corktown as part of the neighbourhood.
The neighbourhood is bounded by Jarvis Street to the west, Carlton Street to the north, and Front Street and Eastern Avenue to the south. Parliament Street borders the eastern portion of Moss Park beginning at Carlton and going south to Queen Street where the neighbourhood continues east all the way to the Don River.
The neighbourhood is almost exclusively rented out, and houses many low-income families. The future of this neighbourhood has been determined by the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation which plans to refurbish the city's waterfront. The organization, which is sponsored by all three levels of government, has put the first shovels in the ground and has started the first 80 hectares of development in the South East corner of Moss Park, known as the West Donlands.
The northeast corner of Jarvis and Queen is occupied by Moss Park Armoury, which is used by several regiments of the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve. These include the 25 Field Ambulance, the 48th Highlanders of Canada, the 7th Toronto Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery, and the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Several cadet units also use the facillity.
- http://www.towaterfront.ca/index.php?home=true
- http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/profiles_map_and_index.htm