Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction
An analysis of my neighborhood
Introduction
My neighborhood, Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction, is located in the southwest part of Toronto, spanning from the Canadian Pacific Railway as its west boundary to Christie Street as its east boundary, and the side of Davenport road as its north to Bloor Street West as its south. It belongs to Ward 17, 18, and 19 .
It is reasonably livable. It is a part of Toronto that is not too busy or loud and not too quiet and there is a variety of housing types. Shopping centers, restaurants, and stores to buy food or other items of need are accessible to people from the neighborhood itself and from nearby neighborhoods.
There is a variety of community centers where you can go skating in the winter, parks are available in these community centers, and a diversity of housing types.
Land Use
Dovercourt Wallace Emerson Junction, like other neighborhoods, is made up of mostly residential land. The land that is not used for housing is used for commercial (involved in earning money), institutional (schools, libraries, government, hospitals, places of worship), and recreational (parks and community centers) purposes. These pieces of land are scattered in the neighborhood so that they are easily accessible to people.
Below is a map of part of the neighborhood, showing how the land is used.
Dovercourt Wallace Emerson-Junction Land Use
Connections to Physical Geography
In this neighborhood the elevation and number of parks gets higher the farther north you go. Also, some of the places that have fields and green space (the schools and recreational land) are higher or lower than their surrounding land. For example, Christie Pits Park is lower.
There used to be stretches running through the neighborhood, but they were replaced and built over by subway stations, residential buildings, streets, and other urban features.
Social Aspects
Age and Sex Distribution
Dovercourt Wallace Emerson Junction is a diverse neighborhood with a population of about 36,625 people, 9,819 people per square kilometer, and slightly more of this population is female because they usually live longer (seniors are made up of more females than males). Compared to the rest of Toronto, there is a higher percentage of people in their working age (25-64 years) but less of all the other age groups.
Immigration
This neighborhood, like the rest of Canada, has a diverse range of people and cultures. More than half of the population was born in the neighborhood but they were born from immigrants that came to Canada years before, and then moved to this neighborhood.
Income
The majority of the population of this neighborhood receives about $10 000 - $40 000 per person from employment, worse than the city's average.
Urban Issues
Redevelopment Plan
There can be bike lanes made on small streets so that people living farther from TTC will be encouraged to ride bicycles to travel instead of taking the transit. Bikes are more attainable than cars. They also take up less space, are good for the environment, and it helps save money that is spent on fuel, car insurance, reduces traffic, and reduces parking tickets. In the map below, bike lanes can be added on most or all of the white lines (small routes) of the map in the neighborhood.
Outline of Chosen neighborhood
Rent-to-own houses can be made more common and advertised, to let the public be aware that it is an option. This way, people who cannot afford houses can slowly pay for the house bit-by-bit while also having a home to live in. After they pay all of their total rent, they can claim ownership.
