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1. wardmuseum.ca › blockbyblock › archivesThe Ward, Toronto - The Ward Museum

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   St. John’s Ward, colloquially known as “The Ward”, was situated in downtown Toronto, on the traditional territories of the Wendat, Anishinabek Nation, Haudenosaunee Confederacy and Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations 1. It was the first settlement destination for many newcomers to Toronto between the mid 19th and mid 20th centuries; home to Toronto’s early Jewish community ...

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2. www.blogto.com › city › 2012A brief history of The Ward, Toronto's notorious slum - blogTO

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   Jun 30, 2012 · Finally, the last homes recognizable as part of St. John's Ward in the 1950s were largely occupied by Chinese people. By the time new City Hall was started in 1961, the area north of Queen was ...

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3. www.thestar.com › news › immigrationExhibit tells the story of Toronto’s Ward neighbourhood ...

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   Oct 10, 2017 · For decades, the Ward was the first settlement destination for many newcomers to the Toronto. Long before diversity became part of Canada’s identity, the Ward in downtown Toronto, near today’s ...

4. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaBlock by Block exhibit celebrates untold history of the Ward

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   Oct 11, 2017 · A new online exhibit from the Toronto Ward Museum, Block by Block, has unearthed the history overshadowed by a common narrative of The Ward that discounts much of day-to-day life in the former ...

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5. wardmuseum.ca › about-us › history-of-the-wardAbout The Ward

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   The Ward (officially “St. John’s Ward”) was the area in Toronto where early immigrant communities first settled. It was a densely populated neighbourhood in what is now downtown Toronto. The Ward was home to refugees from the Irish Potato Famine, Americans who escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad, and Russian and Eastern ...

6. www.toronto.ca › explore-enjoy › history-art-cultureThe Black Community in St. John’s Ward – City of Toronto

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   Toronto, at the time, had a population of 47,000, of whom approximately one thousand were Black, according censuses conducted in 1856 2 and 1861. 3 About half lived in the southern section of St. John’s Ward, which extended from Yonge to University (then known as College), and from Queen north to Bloor. 4 Dubbed “The Noble Ward,” the area – now home to Nathan Phillips Square and the ...

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   What happened in the ward in the 20th century?

   • (City of Toronto Archives) Block by Block also explores what happened in The Ward toward the middle of the 20th century, when parts of the neighbourhood began the slow crawl toward gentrification. Many who lived there did not welcome some of the changes the city forced onto them.

   Block by Block exhibit celebrates untold history of the Ward

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   What is the history of the ward?

   • From the late 19th century to the 1920s, it was also the centre of Toronto’s Jewish and Italian communities, and the site of Toronto’s first Chinatown. While few physical traces of The Ward’s history remain, the stories of its former residents and the challenges they faced as newcomers continue to resonate. WHY THE WARD?

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   Was St John's Ward a slum?

   • St. John's Ward, known by most simply as the Ward, was once considered a slum. But the home of many of Toronto's earliest immigrant communities had another side to it, and a new digital exhibit is celebrating that history.

   Block by Block exhibit celebrates untold history of the Ward

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   Why is reviving the history of the ward important?

   • Reviving the history of The Ward will serve as a contextual starting point from which visitors can explore the stories of newcomer communities from the 19th century onward and across the Greater Toronto Area.

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   Who lived in St John's Ward?

   • For decades, the area officially known as St. John's Ward was home to some of the city's poorest people and large parts of its Irish, Chinese, eastern European and African population. It was at various times Toronto's Chinatown, Little Italy, and the nexus of Jewish life, but conditions were universally bleak for all.

   A brief history of The Ward, Toronto's notorious slum - blogTO

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   Why is Toronto a ward?

   • For decades, the Ward was the first settlement destination for many newcomers to the Toronto. Long before diversity became part of Canada’s identity, the Ward in downtown Toronto, near today’s city hall, was already a place where people from different cultural backgrounds lived and worked together.

   Exhibit tells the story of Toronto's Ward neighbourhood — where

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8. torontolife.com › life › ward-photo-essay-torontoEight amazing photos that reveal what it was like to be an ...

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   Nov 8, 2017 · Here, the stories behind some of its most striking images. Photograph courtesy of City of Toronto Archives, fonds 1244, item 598. Bay and Dundas • 1910This photo looks north from the old T ...