Database - Islands in the North | Eglinton Avenue West

Title

Eglinton Avenue West

Description

Jamaicans and other members of the growing black community settled in this area during the sixties and seventies and developed a small business class. Many music stores; grocery stores; bars; beauty salons; barbershops; restaurants and stores catering to the Black Caribbean community opened up along Eglinton West Avenue from Marlee Avenue to Dufferin Street.

Source

Barbara Baillargeon

Publisher

"Research Guide to Reggae Lane: Toronto's Jamaican Music Scene, 1960s to the Present." Toronto Public Library, June 2, 2016. http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/local-history-genealogy/2016/06/research-guide-to-reggae-lane-torontos-jamaican-music-scene-1960s-to-the-present.html. Accessed August 15, 2017.

Date

1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Type

community

Coverage

Toronto

Spatial Coverage

”Eglinton Avenue West”