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Greektown, also known as The Danforth, is a commercial-residential neighbourhood and ethnic enclave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Danforth Avenue, between Chester Avenue and Dewhurst Boulevard, in east Toronto. Named after Asa Danforth, Jr., an American contractor who designed Queen Street and Kingston Road, the area is known ...
Greektown in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is an area in the Kitsilano neighborhood that was historically an enclave of Greek immigrants and their descendants. The term is an informal one, and Greektown's borders are not strictly defined; however, West Broadway around Trutch Street is generally considered the neighbourhood's heart, while Blenheim St to the west and MacDonald St to the ...
Pages in category "Greektowns in Canada" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Greektown, Toronto; V. Greektown, Vancouver
The telltale landmarks are fewer now than they were when the Tribune offered readers concise directions to Greektown 70 years ago. “When you reach the point on Halsted St. near Harrison where ...
The Greeks of Toronto (Greek: Έλληνες του Τορόντο) comprises Greek immigrants and their descendants living in Toronto, Canada.. According to the Canada 2016 Census, the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is home to 97,940 Greek Canadians (1.69% of its total population), making it the metropolitan area with the highest concentration of Greeks in the country.
A mass shooting occurred on Danforth Avenue in the Greektown neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the night of July 22, 2018. [ 5] Faisal Hussain killed two people and wounded thirteen using a Smith & Wesson M&P .40-calibre handgun. [ 2][ 3] He died by suicide after a shootout with Toronto Police Service (TPS) officers. [ 6]
History of Greece. ( Ancient · Byzantine · Ottoman) v. t. e. Greek Canadians ( Greek: Ελληνοκαναδοί) are Canadian citizens who have full or partial Greek heritage or people who emigrated from Greece and reside in Canada. According to the 2021 Census, there were 262,140 Canadians who claimed Greek ancestry. [ 1]
Greektown is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Greeks or people of Greek ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. History [ edit ] The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Greek Church in the Greek quarter in Vienna, late 19th century