Islington
is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. It was originally a village
in the Township of Etobicoke, which
later became the Borough of Etobicoke,
and then the City of Etobicoke. Etobicoke
merged with five other municipalities
and a regional government in 1998
to form the new "City of Toronto".
The approximate modern boundaries
of Islington are Rathburn Road in
the north, Royal York Road in the
east, Norseman Street in the south
and Kipling Avenue in the west. The
2001 population estimate for Islington
was 31,425. Islington was originally
known as Mimico. When Mimico-on-the-Lake
petitioned the government for a new
post office to be called Mimico in
1858, Mimico was renamed Islington,
a name suggested by a resident who
was born in the English city of the
same name (see Islington).
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