Dufferin Street

Dufferin Street is a north-south route in Toronto. The road named for Lord Dufferin (Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava), who served as Governor-General of Canada from 1872 to 1878.

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Toronto - Lord Dufferin

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The street is cut-off at various locations along the route. Just north of Queen Street, Dufferin ends at Peel Avenue and resumes south of Queen Street, past the railway underpass. The foot of Dufferin Street is within the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds at Dufferin Gates.

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Queen Street - Dufferin Street - Canadian National Exhibition

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North of Wilson Avenue Dufferin ends and resumes as a small residential sideroad off Sheppard Avenue, just east of Allen Road. This portion then curves back into Wilson Heights Blvd., which provides access to a third portion of Dufferin through Kennard Avenue. The northerly extension of Allen Road in the early 1980s made it possible to avoid the sideroad portion altogether, with many Torontonians unaware of its existence. North of Steeles Avenue, Dufferin is referred to as York Regional Road 53.

Related Topics:
Wilson Avenue - Sheppard Avenue - Allen Road - Steeles Avenue

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