What are priority neighbourhoods?
Who: Identified by city council and United Way
When: Started 2004
Why: To reduce crime, increase opportunities for young people and improve services for people in underserved areas.
How: Neighbourhoods were measured for key services, including libraries, schools, community centres, settlement and employment services, as well as for things like median household income, education levels and knowledge of English or French.
What: In total, 13 neighbourhoods were identified: Malvern, Jane-Finch, Jamestown, Kingston-Galloway, Victoria Village, Dorset Park, Eglinton East, Scarborough Village, Black Creek, Westminster-Branson, Crescent Town, Steeles-L'Amoreaux and Kennedy Park.
Under a new ranking system revealed by city staff on Monday, each of Toronto’s 140 neighbourhoods has been given an “equity score” based on 15 criteria that includes health, economics, political participation and education. A team of experts set 42.89 as a benchmark score. Communities that fall below the line are designated as a “Neighbourhood Improvement Area,” which replaces the old “Priority Neighbourhood Area.”
Black Creek scored the lowest, with 21.38. Lawrence Park north was the highest, with 92.05.
Westminster-Branson, ranked 38th overall, came in at 46.57. This north Toronto neighbourhood is one of eight that no longer qualifies as a priority investment area. Malvern, Dorset Park, L’Amoreaux, Yorkdale-Glen Park, Steele, Englemount-Lawrence and Humber Heights-Westmount round out that list.
Each was part of the city’s original neighbourhoods program, which was launched eight years ago after the so-called Summer of the Gun.
The designation meant the community of about 24,000 in Ward 10 received a new community hub and health centre development, renovated facilities and additional recreation and employment supports, among other things.
16 new areas will get extra funding, while 8 drop off the list in a new ranking system means missing out on millions of dollars worth of capital funding and resources.
Added IN Priority designation:
Beechborough-Greenbrook
Oakridge
Elms-Old Rexdale
Regent Park
Thorncliffe Park
South Parkdale
Rockcliffe-Smythe
Rustic
Morningside
Ionview
Downsview-Roding-CFB
York University Heights
Thistletown-Beaumond Heights
Keelesdale-Eglinton-West
Weston-Pellam Park
Kingsview Village-The Westway
Off the list :
Malvern
Dorset Park
Westminster-Branson
Yorkdale-Glen Park
L’Amoreaux
Steeles
Humber Heights-Westmount
Englemount-Lawrence
SOUTH PARKDALE neighbourhood is one of 16 communities in need that didn’t meet the threshold back in 2005 but do now. A low-income area just outside the southwest downtown core, South Parkdale has high unemployment, a high occurrence of preventable hospitalizations, and a higher than average number of people drawing on social assistance.
THORNCLIFFE PARK: Thorncliffe residents score average in terms of the number of residents who graduated from high school and post-secondary institutions. The difference is that, for many of his constituents, those diplomas were earned outside of Canada and haven’t translated into well-paying careers in Canada.
Instead of single-parent homes, in Thorncliffe, “many families are crowded together in dwelling units."
source:thestar
Who: Identified by city council and United Way
When: Started 2004
Why: To reduce crime, increase opportunities for young people and improve services for people in underserved areas.
How: Neighbourhoods were measured for key services, including libraries, schools, community centres, settlement and employment services, as well as for things like median household income, education levels and knowledge of English or French.
What: In total, 13 neighbourhoods were identified: Malvern, Jane-Finch, Jamestown, Kingston-Galloway, Victoria Village, Dorset Park, Eglinton East, Scarborough Village, Black Creek, Westminster-Branson, Crescent Town, Steeles-L'Amoreaux and Kennedy Park.
Under a new ranking system revealed by city staff on Monday, each of Toronto’s 140 neighbourhoods has been given an “equity score” based on 15 criteria that includes health, economics, political participation and education. A team of experts set 42.89 as a benchmark score. Communities that fall below the line are designated as a “Neighbourhood Improvement Area,” which replaces the old “Priority Neighbourhood Area.”
Black Creek scored the lowest, with 21.38. Lawrence Park north was the highest, with 92.05.
Westminster-Branson, ranked 38th overall, came in at 46.57. This north Toronto neighbourhood is one of eight that no longer qualifies as a priority investment area. Malvern, Dorset Park, L’Amoreaux, Yorkdale-Glen Park, Steele, Englemount-Lawrence and Humber Heights-Westmount round out that list.
Each was part of the city’s original neighbourhoods program, which was launched eight years ago after the so-called Summer of the Gun.
The designation meant the community of about 24,000 in Ward 10 received a new community hub and health centre development, renovated facilities and additional recreation and employment supports, among other things.
16 new areas will get extra funding, while 8 drop off the list in a new ranking system means missing out on millions of dollars worth of capital funding and resources.
Added IN Priority designation:
Beechborough-Greenbrook
Oakridge
Elms-Old Rexdale
Regent Park
Thorncliffe Park
South Parkdale
Rockcliffe-Smythe
Rustic
Morningside
Ionview
Downsview-Roding-CFB
York University Heights
Thistletown-Beaumond Heights
Keelesdale-Eglinton-West
Weston-Pellam Park
Kingsview Village-The Westway
Off the list :
Malvern
Dorset Park
Westminster-Branson
Yorkdale-Glen Park
L’Amoreaux
Steeles
Humber Heights-Westmount
Englemount-Lawrence
SOUTH PARKDALE neighbourhood is one of 16 communities in need that didn’t meet the threshold back in 2005 but do now. A low-income area just outside the southwest downtown core, South Parkdale has high unemployment, a high occurrence of preventable hospitalizations, and a higher than average number of people drawing on social assistance.
THORNCLIFFE PARK: Thorncliffe residents score average in terms of the number of residents who graduated from high school and post-secondary institutions. The difference is that, for many of his constituents, those diplomas were earned outside of Canada and haven’t translated into well-paying careers in Canada.
Instead of single-parent homes, in Thorncliffe, “many families are crowded together in dwelling units."
source:thestar
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