A neighbourhood that has finally arrived, The Junction is home to some of the city’s most interesting furniture shops, espresso bars, restaurants and a live music venue. It’s called the Junction because it’s, well, a junction, originally of two First Nations trails and then of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Ontario and Quebec lines with the Toronto, Grey and Bruce and Credit Valley lines. The Village of West Toronto Junction was founded in 1884 at the intersection of Dundas and Keele and merged with the nearby villages of Carlton and Davenport in 1889. Famously designated dry for decades, the Junction is now a hotbed of craft beer activity.

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