Toronto

====Suburbs====
[[File:Crescent Town 2022.jpg|thumb|[[Crescent Town]] and the surrounding area from the air. Crescent Town was a post-World War II suburban neighbourhood developed in [[East York]].]]
The inner suburbs are contained within the former municipalities of York and East York.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Toronto: A Tale Of Three Cities {{!}} Smart Cities Dive|url=https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/toronto-tale-three-cities/1217926/|access-date=April 4, 2021|website=www.smartcitiesdive.com|language=en-US|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513024529/https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/toronto-tale-three-cities/1217926/|url-status=live}}</ref> These are mature and traditionally working-class areas, consisting primarily of post–World War I small, single-family homes and small apartment blocks.<ref name=":0" /> Neighbourhoods such as [[Crescent Town]], [[Thorncliffe Park]], [[Flemingdon Park]], Weston, and [[Oakwood Village]] consist mainly of high-rise apartments, which are home to many new immigrant families. During the 2000s, many neighbourhoods became ethnically diverse and underwent [[gentrification]] due to increasing population and a housing boom during the late 1990s and the early 21st century. The first neighbourhoods affected were [[Leaside]] and [[North Toronto]], gradually progressing into the western neighbourhoods in York.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
[[File:York after sunset (2855524410).jpg|thumb|In an attempt to curb [[urban sprawl|suburban sprawl]], many suburban neighbourhoods in Toronto encouraged high-density populations by mixing housing lots with apartment buildings far from the downtown core.]]
The outer suburbs comprising the former municipalities of Etobicoke (west), Scarborough (east) and North York (north) largely retain the grid plan laid before post-war development.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 23, 2013|title=Quick comparisons between Toronto's and Chicago's street grids|url=http://spacing.ca/toronto/2013/10/23/torontos-and-chicagos-street-grids/|access-date=April 4, 2021|website=Spacing Toronto|language=en-US|archive-date=May 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508013119/https://spacing.ca/toronto/2013/10/23/torontos-and-chicagos-street-grids/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sections were long established and quickly growing towns before the suburban housing boom began and the emergence of metropolitan government, existing towns or villages such as Mimico, [[Islington-City Centre West|Islington]] and [[New Toronto]] in Etobicoke; [[Willowdale, Toronto|Willowdale]], [[Newtonbrook]] and [[Downsview]] in North York; [[Agincourt, Toronto|Agincourt]], [[Wexford, Toronto|Wexford]] and [[West Hill, Toronto|West Hill]] in Scarborough where suburban development boomed around or between these and other towns beginning in the late 1940s. Upscale neighbourhoods were built, such as the [[Bridle Path, Toronto|Bridle Path]] in North York, the area surrounding the Scarborough Bluffs in [[Guildwood]], and most of central Etobicoke, such as [[Humber Valley Village]], and [[The Kingsway, Toronto|The Kingsway]]. One of the largest and earliest "planned communities" was [[Don Mills]], parts of which were first built in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plan town of 45,000 on Don Mills farms; Will cost 10,000,000 |first=Paul L. |last=Fox |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=March 12, 1953 |page=3}}</ref> Phased development, mixing single-detached housing with higher-density apartment blocks, became more popular as a suburban model of development. Over the late 20th century and early 21st century, [[North York City Centre]], Etobicoke City Centre and [[Scarborough City Centre]] have emerged as secondary business districts outside Downtown Toronto. High-rise development in these areas has given the former municipalities distinguishable skylines of their own, with high-density transit corridors serving them.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}