Toronto

====Industrial====
[[File:Toronto's Distillery District in 2023 (52716109425).jpg|thumb|The [[Distillery District]] holds the most extensive collection of preserved Victorian industrial architecture in North America.]]
In the 1800s, a thriving industrial area developed around Toronto Harbour and the lower Don River mouth, linked by rail and water to Canada and the United States. Examples included the Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Canadian Malting Company, the Toronto Rolling Mills, the Union Stockyards and the [[William Davies Company|Davies pork processing facility]] (the inspiration for the "Hogtown" nickname).<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Matthews|first1=Geoffrey J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tWkxht1Oa8EC&q=In+the+1800s%2C+a+thriving+industrial+area+developed+around+Toronto+Harbour&pg=PA162|title=Historical Atlas of Canada: The land transformed, 1800–1891|last2=Measner|first2=Don|date=January 1, 1987|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-3447-2|language=en|access-date=April 12, 2021|archive-date=September 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914171830/https://books.google.com/books?id=tWkxht1Oa8EC&q=In+the+1800s%2C+a+thriving+industrial+area+developed+around+Toronto+Harbour&pg=PA162|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=R|first=Thais|title=Why Is Toronto Called Hogtown?|url=https://newcanadianlife.com/why-is-toronto-called-hogtown/|access-date=April 4, 2021|website=New Canadian Life|language=en-US|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513025145/https://newcanadianlife.com/why-is-toronto-called-hogtown/|url-status=live}}</ref> This industrial area expanded west along the harbour and rail lines and was supplemented by the infilling of the marshlands on the east side of the harbour to create the Port Lands. A garment industry developed along lower Spadina Avenue, the "[[Fashion District, Toronto|Fashion District]]". Beginning in the late 19th century, industrial areas were set up on the outskirts, such as [[The Junction|West Toronto / The Junction]], where the Stockyards relocated in 1903.<ref name="stockyards">{{cite web |url=http://torontohistory.net/junction-stockyards.html |title=Junction Stockyards |website=torontohistory.net |publisher=Toronto Historical Association |access-date=September 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914035408/http://torontohistory.net/junction-stockyards.html |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Great Fire of 1904 destroyed a large amount of industry in the downtown. Some companies moved west along King Street, and some moved as far west as Dufferin Street, where the large [[Massey-Harris]] farm equipment manufacturing complex was located.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/08/what_king_west_looked_like_in_the_1980s/ |title=What King West looked like in the 1980s |website=blogTO |first=Derek |last=Flack |date=August 24, 2011 |access-date=September 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914035602/http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/08/what_king_west_looked_like_in_the_1980s/ |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Over time, pockets of industrial land mostly followed rail lines and later highway corridors as the city grew outwards. This trend continues to this day; the largest factories and distribution warehouses are in the suburban environs of [[Regional Municipality of Peel|Peel]] and [[Regional Municipality of York|York]] Regions, but also within the current city: Etobicoke (concentrated around [[Toronto Pearson International Airport|Pearson Airport]]), North York, and Scarborough.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
[[File:Skyline,_2013_09_14_(17).JPG|thumb|left|The [[West Don Lands]] is a [[brownfield land|former industrial site]] in downtown Toronto that has undergone redevelopment.]]
Many of Toronto's [[Brownfield land|former industrial sites]] close to (or in) downtown have been redeveloped, including parts of the Toronto waterfront, the rail yards west of downtown, and [[Liberty Village]], the Massey-Harris district and large-scale development is underway in the [[West Don Lands]].{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
The Gooderham & Worts Distillery produced spirits until 1990 and is preserved today as the "Distillery District", the largest and best-preserved collection of [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] industrial architecture in North America.{{sfn|Gibson|2008}} Some industry remains in the area, including the [[Redpath Sugar Refinery]]. Similar areas that retain their industrial character but are now largely residential are the Fashion District, Corktown, and parts of South Riverdale and Leslieville. Toronto still has some active older industrial areas, such as [[Brockton Village]], Mimico and New Toronto. In the west end of Old Toronto and York, the Weston/[[Mount Dennis]] and The Junction areas still contain factories, meat-packing facilities and rail yards close to medium-density residential. However, the Junction's Union Stockyards moved out of Toronto in 1994.<ref name="stockyards"/>

The brownfield industrial area of the Port Lands, on the east side of the harbour, is one area planned for redevelopment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=6e75397250b16410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=ae9352cc66061410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD|title=Port Lands Acceleration Initiative – City Planning – Your City |publisher=City of Toronto|language=en-CA|access-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205181727/http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=6e75397250b16410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=ae9352cc66061410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD|archive-date=February 5, 2017}}</ref> Formerly a marsh that was filled in to create industrial space, it was never intensely developed — its land unsuitable for large-scale development — because of flooding and unstable soil.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://leslievillehistory.com/timeline-ashbridges-bay/|title=Ashbridge's Bay|date=April 13, 2015|newspaper=Leslieville Historical Society|language=en-US|access-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100926/https://leslievillehistory.com/timeline-ashbridges-bay/|archive-date=February 5, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
It still contains numerous industrial uses, such as the [[Portlands Energy Centre]] power plant, port facilities, movie and TV production studios, concrete processing facilities, and low-density industrial facilities. The [[Waterfront Toronto]] agency has developed plans for a naturalized mouth to the Don River and to create a flood barrier around the Don, making more of the land on the harbour suitable for higher-value residential and commercial development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/07/city-announces-next-steps-port-lands-revitalization|title=City Announces Next Steps in Port Lands Revitalization {{!}} Urban Toronto|website=urbantoronto.ca|language=en|access-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205101158/http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/07/city-announces-next-steps-port-lands-revitalization|archive-date=February 5, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
A former chemicals plant site along the Don River is slated to become a large commercial complex and transportation hub.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eastharbour.ca/ |title=East Harbour |website=eastharbour.ca |publisher=First Gulf |access-date=September 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914035711/http://eastharbour.ca/ |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>