This February, we encourage you to stand proud and celebrate our beautiful community through continued love and kindness.
Celebrating 143 years of Parkdale becoming a Village, and how far it’s come, has a whole new meaning during this Covid-19 era. The community we call Parkdale Village occupies and sits on the traditional territories of many nations and the hardships many members of our community have faced over many generations have brought us here. The adversities, grief, and challenges have built a resilient community, and we embrace it all with love and hopefulness for the future. Parkdale Village’s history and the many people from all walks of life who have called it home, who have lived, who immigrated, who have studied or worked here have all helped in building this into a colorful and resilient neighborhood.
This year, as we celebrate in the month of love, we ask you to be #ProudlyParkdale and share your #ParkdaleLove;
“What do you love about Parkdale”?
“What local initiatives will you support or built up this month”?
“What are your fondest memories”?
The Village of Parkdale was proclaimed a municipality in January 1879; it became a town in January of 1886 and was annexed by the City of Toronto in March 1889. Although the village celebrates over 143 years, the settlement of the area predates its foundation. For over 10,000 years Indigenous peoples have lived in this area, the area offered portage routes of the Huron, Iroquois and Chippewa, and later those of the Senecas and Mississaugas.
We acknowledge that our community is situated upon the traditional territories of the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, and the Mississaugas of the Credit, which is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and we recognize the enduring presence of Indigenous peoples on this land.
To explore more, follow the links; Parkdale in Pictures, Sunnyside Historical Society, Vintage Toronto, Lost Toronto, Toronto Archives, Lost Rivers, Indigenous History of High Park, Parkdale History.
Tag us in your posts using #ParkdaleLove and #ProudlyParkdale
