Agincourt, Scarborough Ontario
Agincourt is a very diverse community in Scarborough , the eastern portion of Toronto , Ontario , Canada . It is located along Sheppard Avenue between Kennedy and Markham Roads (north-south includes lands between Highway 401 and Finch Avenue ). It is often tongue-in-cheek referred to as "Asian-court" by Torontonians due to the overwhelming Chinese and East Asian immigrant population residing there. The village of Agincourt was officially founded with the establishment of the Agincourt post office, opened in June 1858 by John Hill. The name of the settlement was after Agincourt in northern France and was intended to satisfy a French Canadian Post Office Department bureaucrat who demanded that Hill give his settlement a French name. The original crossroads of Agincourt is located at Midland Avenue and Sheppard and served a rural agricultural population.
A Presbyterian church was built on the north-east corner, which is today's Knox United Church. In addition, a school was built, which has evolved over time into Agincourt Junior Public School (primary) and Agincourt Collegiate Institute (secondary, founded 1915), both part of the Toronto District School Board. Two railway stations were constructed in the second half of the 19th century at Agincourt, one located just west of the original crossroads. This station, on the Canadian National Railways line heading north from the Scarborough Junction at the Toronto - Montréal mainline, greatly improved access. This line still exists today as a route on the Greater Toronto Area GO Transit commuter rail system, and the Agincourt Station carries many commuters on the Stouffville line. CP Rail runs diagonally through the area, and branches out east of the former village, to serve Peterborough, Ontario, and Montreal. CP built a marshalling yard between McCowan and Markham Roads in the 1960s. Scarborough schools, Agincourt...
Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6 (Public) Agincourt Jr., 29 Lockie Ave., Scarborough, Ontario (416) 396-6010 (Public) Alexmuir Jr., 95 Alexmuir Blvd., Scarborough, Ontario (416) 396-6025 (Public) A.S Taylor Jr., 20 Placentia Blvd.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 396-6035 (Public) Brimwood Blvd. Jr., 151 Brimwood Blvd.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 396-6085 (Public) C.D. Farquharson, 1965 Brimley Rd.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 396-6110 (Public) Chartland Jr., 109 Chartland Blvd.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 396-6140 (Public) Iroquois Jr., 90 Ionview Rd.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 396-6355 Grade 7 to Grade 8 (Public) Henry Kelsey Sr., 1200 Huntingwood Dr.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 396-6315 (Public) Sir Alexander Mackenzie Sr., 33 Heather Rd.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 396-6570 Grade 9 to Grade 12 (Public High) Agincourt C.I., 2621 Midland Ave.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 396-6675 (Catholic) Francis Libermann, 4640 Finch Ave.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 393-5224 Grade 7 to Grade 12 (Public High) Sir William Osler, 1050 Huntingwood Dr.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 396-6830 Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 (Catholic) Our Lady of Grace, 121 Brimwood Blvd.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 393-5372 (Catholic) St. Bartholomew, 51 Heather Rd.,Scarborough, Ontario (416) 393-5334 Find Your School... *** To find the specific school that serves your residential address for regular
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