Cliffside Cliffside is a community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located along the Scarborough Bluffs. Its boundaries are Kennedy Road to the west (where Kingston and Danforth Rd. merge), St. Clair Avenue East to the north, Brimley Road to the east, and the Bluffs on the lakeshore to the south. Cliffside is home to a number of retail plazas and strip malls on the south side. The north side is dominated by smaller store fronts with apartments above them, and automotive businesses. The population is comprised of a large number of those with ancestral backgrounds from the British Isles: English 19.8% Scottish 14.4% Irish 11.8%, totalling 46% (source: 2001 Census). Along Kingston Road, on the commercial strip, many colourful murals are painted on the walls of businesses.
Notable places - Scarborough Bluffers Park
- St. Augustine Seminary
- Rosetta McClain Gardens
- Bo-Peep Restaurant
- The Monument (at Kingston Road & Danforth Rd.)
- Scarborough Filtration Plant
- Tara Inn Irish Pub
- Variety Village
Schools in the area include: Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 (Public) Chine Drive PS, 51 Chine Dr., (416) 396-6155 (Public) Cliffside PS, 27 East Haven Dr., (416) 396-6170 (Public) John A. Leslie PS, 459 Midland Ave., (416) 396-6380 Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6 (Public) Norman Cook Jr PS., 725 Danforth Rd., (416) 396-6485 Grade 9 to Grade 12 (Public High) R.H. King Academy, 3800 St. Clair Ave., E., (416) 396-5550 (Catholic High) Cardinal Newman, 100 Brimley Road South, *** To find the specific school that serves your residential address for regular
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