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Scarborough Southwest

This City map of Scarborough Southwest in Toronto, Ontario, shows streets, paths and places across the region. Scarborough Southwest covers approximately 28.1 square kilometres in the southern part of Scarborough, along the Toronto waterfront of Lake Ontario. It is a federal electoral district in Ontario established in 1997 and is divided into five subregions. Population figures associated with the area include approximately 102,196 residents in 2021, while another 2016–2021 series records an increase from 110,278 to 111,994 residents.

Cliffcrest

Cliffcrest is a subregion of Scarborough Southwest and is classified as an administrative level 10 area in Toronto, Ontario. Its location includes the Lake Ontario shore and the Scarborough Bluffs, a prominent geological escarpment extending along Toronto’s eastern waterfront.

The shoreline landscape around Cliffcrest includes Bluffer’s Park and the lower coastal area beneath the bluffs. The Scarborough Bluffs reach approximately 90 metres in height at their highest point, making this part of Scarborough Southwest one of Toronto’s most distinctive physical landscapes.

Birchcliffe-Cliffside

Birchcliffe-Cliffside is an administrative level 10 subregion within Scarborough Southwest, in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It occupies part of southern Scarborough near Lake Ontario and is associated with the Birch Cliff and Cliffside neighbourhood areas.

The subregion lies within Toronto’s urban street network and includes residential districts between the waterfront and the inland Scarborough communities. Birchcliffe-Cliffside is also close to the Scarborough Bluffs, whose exposed sedimentary layers form a major natural feature on Toronto’s Lake Ontario shoreline.

Kennedy Park

Kennedy Park is an urban-type settlement in Ontario, Canada, and an administrative level 10 subregion of Scarborough Southwest. It is located in the city of Toronto, within the Scarborough district and east of the central Toronto area.

The neighbourhood is connected to Toronto’s metropolitan transport and road system through Kennedy Road and nearby east–west corridors. Kennedy Park belongs to the inland part of Scarborough Southwest rather than the immediate Lake Ontario shoreline, while the wider electoral district extends south to the waterfront.

Clairlea-Birchmount

Clairlea-Birchmount is an administrative level 10 subregion in Scarborough Southwest, Toronto, Ontario. The name combines the Clairlea and Birchmount areas in the inland section of southern Scarborough, away from the Lake Ontario cliffs.

Birchmount Road provides a specific north–south reference through this part of Toronto, while nearby suburban streets connect Clairlea-Birchmount with other Scarborough districts. The subregion forms part of the urban area covered by the Scarborough Southwest federal electoral district, established in 1997.

Oakridge

Oakridge is an administrative level 10 subregion of Scarborough Southwest in Toronto, Ontario. It is situated in the urban interior of Scarborough and is distinct from the Lake Ontario waterfront landscapes found farther south in the electoral district.

Oakridge is integrated into Toronto’s built-up street network and lies near Birchmount Road and Danforth Road, two established transportation corridors in eastern Toronto. Its location places it within the 28.1-square-kilometre Scarborough Southwest region, which was founded as a federal electoral district in 1997.

Data sources: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0)

Scarborough Southwest – Facts

Inhabitants 102196
Area 28.1 km²
Subregions 5
Inception 1997
Located in Ontario, Toronto, Scarborough
Country Canada
Official name Scarborough Southwest

Data source: Wikidata (CC0)