Maryvale, Toronto
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CanadaMaryvale | |
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 View of Taylor-Massey Creek from Terraview Willowfield Park | |
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| Coordinates: 43°44′35″N 79°18′16″W / 43.74306°N 79.30444°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province |  Ontario |
| City | Toronto |
| Established | 1850 Scarborough Township |
| Changed municipality | 1998 Toronto from City of Scarborough |
Maryvale is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the western edge of the Scarborough district, with its western border being Victoria Park Avenue. To the north it is bordered by Highway 401, to the east by Warden and to the south by railroad tracks.
The area was first settled as farmland and the neighbourhood is named after the Maryvale farm that once covered part of the area. It was an early part of Scarborough to be developed, being turned into a new suburb in the early 1950s.
The most prominent landmark in the community is the Metro store at Parkway Mall which has a distinctively curved roof, that was the largest wooden arch in Canada at the time of its construction. Originally built as a Grand Union store in 1958 and later converted to a Miracle Food Mart, the Parkway Mall Metro location was declared a heritage building in 2009.[1]
