Canary District

[1] The area was formerly industrial land, cut off from the city by an elevated roadway and two rail corridors, sitting in a floodplain.

Canary District is bounded on the west by Cherry Street and on the east by the Don River; on the north by Eastern Avenue and on the south by the railroad tracks.

[11] In conjunction with the residential development, Corktown Common park was built as a barrier to flooding from the Don River, which forms the eastern boundary of the area.

In 2020-21 the Government of Ontario issued a Minister's Zoning Order (MZO) for the Dominion Foundry Site and attempted to demolish the heritage buildings on it in preparation for sale to Aspen Ridge, a prominent development company owned by the de Gasperis family.

[15] The site was purchased by Aspen Ridge in March 2022 and a development plan preserving the remaining heritage buildings is going forward.