Davenport, Toronto

It is north of the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks and Dupont Avenue and south of Davenport Road and the ridge that is the former Lake Iroquois coastline.

The neighbourhood lends its name to federal, provincial and municipal ridings that cover it and a number of neighbouring areas.

Davenport Road follows a centuries old carrying trail the First Nations peoples used to travel the route south of the ridge.

One of the first settlers was Ensign John McGill, who built a home he named Davenport in 1797.

Today, the neighborhood is largely Portuguese with sizable Italian, Latin American, British, and Chinese populations.

Davenport from Dovercourt Road, south of Geary Avenue (c. 1912). During this period, the area was primarily made up of small plants and factories along the railway tracks.