Kennedy Road (Toronto)

Kennedy Road is a north-south street in Toronto and York Region, Ontario, Canada.

The Toronto section of the road is mainly residential with high rise apartment buildings, but there is a large section of commercial activity from Lawrence Avenue East to just north of Sheppard Avenue East.

It is likely linked to Private John Kennedy of the 3rd Regiment of the York Militia (now The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) who was granted 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land near Kennedy Road and Ellesmere Road.

Future high density residential and commercial development is beginning to go up in Downtown Markham, as Kennedy forms its eastern boundary.

Lots of farmland and forests can be found between Mahoney Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive East.

Kennedy Road, south of Ellesmere Road , circa 1925
This photo shown is the Intersection of Kennedy Road looking south of Ellesmere in 2024.