It is bordered on the north by Sheppard Avenue West, on the west by the Downsview Airport whose border includes Wilson Heights Boulevard (north part) and Dufferin Street (south part), on the east by Bathurst Street, and on the south by Highway 401.

William Duncan, a linen merchant from Ireland, settled a farm near the crossroads of Sheppard Avenue and Dufferin Street in 1827.

The neighbourhood is one of the largest Filipino areas of the city, but also contains a large number of residents of Italian, Polish, and Russian origin.

Clanton Park's top five ethnic and cultural groups (by ancestry) in 2016: [1] The percentage of population below the poverty line dropped from 24% (in 1996) to 17% (in 2016).

Sheppard Avenue bounds the neighbourhood in the north, Bathurst Street to the east, Highway 401 to the south, and Allen Road to the west.

The TTC operates several services in the neighbourhood, including bus routes, and Line 1 Yonge–University of the Toronto subway.

In addition to the TTC, bus routes operated by York Region Transit may be accessed from Sheppard West station.