Dovercourt Village is a neighbourhood in Toronto, situated north of Bloor Street between Christie Street to the east, the CPR railway lines to the north, Dufferin Street to the west.

History
The Village was founded in the 1870s. Its residents were originally poor immigrants from England living in dozens of one and two bedroom tar and paper shacks which initially resulted in the village being called a shantytown.

The village was annexed by the old City of Toronto in 1912 resulting in city services being extended to the neighbourhood helping stimulate its growth and development by 1923.[1]
The name Dovercourt comes from the name of the home of the Denison estate, located west of Dundas and Ossington.

Character
Dovercourt real estate contains a mixture of land and property types. The main thoroughfare of Bloor Street consists almost exclusively of mixed-use residential and commercial buildings. The Bloorcourt Village BIA posts its streetlamp banners on Bloor between Dufferin and Montrose.

The buildings along Bloor Street are typically two or three stories tall, with retail commercial real estate on the main floor, and offices or apartments on the remainder.

Businesses on Dovercourt and Hallam, centred around the intersection of Dovercourt Road and Hallam Street have formed their own BIA, the 'Dovercourt Village'. The boundaries stretch from Dupont south to Shanley and east-west from Salem to Ossington Avenue.

The residential area north of Bloor Street is primarily single-family homes. Many of these homes have been modernized by up-and-coming young families and professionals.

To the north, between Dupont and Davenport, is mainly post-industrial development and are the sites of many new loft and condominium projects. While the Canadian Pacific Railway still operates a main line between the two thoroughfares, a large amount of former industrial space has been converted to loft condominiums and single-family houses.

The Bloor-Gladstone branch of the Toronto Public Library, dating from 1912, is situated at Bloor and Gladstone Avenue, one block east of Dufferin Avenue.