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Can someone look at that first sentence and correct it as appropriate? -- Zoe

I think I wrote what the original writer was going for. -- Notheruser 03:41 16 May 2003 (UTC)

Public Transit

From the article: "Public transit does not serve the area well, with few rapid transit connections." I don't know who wrote this, but this statement is either out of date or just plain inaccurate. The Bloor-Danforth subway line of the Toronto Transit Commision stretches far into Etobicoke, which is in turn serviced by various bus and streetcar routes. I think that this should be corrected but will wait for opinions. --Stephen 00:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Placename etymology

How come it looks somewhat English, and yet the "k" in "coke" is completely silent, like French pronunciation? Is it First Nations? If so, which Nation, and what does it mean?

Great, seems an Anon has answered. --Menchi 01:26, Aug 1, 2003 (UTC)

k is not silent in French. I have heard that it was originally spelt Etobico, and that perhaps it was altered by analogy with Nanticoke. However, as the k in Nanticoke is not silent, that seems questionable. I suppose this could be looked up. Trontonian

No, it isn't silent at all (musique)! :-} --Menchi 02:21, Aug 1, 2003 (UTC)

I don't know how authoritative this is, but there's an explanation here:

"Etobicoke" comes from the Ojibway name wah-do-be-kaung, meaning "the place where the wild alders grow." Augustus Jones, the first Provincial Land Surveyor, also spelled it "Ato-Be-Coake." Presumably the "k" at the end was once pronounced (or why would it be there?), but it has become silent over time. Again, there's no real evidence as to when or why this happened. The silent-k pronunciation may be closer to the original Ojibway, or it may just be lazy.

Acidtoyman (talk) 23:45, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if the note about the street line painting is all that relevant? I mean it's amusing, but is it of any lasting importance? Krupo 04:11, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)

commercial link

Someone added a link to a community and commercial site. But, actually, it was a purely commercial list of local businesses, with no community content whatsoever. So I removed it from this page, and the two other pages where it was put. -- Geo Swan 14:41, 2005 May 8 (UTC)

Notable residents of Etobicoke

"Ian Brown, former Canadian-American citizen and and presently a US Marine, to wed Bree Clegg Saturday, December 17th, 2005 in Manchester, New Hampshire at Saint Anselm College's Abbey Church."

I've never heard of Ian Brown, and nothing about this description seems worthwhile.

Isn't Snow, the Reggae/Dancehall guy from Etobicoke? He's certainly more famous than Ian Brown. PCAndrew (talk) 19:29, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

North York, I think. Snow (musician) says so, though I don't see a source. WilyD 21:22, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removed Nandeep Bamrah, Added Kiefer Sutherland

Nandeep Bamrah is not the youngest MBA recipient. Citation is needed for this claim. Kiefer Sutherland was born and raised in Toronto, and attended Martingrove Collegiate Institute. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by G5cubed (talk • contribs) .

Demographics

I fixed some spelling and formatting in the demographics section. The numbers only add up to 97.6%, so maybe that should be verified again. --Vgedris 13:59, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Misc

Why were the prefixes "Hon" removed from the two Etobicoke cabinet ministers. It's perfectly reasonable and appropriate to include them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.150.238 (talk • contribs)

They were removed because we don't generally include them in infoboxes (they take up extra space and really add nothing). They also were inconsistent with other individuals who didn't have "Hon." but who are "Honourable". Lexicon (talk) 01:41, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2006 census

Etobicoke's population isn't independently reported by the Canadian Census anymore...2006 census figure is calculated by summing all of Etobicoke's component census tracts. Marathone 09:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

golp;rdiy 99.234.185.36 (talk) 23:31, 7 December 2007 (UTC)huoir[reply]

Move proposal

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move. Mindmatrix 01:47, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As per WP:CANSTYLE, I propose that this article be moved to the undisambiguated Etobicoke, which currently redirects here. Etobicoke is a formerly autonomous entity that is recognised by Canada Post as a valid mailing address. It appears to be a unique name but for the former federal riding which is already dabbed as Etobicoke (electoral district) and, in any case, as the origin of the name, is unquestionably the most significant use of the name. DoubleBlue (Talk) 05:40, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. DigitalC (talk) 06:33, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. An internet search indicates that, despite removing links containing references to Ontario and Canada, the borough is still overwhelmingly prominent in the results. Mindmatrix 14:40, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, as per nom and Mindmatrix's search results. Skeezix1000 (talk) 11:50, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Municipal website

I'm trying to find archives of the municipal website at http://web.archive.org/*/http://www.city.etobicoke.on.ca/ - Unfortunately I am just getting "Apache Server" messages WhisperToMe (talk) 07:16, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]