map of social services in east downtown Toronto

Anyone who has lived in Wards 27 or 28 for awhile will be aware that Toronto’s east downtown contains more social services, hostels, and shelters than the rest of the City in total. To illustrate, this interactive electronic map was created in Jan 2006. These services are needed and should be located throughout the city, not concentrated in the east downtown. One hopes for more effective zoning by-laws, and more importantly, some fairness from City Hall, to protect our community from any further concentration of social services.