Talk:Swansea, Toronto

Link
I am a teacher at Swansea Public School, and the school webmaster:

http://www.swansea-canada.com

I would like to add a link to the school website, as it provides more information about the community and would better inform users. Thanks for your consideration,

Chris Higgins — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopher George Higgins (talk • contribs) 15:18, March 16, 2008 (UTC)


 * I've updated the link on the page to link directly to the digital archives of the community's history, since that's the most relevant component of the site to this article. Mind  matrix  02:35, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Windermere Place
the part of the article which discusses the workers cottages on windermere place is totally inaccurate. windermere place is an incredibly short street that runs on a very steep hill. there are no houses on the street, nor have there ever been. i am deleting this part of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.233.174.154 (talk) 01:49, 9 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I can confirm this, there are no houses on this street. Whoever wrote this was wrong. http://goo.gl/maps/ss87H — Preceding unsigned comment added by ELzurawka (talk • contribs) 13:31, April 15, 2013 (UTC)

explanation
History section inadequate.

The history section characterized Jean Baptiste Rousseau (fur trader) as the first European settler in Toronto. I don't see a reference for this, so I removed it.
 * 1) His parents and grand-parents had lived at the mouth of the Humber, before him.  So why would HE be the first ethnic European settler?
 * 2) Toronto date to 1834, 22 years after his death.
 * 3) Swansea wasn't incorporated into Toronto -- until 1967

It asserts that JBR farmed "in the 19th century". But when Simcoe wouldn't grant him additional land on the Humber he moved to Ancaster, in 1795 -- ie the 18th century. What happened to any farmland he cleared, prior to 1795? Let's find out. Given how lightly settled Upper Canada was at that time it may have been abandoned.

Anyhow, I am going to rewrite this "19th century" claim. Geo Swan (talk) 17:15, 31 March 2019 (UTC)


 * The article contains the passage "after the fall of the French Regime. Rousseau was living at his 'Rousseau House'". Rousseau was born in 1758.  The British captured Quebec in 1760, ie, when he was a toddler.  Geo Swan (talk) 18:24, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Demographics
The Demographics section is rather out of date. The latest data available is from the 2016 census. The relevant census tracts are 0050.01 and 0050.04, which have to be added together to get the whole of the Swansea district.  Question : Does adding numbers together constitute original research, which is proscribed by the policy outlined at No original research? For that matter, does using this map to determine the relevant census tracts constitute further original research? Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  15:40, 24 April 2021 (UTC)