Cornell, Markham

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"New urbanism" storefronts in Cornell
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Cornell within Markham
Coordinates: 43°53′30″N79°13′30″W / 43.89167°N 79.22500°W / 43.89167; -79.22500
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Regional municipality York
City Markham
Established1997
Government
   MP Helena Jaczek Markham—Stouffville)
   MPP Paul Calandra (Markham—Stouffville)
   Councillors Andrew Keyes (Ward 5)
Population
 (2011)
  Total9,880

Cornell is a neighbourhood in northeast Markham, Ontario and bounded by Highway 407, 16th Avenue, Ninth Line, and the Donald Cousens Parkway. The 2011 population of this area was 9,880. Adding Cornell North's 2,178 (from 16th Avenue to Donald Cousens Parkway) it has 12,058 residents. [1]

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History

One of the original settlers in the area that is today Cornell was Christian Reesor, who settled there with his family. Their original homestead was on Reesor Road. The name 'Cornell' derives from the maiden name of the wife of Christian Reesor's youngest son, who continued to live at the family homestead. [2]

The area had initially been settled by Peter Reesor, who is credited as the founder of Markham, but many other properties would be owned by Reesors' as well into the mid to late mid 19th century. [3] Cornell's name was selected in 1999, and is named for the Cornell family, headed by William C. Cornell (1766-1860), which came to Canada from Rhode Island in 1799, and eventually settled in Markham. [4]

Planning

Cornell was conceived in the early 1990s planning process by the town of Markham. Unlike other Markham neighbourhoods, Cornell is a specially-designed planned community. US firm Duany Plater-Zyberk and Associates worked on designing Cornell as a new urbanist community in 1994, as a departure from conventional subdivision design; with a grid street pattern with an on-street retail corridor (more detail below). Development began in 1997. [5]

Community description

Most of the houses are townhomes, semi-detached, or detached houses with garages at the rear. The communities are built with central amenities in order to contain suburban sprawl. Cornell was seen by then-Markham Town Council as a way to deter the ongoing sprawl by encouraging residential density. The community, particularly Cornell Village, is designed as a walkable neighbourhood with a variety of housing types and retail. Cornell Village, between Highway 7 and 16th Avenue, is fully populated with medium density residential. The southern section of Cornell (south of Highway 7), however, is not fully populated, and remained as a wild field and a farm east of Bur Oak, but began re-developed as South Cornell in 2022. [6] In 2012, the City of Markham completed Fire Station 99 to serve the area.

Transportation

Public transit

Cornell Terminal serves Cornell with several York Region Transit, VIVA, and GO Transit routes:

YRT/Viva:

GO Transit:

The plans for the new terminal include connections with Durham Region Transit.

YRT Route 303 Bur Oak Express also provides an express service connecting Cornell to Finch Bus Terminal, bypassing Cornell Terminal.

Road

Major roads and highways in the community include:

Arterial roads

Secondary roads

Cornell Centre Boulevard

Cornell Centre Boulevard is a collector road in the east side of Cornell that runs north-south from Highway 7 to 16th Avenue. [7] The section north of Cornell Community Park to 16th Avenue was formerly part of the original Markham By-pass to divert traffic from Markham Village before the present Donald Cousens Parkway was constructed, with the section south of it built as a new road diverging to the southwest (This severed the bypass, with the southern section becoming part of William Forster Road, leaving part of its former right-of-way passing through the present park.). [8] [9]

Bur Oak Avenue

Bur Oak Avenue is a secondary road in the north side of Cornell mainly north-south and curves around north of 16th Avenue to Ninth Line.

Highways

Parks and recreation

Cornell Community Centre

Cornell Community Centre features a library, community rooms and an indoor swimming pool

The main entrance of the Cornell Community Centre & Library Cornell Community Centre & Library, Markham, Ontario - Entrance - 2015June20.jpg
The main entrance of the Cornell Community Centre & Library

There are also a number of city-owned parks, including:

Education

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Cornell

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