1.0Hellenic Heritage Foundation Greek Canadian Archives/research/project/hhfgcaazfelipe/research/project/hhfgca/author/azfelipe/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vM5icBVVSy"><a href="/research/project/hhfgca/making-greektown/">The Making of Greektown</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/research/project/hhfgca/making-greektown/embed/#?secret=vM5icBVVSy" width="600" height="338" title="“The Making of Greektown” — Hellenic Heritage Foundation Greek Canadian Archives" data-secret="vM5icBVVSy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /research/project/hhfgca/wp-content/uploads/sites/726/2025/04/The-Making-of-Greektown-1024x707-1.png1024707The first Greeks in Toronto settled downtown beginning in the latter part of the 19th century. This first wave of migrants primarily resided in the neighbourhoods between Yonge Ave. and Church St., and Dundas Ave. and Carlton St. Following the 1918 riot—but especially after the second migratory wave in the 1950s and 1960s—Greeks established themselves […]