Cornell, Ontario

Cornell (2006 population estimated 12,000) (Census Tract Number 5350400.01) ^[1]is a new community being developed in northeast Markham, Ontario and bounded by Highway 407, 16th Avenue, Ninth Line, and the Don Cousens Parkway.

History

Cornell was conceived in the 1990s planning process by the Town of Markham. Unlike other Markham communities, Cornell is a planned community.

Cornell's name was selected in the 1990s from a suggestion by local lawyer Paul Mingay.^[2] Mingay's family roots can be traced back to Susan Emily Cornell, a descendant of William Cornell, settler of Scarborough, Ontario. Later Cornells settled in Markham, Ontario and married into the Ressors' family. William Cornell immigrated to Canada from Rhode Island is a distant relative of Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University.

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 the Markham Town Council as a way to deter the ongoing sprawl by encouraging residential density. The northern section of Cornell (north of Highway 7) is fully populated with medium density residential. The southern section of Cornell (south of Highway 7), however, is not populated, and remains as a wild field and a farm.

Demography

According to the Canada 2006 Census:^[3]

Subdivisions within Cornell

Cornell can be further separated by development phases:

• Grand Cornell - locate near Highway 7 and 9th Line and built by builders H&R, GreenPark and CountryWide

• Upper Cornell - located near 16th Avenue and 9th Line and built by builders Aspen Ridge or Beaverbrook

• Cornell Village - located between 16th Avenue and Highway 7 along 9th Line; built by builders Mattamy or Ballantry

The remaining portions of Cornell are still agricultural, but it will slowly disappear with further development.

Transportation

Air

The development is not far from the proposed Pickering Airport and once one of the sites for landfills in the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto/Markham Airport is located north in Dickson Hill, Ontario.

Public Transit

Transportation links to the community include GO Transit, and York Region Transit. The Markham-Stouffville Hospital YRT Terminal temporarily serves Cornell with several YRT routes:

• 1 Highway 7
• 2A 14th Avenue
• 9 Stouffville Via Ninth Line
• 18 Bur Oak
• 85 Rutherford/16th
• 303 Cornell Express (to be renamed Bur Oak Express)
• 522 Markham Community

The Markham Stouffville Hospital Terminal is a temporary terminal serving Cornell and the nearby areas. The York Region Transit authority is currently building a permanent bus terminal, namely Cornell Terminal, located at the Don Cousens Way and Highway 7. The temporary terminal at Markham Stouffville Hospital will shut down upon completion of the new terminal.

There is also one VIVA line serving the area, namely Viva Purple. Viva Purple terminates at the Markham Stouffville Hospital as well, with plans in the future stretching to Cornell Permanent Terminal. Viva Green, currently ending at McCowan Vivastation, is also planned to extend its service into Cornell via the Highway 7 corridor.

Road

Major roadways in the community include:

• 16th Avenue
• 9th Line
• Don Cousens Parkway
• Old Markham Bypass
• Bur Oak Avenue
• Highway 7 - soon to be renamed as Avenue 7

Parks and Recreation

• Cornell Village Park
• Donald Cousens Parkway North Berm and Flatlands

Education

Most children in the area are bused to schools outside Cornell. There are no official plans for schools to be built in the area until more development in the area is completed.

• Cornell Village Public School *Accepts students mostly from Cornell.
• Little Rouge Public School *located just outside cornell. Students living in Grand Cornell, Cornell Rouge, Cornell and Upper Cornell also attent Little Rouge Public School.

References

		Greensborough
	Old Markham Village		Locust Hill
		Cornell
		Box Grove

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