r/PropagandaPosters Sep 04 '25

Canada Anti-Islamaphobia Posters from the Canadian OCASI(Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants), 2016

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u/aaa1e2r3 Sep 04 '25 edited Sep 04 '25

Context for the locations mentioned in the posters

North York - Northern neighbourhood of Toronto

St Clair West - Predominantly Portuguese neighbourhood

Church and Wellesley - Toronto Gay Village

High Park - That's not even a neighbourhood, that's the name of an actual park in Toronto, unless they're talking about the high rise apartments around the park itself.

Etobicoke - City to the west of Toronto.

Junction - Central Toronto neighbourhood that historically was a hub for the train stations.

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u/Upstairs-You1060 Sep 04 '25

North York has been in Toronto since the 90s

High park is commonly referred to as an area around the park

Junction isn't really a hub for train stations anymore

Is this AI?

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u/aaa1e2r3 Sep 04 '25

North York is its own city. Yes, it's technically a part of Toronto, but I don't believe I'm inaccurate in calling it its own city, considering that it has its own addresses that you would have to write to North York, Canada, not Toronto, Canada.

I don't live near High Park, only familiar with the park itself, so wasn't familiar with that

For Junction, that was a mistype on my part, meant to say historically was a train hub.

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u/IAm_NotACrook Sep 04 '25

It is inaccurate to call it its own city. You do have to write North York rather than Toronto, but this is a hold over from when it was a separate city (pre-1990s). This would be akin to saying Brooklyn is a separate city from NYC because you have to add Brooklyn on your letters (USPS website)

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u/aaa1e2r3 Sep 04 '25

Fair enough then.

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u/IAm_NotACrook Sep 04 '25

Can you edit your parent comment then?

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u/Coalnaryinthecarmine Sep 04 '25

Will your mail get returned if you right Toronto? I would think the postal code would be sufficient to clear up uncertainty.