Malta Bake Shop

Sure, most big cities have a Chinatown. Many have a Little Italy. Some have a Koreatown. But what about Little Malta? And Little Portugal? And a Polish neighborhood, and a second Little Italy, and a Cambodian restaurant, and… Look, the list goes on. Toronto is home to multiple ethnic neighbourhoods, only some of which get all the glory. Roncesvalles is a bit posh now, but it retains a lot of its Polish heritage in an annual festival and local deli; the Junction, likewise, doesn’t seem very Maltese, until you notice the Malta Park sign, the excellent Maltese bakery and other little hints at the neighborhood’s past. You can discover a lot about the city’s waves of immigration by checking out the history of these diverse communities.