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Carleton Village is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is centered along Davenport Road, south of St. Clair Avenue West and surrounded on the other three sides by railway lines. The CNR/CPR mainline to the west, the CNR railway lines to the east, and the CPR east-west railway lines to the south.CharacterThe neighbourhood is an extremely mixed neighbourhood. The residential area is primarily single-family semi-detached homes, occupying the centre of the neighbourhood area. Along all of the rail lines are light industrial areas. Along St. Clair Avenue West is an area of commercial storefronts and service industries, tied together by the St. Clair Gardens Business Improvement Area. The 512 St. Clair streetcar provides transit access through the neighbourhood.DemographicsCensus tract 0108.00 of the 2006 Canadian census overlaps exactly with Carleton Village. According to that census, the neighbourhood has 6,544 residents. Average income is 23,301, making it one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Toronto. The ten most common language spoken at home, after English, are:Portuguese - 17.0%Spanish - 5.7%Italian - 4.4%Cantonese - 2.5%Vietnamese - 2.1%Punjabi - 2.0%Unspecified Chinese - 1.7%Hindi - 0.5%Korean - 0.5%Tagalog - 0.4%Schools Carleton Village Public School - A public elementary school located at 315 Osler Street, near the intersection of Old Weston Road and St. Clair Avenue. The front of the school faces Osler Street. In 2001, the south building of the school at 2054 Davenport Road closed. Some efforts were made by the local community to preserve elements of the old building, and as of 2009, early plans to completely demolish the existing structure and erect a new home for the local police division have been significantly altered. The architecture of the 1913 building will be preserved in the new plan for the station, with a contemporary wing replacing the addition from the 1960s.