Steeles
Steeles Avenue, the street that marks Toronto's northern city limit. "North of Steeles" means you've left the city for York Region.
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How it's used
Words like this are about place — the specific streets, boundaries and nicknames that tell you exactly which part of the GTA someone means.
“That's north of Steeles, that's not even Toronto.”
Where it comes from
Origin: Steeles Avenue, city boundary. It's geography slang — shorthand locals use instead of the official name. More GTA geography terms are in the Geography & Identity category, or see how it maps onto real places in Toronto Slang By Neighbourhood.
Sources
This entry was compiled through general research into Toronto/GTA slang rather than one single citable source — see the full bibliography in SOURCES.md and the wider context in our history of Toronto slang.
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