Jane Street (Toronto)

Jane Street
York Regional Road 55
Jane St. within Toronto
Route information
Maintained by City of Toronto York Region Township of King
Major junctions
South end	Bloor Street
Major intersections	St. Clair Avenue Eglinton Avenue Lawrence Avenue  Highway 400 Wilson Avenue Finch Avenue Steeles Avenue  Highway 407 Highway 7 Major Mackenzie Drive King Road Davis Drive
North end	Edward Avenue
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Major cities	Toronto Vaughan
Highway system
Roads in Toronto North–South East–West Diagonal
Nearby arterial roads ← Royal York Road; Weston Road; Highway 400 Jane Street Keele Street →

Jane Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 5th concession west of Yonge Street, the road begins at Bloor Street and continues north into York Region, before ending in the Holland Marsh in King Township. The street passes through several neighbourhoods and landmarks; such as Bloor West Village, Jane and Finch, Vaughan Mills, and Canada's Wonderland. Jane Street is one of the most congested roads in the Greater Toronto Area, with the Toronto Transit Commission bus routes serving the street being among the system's busiest.^[1]

The most infamous place on Jane Street would be the Jane and Finch area, known for its high crime rate and being one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Toronto.^[2] The title character of the Barenaked Ladies song "Jane" is Jane St. Clair, and is named after the intersection of Jane and St. Clair Avenue. Steven Page recalls that co-writer Stephen Duffy saw the intersection on a map and remarked that it sounded like the most beautiful intersection in the world; "I didn't have the heart to tell him it wasn't".^[3]