[Docere]

Inspired by Hipster Duck's thread. which raises the question of what separates downtown from the rest of the city.

In others, what makes a downtown and how do you define downtown?

Vancouver has the "Downtown Peninsula" which includes downtown proper as well as the very urban and densely populated West End.

Toronto's downtown definition is quite extensive, and is really more of a greater downtown, stretching from Bathurst to the Don and from Yorkville to the lake. Certainly the Financial District, the area around City Hall and Dundas Square and the Entertainment District are downtown, but what about Church-Wellesley, Yorkville, Bay-Cloverhill, the Grange, Kensington, Harbord Village etc.