About Woburn

Woburn is a neighbourhood located in eastern Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the former suburb of Scarborough. Woburn is bordered by Highway 401 to the north, Orton Park Road to the east, Lawrence Avenue to the south, and McCowan Road to the west.

A post-office south of Painted Post Drive (formerly Danforth's Road) and Markham Road, and a schoolhouse on Ellesmere Road west of The Markham Road, today the site of Woburn Collegiate Institute, were important sites in the early community. The intersection of Painted Post and Markham Road was also the site of the Woburn Hotel, and across the road was the Woburn Hall.The Woburn Hotel housed the meetings of the first Scarborough Council from 1850 until 1922. Painted Post Drive connected Woburn to the southwest via Danforth Road and Danforth Avenue to Toronto, and to the east via Military Trail and Colonel Danforth Trails to Kingston Road and points east (for more details, see Danforth Avenue).

The south and south east sections of Woburn, along Highland Creek, have a great amount of green space, echoed by the tree lined and winding roads typical of the neighbourhood.

Woburn is an upper-middle-class neighbourhood. Residences are split between high rises and single detached homes, which account for almost ninety percent of all residences.