Ossington Avenue is a main or arterial street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, west of downtown. Its southern terminus, popularly known as the Ossington Strip, a 560-metre (1,840 ft) segment constructed in 1816 to link two longer segments of a military road, was absorbed into the arterial after a century of independent existence. The consequence is a powerfully distinct identity for the Ossington Strip, a leading Toronto destination for pedestrianism, nightlife, dining, music, and shopping; in contrast, the remaining 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) of Ossington Avenue is residential.