Canton (Baltimore, Maryland)

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Canton is traditionally considered centered around O'Donnell Square. O'Donnell Square is home to several bars and restaurants, an art gallery, a coffee shop and a number of other businesses and residences, as well as a former fire station.

The Canton area was developed in the late 19th century. The land was sold for expanding waterfront industrial use and housing to support blue-collar workers. During the early 20th century, European immigrants settled in the area, most notably, Welsh, Irish, German and Polish. Welsh immigrants, primarily workers from South Wales, began settling in Baltimore in large numbers beginning in the 1820s. Welsh and Irish migrant workers composed a large portion of Baltimore's working class during the early and mid-1800s. In 1850, a large community of copper workers from Wales settled in the neighborhood.

As industry moved out, new housing and marinas have been developed along the waterfront and gentrification of the existing housing has occurred further inland. In recent years new developments have added other focus areas to the neighborhood, including the Canton Waterfront Park and Maryland Korean War Memorial, the rehabilitated American Can Company building, two marinas and a public boat launch, the DuBurns Soccer Arena, and many other bars and restaurants.

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