Humewood Cedarvale

TORONTO NEIGHBOURHOODS Humewood Cedarvale

Slavens & Associates Real Estate Inc., Brokerage 435 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario M5N 1A4 Ofﬁ ce: 416.483.4337 Free: 1.877.560.8923 Fax: 416.483.1663 www.slavensrealestate.com HUMEWOOD CEDARVALE Area Schools

Elementary Schools Secondary Schools

Arlington Middle School Sir Sandford Fleming Academy 501 Arlington Ave 50 Ameer Ave 416-394-2200 416-395-3300 [email protected] sirsanfordﬂ [email protected] http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/sirsandfordﬂ eming Cedarvale Community School 145 Ava Rd Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute 416-394-2244 125 Chatsworth Dr [email protected] 416-393-9500 [email protected] Humewood Community School http://www.lawrenceparkci.ca/ 15 Cherrywood Ave 416-394-2383 Year Round Alternative School [email protected] 640 Lawrence Ave W Ist Floor http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/humewood 416-395-4828 [email protected] R Wilcox Community School 231 Ava Rd Glenview Sr School 416-394-2388 401 Rosewell Ave [email protected] 416-393-9390 [email protected] St Alphonsus School 60 Atlas Ave Loretto Abbey High School 416-393-5326 101 Mason Blvd 416-393-5510 Forest Hill Jr & Sr School 78 Dunloe Rd Marshall Mcluhan Secondary School 416-393-9335 1107 Avenue Rd [email protected] 416-393-5561

West Preparatory School 70 Ridge Hill Dr 416-393-1633 [email protected] HUMEWOOD CEDARVALE Overview

Avg. Household Income: $92,267.00 Percent of Immigrants: 36.85% Provincial Average: $66,836.00 Provincial Average: 26.85%

Average Number of Kids: 1 Percent of Low Income: 15.30% Provincial Average: 1.2 Provincial Average: 14.40%

Average Home Price: $784,733.00 Average # of Bedrooms: 4 Common Housing Type: Detached Common House Style: 2-Storey Housing People Home Ownership: Rented Population Age: 30-39, 60+ Period of Construction: Before 1946 Marital Status: Married, Single Work Life Mode of Transportation: Public Transit; Car Occupation: Business, Finance and Administration; Management

Source: Demographic information comes from data in the 2001 Canadian Census. Demographic information for this neighbourhood is based on data for the St Paul’s Federal Electoral District. Neighbourhood boundaries may differ from those of Federal Electoral Districts.

% of Home by Housing Type - % of Homes by House Style - Humewood/Cedarvale Humewood/Cedarvale 6% 6% 9% 3 Storey 10% 2-Storey 74% Semi-Detached 2 1/2 Storey Detached Other Other Bungalow 19% 7% 69%

% of Homes by Price - Humewood/Cedarvale % of Homes by Number of Bedrooms - Humewood/Cedarvale 35 30 25 50 20 40 15 30 10 20 5 0 10 Under $250K- $350K- $500K- $750K- Over 0 $250K $350K $500K $750K 1M 1M 1 Br 2 Br 3 Br 4 Br 5+ Br

*Source: Toronto Real Estate Board HUMEWOOD CEDARVALE Description

Humewood Cedarvale The Humewood neighbourhood is named after Cedarvale’s residential development began in 1912 “Humewood”, the country estate of William Hume when Sir Henry Mill Pellatt, the builder of Toronto’s Blake - a prominent lawyer and politician in early famous Casa Loma registered a plan of subdivision Toronto. Blake built Humewood in the 1850’s and for the south end of this neighbourhood under the named it after his ancestral home in Ireland. name “Cedar Vale”. Vale denoted the ravine that runs through the centre of this neighbourhood and The former twenty-fi ve acre Humewood estate the Cedar part of the name makes reference to the was carved into various plans of subdivision in many cedars that grew in the wet lowlands of the the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Humewood Park ravine. was part of the old estate grounds and Humewood Drive was originally a private laneway to the The Cedarvale Ravine which has long been the estate. foundation of this neighbourhood was threatened in 1966, when the proposed Spadina Expressway Humewood is an established family oriented was slated to run straight through the ravine on neighbourhood conveniently located approximately its way downtown. Some Cedarvale houses were fi fteen minutes from Toronto’s fi nancial and expropriated and the fl oor of the ravine was entertainment districts. There are many amenities clearcut to make room for the expressway. such as parks and schools located in the interior of this neighbourhood while shopping and public Fortunately strong opposition to the expressway transit are easily accessed from St. Clair Avenue. was voiced throughout the city and in 1974 the decision was made to stop the Spadina Expressway Humewood’s intimate streetscape is enhanced (offi cially called the W.R. Allen Road ) at Eglinton by the many tree-lined streets and culs de sac Avenue, thus preserving the centrepiece of this found throughout the neighbourhood. Many of popular Toronto neighbourhood. these streets are one-way, with very few through streets, which helps to minimize the traffi c fl ow in Cedarvale has an established Jewish community this quiet tucked-away neighbourhood. that has grown up around the Holy Blossom Temple and Beth Tzedec Synagogue, which are Humewood’s detached and semi-detached houses both situated on Bathurst Street. come in a variety of shapes and sizes. These houses were built mostly between 1910 and 1925 Cedarvale’s Tudor and Georgian style houses and feature a wide variety of architectural styles were built mostly between 1920 and 1950. The including Tudor, English Cottage, and Edwardian bigger and more expensive Cedarvale homes are style homes. Front porches and expansive dormer on premium lots overlooking the ravine. windows are characteristic of many of the houses in this neighbourhood. Cedarvale’s interior streets contain a mix of good size family homes and sturdy little starter homes. Humewood Court, a culs-de-sac which runs There are also a number of multi-plex houses off of Humewood Drive just north of St. Clair, is and walk-up apartment buildings located on the noteworthy for containing some of the fi nest Art periphery of this neighbourhood. Deco walk-up apartment buildings in Toronto.