Item - 2021.PB22.3

The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 

1. City Council include the following 54 properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register:

825 Queen Street East
888 Queen Street East
889 Queen Street East
890 Queen Street East
891 Queen Street East
892 Queen Street East
893 Queen Street East
904 Queen Street East
909 Queen Street East
911 Queen Street East
913 Queen Street East
915 Queen Street East
923 Queen Street East
924 Queen Street East
926 Queen Street East
930 Queen Street East
932 Queen Street East
934 Queen Street East
935 Queen Street East
936 Queen Street East
938 Queen Street East
940 Queen Street East
942 Queen Street East
943 Queen Street East
944 Queen Street East
945 Queen Street East
946 Queen Street East
948 Queen Street East
950 Queen Street East
952 Queen Street East
954 Queen Street East
972 Queen Street East
974 Queen Street East
976 Queen Street East
978 Queen Street East
1011 Queen Street East
1013 Queen Street East
1015 Queen Street East
1026 Queen Street East
1028 Queen Street East
1046 Queen Street East
1100 Queen Street East
1112 Queen Street East
1118 Queen Street East
1120 Queen Street East
1122 Queen Street East
1124 Queen Street East
1142 Queen Street East
1148 Queen Street East
1150 Queen Street East
1152 Queen Street East
1154 Queen Street East
1192 Queen Street East
1220 Queen Street East

Alex Corey, Planner, Heritage Preservation, Urban Design, City Planning gave a presentation on Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Queen Street East - Leslieville Properties.

This report recommends that City Council include 54 properties with cultural heritage value on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. The majority of these properties were identified through the Queen Street East/Leslieville Planning Study, completed and adopted by City Council in 2014. The remaining properties were identified by Staff following further survey and review of the study area, and after refining the historic context statement.

The portion of Queen Street East that passes through Leslieville (bounded by the train tracks at Degrassi Street to the west and Leslie Street to the east) is a historic main street that developed along Kingston Road, a major arterial heading eastward from the Town of York to connect to Kingston and Montreal. The street experienced its first wave of development following the opening of George Leslie's nurseries. Its present day context can be attributed to the rapid period of development that occurred after its annexation by the City of Toronto in the 1880s, and the introduction of transportation and civic infrastructure that facilitated the development of residential subdivisions to the north and south of Queen Street East. Today, Leslieville retains its unique main street character, with heritage properties reflective of its early history as a nursery and farming community, and a distinct streetscape that is emblematic of its later history as an early streetcar suburb and industrial neighbourhood.

The listing of non-designated properties with cultural heritage value on the Heritage Register extends interim protection from demolition and provides an opportunity for City Council to determine whether the property warrants conservation through designation under the Ontario Heritage Act should a development or demolition application be submitted. Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are required for development applications that affect listed and designated properties. All of the recommended properties meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation, which the City also applies when assessing properties for its Heritage Register.