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Prioritizing Ward 20 Listed Heritage Properties and Conserving the former General Engineering Company (Canada) Limited Lands - by Councillor Parthi Kandavel, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher
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2025-12-16 · Toronto City Council · adopted
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City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to review the following Ward 20 properties for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and following outreach to property owners, to report back with recommendations to the Toronto Preservation Board and City Council: 68 Chine Drive 323 Danforth Road 972 Danforth Road 120 Highview Avenue 27 Hill Crescent 1253 Kingston Road 1355 Kingston Road 1650 Kingston Road 23 Laurel Avenue 41 Laurel Avenue 459 Midland Avenue 42 Scarboro Crescent 236 Warden Avenue 2.
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City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to evaluate lands associated with the former General Engineering Company (Canada) Ltd. within Ward 20 under Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and to report back with recommendations to the Toronto Preservation Board and City Council.
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Through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 ("Bill 23") the Province of Ontario amended the Ontario Heritage and prescribed a deemed expiry date for properties undesignated properties included on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. Properties Listed before January 1, 2023 will be deemed removed from the Register if they are not designated prior to January 1, 2027. The conservation of the City's listed properties fosters civic and local community identity and pride, enhancing stewardship opportunities, and recognizes our collective history.
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This motion requests that City Planning staff review the following ten listed properties for potential municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act to ensure the conserve of these important sites, and would require appropriate consultation and engagement with property owners and the local city Councillor prior to recommendation. The General Engineering Company (Canada) Ltd. ("GECO") operated a top-secret munitions plant during the Second World War, located southeast from the corners of Warden Avenue and Civic Road in Scarborough, Ontario. The plant comprised 346 acres, 172 buildings, and over four kilometers of tunnels. General Engineering Company (Canada) Ltd employed twenty-one thousand patriotic Canadians - predominantly women - who risked their lives daily handling gunpowder and high explosives. These brave women filled over 256 million fuses for the Allied Forces. Scarborough's emblem, "Sc/C," which was etched onto every fuse, became a symbol of quality on battlefields around the world. While altered, approximately twenty of the buildings along with underground tunnels associated with the former General Engineering Company (Canada) Ltd facility remain. This motion recommends that City Planning evaluate the former General Engineering Company (Canada) Ltd lands under Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and report on recommendations to the Toronto Preservation Board on and Toronto City Council.
Staff recommended
Councillor Parthi Kandavel, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to review the following Ward 20 properties for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and following outreach to property owners, to report back with recommendations to the Toronto Preservation Board and City Council: 68 Chine Drive 323 Danforth Road 972 Danforth Road 120 Highview Avenue 27 Hill Crescent 1253 Kingston Road 1355 Kingston Road 1650 Kingston Road 23 Laurel Avenue 41 Laurel Avenue 459 Midland Avenue 42 Scarboro Crescent 236 Warden Avenue 2.
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City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to evaluate lands associated with the former General Engineering Company (Canada) Ltd. within Ward 20 under Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and to report back with recommendations to the Toronto Preservation Board and City Council.
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