To demonstrate community interest in protecting Corktown and Trefann Court as historically significant neighbourhoods, please click to show your support and add your name to our survey.
Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs) serve to ensure that historically significant neighbourhoods and areas are protected and reflect the people of Toronto and as a place through its cultural heritage values and characteristics. Toronto has been designating HCDs since 1985 and has created 27 of them. (More details: “FAQ”).
The creation of an HCD is typically a community driven process; nominating a potential HCD is the first step. If the city accepts our request, the next step is for the city to conduct an HCD Study; this involves research and community consultation before any decisions are made. (More details: HCDs in Toronto: Procedures, Policies and Terms of Reference.)
Nearby existing HCDs include Cabbagetown South and St. Lawrence Neighbourhood. In areas where HCDs do not yet exist, individual heritage properties may be either “listed” or “designated”. The later gives some more protection but very few heritage buildings in Trefann are designated, seemingly at random. (see map)
See below; the only Trefann Court properties currently designated: 440 Shuter St (Park Public School), 544-550 Queen E (W of River), 339 Queen E (SW corner of Parliament) and Don Brewery Lager building, located at 19R River Street (now 31 Old Brewery Lane)
More info about local heritage:
- The King-Parliament area includes significant parts of Toronto’s oldest neighbourhoods and commercial and industrial areas. The city conducted a Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment (CHRA) in 2019 as part of theKing-Parliament Secondary Plan Review. A CHRA documents an area’s development history and to ensure that properties of cultural heritage value or interest are appropriately identified, understood and conserved.
- developers’ perspective on heritage preservation (2023)
