About

The Trefann Court Residents Association has a long and colourful history. Previous incarnations are documented in 1967 and 2008 newsletters. We hope this website hopes to keep you informed about news, upcoming events and issues affecting our local neighbourhood, as well as selected items of interest about Toronto. We’d like to hear from you – email us!

The Trefann Court Residents Association is a group consisting of your friends and neighbours. The organizing committee has gotten together to create an organization that will let us all share information, discuss issues and get to know each other. The Trefann Court Residents Association is an organization that will help us become friends as well as neighbours.

Trefann Court is a special and unique area of downtown Toronto and we all share common issues that may not be reflected in larger residents’ associations. The people that live in Trefann Court come from a wide range of backgrounds. Some of us have been here for a relatively short period of time and some of us have been here for generations, but we share the same neighbourhood. We see each other in Stinky’s Park, waiting for the streetcar on Queen or at the neighbourhood pub, but we often don’t get a chance to speak to discuss the issues we see impacting the neighbourhood. But it is about more than this. It is about getting to know the people that live around you. By getting to know each other we will form a stronger (and safer) neighbourhood. There is a sense of community in Trefann Court that we hope will be fostered and grow through the Trefann Court Residents’ Association.

This area is designated “neighbourhood” in Toronto’s official plan, which should help preserve its low-rise character. see Toronto’s Official Plan, section 4.1: “Neighbourhoods are considered physically stable areas made up of residential uses in lower scale buildings such as detached houses, semi-detached houses, duplexes, triplexes and townhouses, as well as interspersed walk-up apartments that are no higher than four storeys.”

In the past, residents in the Trefann Court catchment area have worked, as individuals and small groups, towards beautifying and benefiting their corners in the neighbourhood. Some of these recent successes have included:

• The repairs to the damaged sidewalk slabs on Shuter Street
• annual SuWaDoSh Pot-luck Picnic in the Park:  2007, 2008
• The huge pothole repair on Sumach Street
• The successful negotiation with the City and Parks and Recreation to change the bylaw for Stinky’s Park
• Graffiti removal from the various businesses along Queen Street East
• A close and direct working relationship with 51 Division has been maintained and enhanced.

Combining these ‘small’ efforts as a united ‘voice’ for all of Trefann can only enhance relationships with the City, the Police and most importantly, our neighbours and friends for a better community all around.