A fact unknown to many is that our local history surrounds us everyday, printed out on local street signs. Some are named for local settlers, politicians, war heroes, or simply for the subdivision developments these roads are situated within.

Since being founded in 1956, the Scarborough Historical Society has been instrumental in assisting the City of Scarborough (and now the City of Toronto) by providing suggestions for street names of local historical merit for new road developments in the Community of Scarborough. Although not all street names in Scarborough have a deeper meaning further than ‘just a name’, many streets were thoughtfully named, with hopes of future remembrance.

As a celebration of this heritage, here we provide a look back to the origins of the street names that run through the neighbourhoods of our community. *Clicking on the street names will instantly open a new window to a Google Map page of the location.

You can help us build the list – If you have documented information on the reason a street in Scarborough was named and would like to have it added to our list, please Contact Us.

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Street Names of Scarborough
(Listed Alphabetically)

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Acland Crescent – Named after the Acland family, prominent in Scarborough Township during the 19th Century. Charles Acland was one of the earliest of the family to settle in Scarborough.

Annis Road – Named for one of the earliest families to locate in Scarborough Township, near today’s intersection of Kingston Rd. and Scarborough Golf Club Rd.
Charles Annis, his wife and children were the first of the Annis family to emigrate to Canada from New England, finally settling in Scarborough in 1808.
Descendants include W. D. Annis, the Reeve of Scarborough from 1908-1912.

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Beare Road – Named for the Beare family which were prominent farmers in the Hillside community of north eastern Scarborough.

Bell Estate Road – Named for the Bell family, prominent farmers in Scarborough Junction, and also the proprietors of “Bell’s Scarboro Dairy”, a popular milk production and delivery service of the early 20th Century.

Bellamy Road – Named after Edward Bellamy (1850  – 1898), an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, set in the year 2000. He was a very influential writer during the Gilded Age of United States history. A disciple of Bellamy’s teachings in Scarborough hoped to build a colony in Bellamy’s name, (with rules applied to the people living there based on his teachings) near the present-day intersection Eglinton Ave. East and Bellamy Road. The colony idea was quickly squashed by the local farming community, voting against it in record numbers.

Bennett Road – Named after a prominent family in West Hill. The 19th century home of John Bennett remains standing on this street.

Berner Trail – Named in honour of Mr. C.H. Berner, a trustee for School Section #6.

Bethune Boulevard – Named for Henry Norman Bethune (March 3, 1890 – November 12, 1939; a Canadian physician and medical innovator. Bethune is best known for his service in war time medical units during the Spanish Civil War and with the Communist Eighth Route Army (Ba Lu Jun) during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He developed the first mobile blood-transfusion service in Spain in 1936.

Birchcliff Avenue – Named for Birch Cliff, a village along Kingston Rd. which had beginnings in the early 20th century, rose to prominence in the 1920s.

Blantyre Avenue – Named after a mansion estate of the 19th century, called “Blantyre Park”. The property became the St. John’s Industrial School in 1895, lasting at this location until 1957.

Gleanings from an historical article in The Toronto Telegram, April 18, 1935, indicate that Dr. Orlando Salathiel Winstanley purchased the tract of 50 acres extending from Kingston Road to Lake Ontario about 1848. Within two years the property was sold to Peter Paterson, who built a handsome mansion and named the estate ‘Blantyre Park’.
In 1892 Archbishop Walsh purchased the mansion from Mr. J. McLaughlin, together with 15 acres of land bounded by Kingston Rd. & Bracken Ave., and Victoria Park & Blantyre Aves., and used it as a summer residence, even after the school was in operation.

Boem Avenue – Named after local real estate developer Gus Boem. Boem Avenue lies within the centre of one of Gus Boem’s housing developments in Wexford.

Bonis Avenue – Named in honour of Robert R. Bonis, Reverend, local historian and author, his publications include “A History of Scarborough”.

Borough Drive – Named when Scarborough was still a Borough, this road surrounds the southern half of Scarborough’s most recent Civic Centre.

Bridlewood Boulevard & Bridletown Circle – Both streets were named as a reminder of Canada’s largest covered racetrack, which sat for about 50 years on the farm property that once surrounded these now residential roads.

The covered racetrack was built in 1927 by industrialist millionaire Harry C. Hatch to train the racehorses he owned. The advantage of a covered track is that he could train the horses all year round, in any weather. Hatch’s investment paid off; by the time he sold the farm in 1946, this track had given rise to five King’s Plate winners: Monsweep (1936), Goldlure (1937), Budpath (1941), Acara (1944) and Uttermost (1945).

Brumwell Street – Named after Jacob Brumwell, a prominent Highland Creek settler who owned a farm at the location of the street (Lot 2, Concession 1) in the mid to late 19th Century. Apart from farming, Jacob also served in the Scarboro Rifles militia company in the 1860s. He immigrated to Canada from England in the mid 1840’s with his parents, Jacob and Fannie Brumwell, who originally settled in Scarborough on Lot 10, Concession D.  (*Info courtesy of Scott Brumwell, Barrie, Ontario.)

Byng Avenue – A street in the Scarborough community of Oakridge, named in the early 1920s in honour of Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy. Byng led the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 and was appointed Governor General of Canada in 1921.

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Cathedral Bluffs Drive – Named after the natural geological features on the Scarborough Bluffs which once had a more striking appearance, resembling the spires of a cathedral.

Cecil Crescent – Named after Cecil White, the real estate developer that created the “Scarboro Bluffs” subdivision in the area surrounding this street. Scarboro Bluffs was a rather large area bordered by Kingston Rd. to the north, Chine Dr. to the east, Midland Ave. to the west and Lake Ontario to the south. The farm lands for “Scarboro Bluffs” was purchased by Cecil White & Co. from Johnathan Ashbridge in 1911.

Centennial Road – Named after the Centennial Memorial Church (b.1891) of Highland Creek, which stands on Kingston Rd. west of Centennial Rd. The church was later called “Centennial Rouge” Church.

Civic Road – Named for the former Scarborough Municipal Offices, or Civic Centre that once stood near this road in an area that was the G.E.Co munitions factory during WWII. The municipal offices were converted to a records storage facility for the City of Scarborough when the offices moved to the new Civic Centre at McCowan Rd. and Ellesmere Ave. Demolished in the late 1990s, today a memorial on the south side of Eglinton Ave. East marks the location where the former Municipal Offices stood.

Closson Drive – Named for a prominent Highland Creek family. John Closson came from the State of New York and settled in south eastern Scarborough at Highland Creek. He took the oath of allegiance at York in 1805. His son Stephen served as one of the first Clerks of the Township of Scarborough from 1851 to 1854, and operated a saw mill at Highland Creek.

Colonel Danforth Trail – Asa Danforth, one of the first road builders to work in the Township of Scarborough. For the government he chopped out a roadway thirty-three feet wide through the great pines and oaks which towered between York and the Thomson settlement in Scarborough. Today this road is divided into four sections, Danforth Rd., Painted Post Dr., Military Trail, and Colonel Danforth Trail.

Comrie Terrace – Named after the Comrie family, prominent for their Lumber Company located in Scarborough Junction, a successful early 20th century business.

Conlins Road – Named for the Conlins family, prominent for their gravel company located in Highland Creek. The company offices and quarry were located to the west side of this road, near Highway 401.

Conn Smythe Drive – Named after Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe MC (February 1, 1895 – November 18, 1980), a Canadian businessman, soldier and sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing. He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens. As owner of the Leafs during numerous championship years, his name appears on the Stanley Cup eleven times. Smythe lived in Scarborough Village for a number of years as a boy, close to the street that now bears his name.

Cornell Avenue – Named after a prominent family which were also among the earliest settlers in Scarborough Township. William Cornell, originally of Rhode Island, U.S.A., was the first of the family to arrive and settle near today’s Scarborough Village (Markham Rd. & Kingston Rd). Descendant James George Cornell was Reeve of Scarborough Township from 1913-1919.

Crockford Boulevard – A primarily industrial road in Wexford named after Oliver E. Crockford, a local politician that was Reeve of Scarborough from 1948-55.
Reeve Crockford is best known for implementing a vigorous programme to draw new business to Scarborough. The key event to this plan was accomplished when the Township purchased the former G.E.Co. munitions factory lands to create a new municipal centre for Scarborough and a large tract of industrial area, dubbed the “Golden Mile” of industry.

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Dairy Drive – Named during the early 2000s for the Becker’s Milk production factory that once sat at this location. The area has a long dairy history, prior to Becker’s, the Bell family ran “Bell’s Scarboro Dairy” from a location on the same property. The Bell family house still remains, yet Scarboro Dairy and the Becker’s Milk facility were demolishe, replaced by the modern subdivision called “The Bell Estate” by the late 2000s.

Denton Ave. – Named after the Denton / Massey family. In 1897, Walter Massey, President of Massey-Harris Company, purchased about 100 hectares of land in East York and Scarborough to establish an experimental farm. Walter named the farm “Dentonia Park” after his wife, Susan Marie Denton. The farm produced eggs and poultry as well as trout. Dentonia was also the home of a prized dairy herd that sparked the formation of the City Dairy Company. The City Dairy produced the first pasteurized milk in Canada, which helped to combat tuberculosis and typhoid fever among Toronto children.

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Ellesmere Road – Named after the crossroads village, Ellesmere, which was formally established with a post office in 1853. The name of the village was borrowed from Ellesmere, England which is situated near the border of Wales, just south of Liverpool.
Scarborough’s Ellesmere village was located at the intersection of today’s Kennedy Road and Ellesmere Road.

Empringham Drive – Named after the Empringham family, prominent in Scarborough for several decades.

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Falcon Lane – A private lane way named after The Falcon Inn, a popular early 20th century hotel located in Highland Creek. The hotel was constructed in an old english “tudor revival” style. Sadly, the hotel burned in the 1940s, although it’s garage was retained and eventually converted into a residence, which still stands on the property today.

Fallingbrook Road – The name of the summer mansion of Sir Donald Mann, built near the shore of Lake Ontario in 1906, east of this current road. Mann was one of the railway tycoons of Canada, instrumental in forming the short-lived Canadian Northern Railway.
The Fallingbrook mansion was destroyed by fire in 1930, leaving only the gatehouse as a reminder of the once grand rural estate. There is some evidence that the street had been called Fallingbrook well before Mann had built his summer home there.

Frank Faubert Drive – Named in honour of Frank J. Faubert, (b. April 25, 1931 – d. June 20, 1999) the City of Scarborough’s 7th and final Mayor before amalgamation with the City of Toronto in 1998.

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Galloway Road – Named for an early prominent family that inhabited the property surrounding this street.

Glen Muir Drive – A street named in the 1950s for the Muir family of Scarborough Village.
One prominent member of the Muir family was Alexander Muir, a Scarborough teacher and the famed composer of the song “The Maple Leaf Forever”, which nearly became Canada’s National Anthem.

Glendinning Avenue – Named for the Glendinning family of L’Amoreaux. Their beautiful farm house, built in the 1870s, still stands on its original location – thoughtfully incorporated into the surrounding modern subdivision.

Glenshephard Drive – Named for the family of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Shephard, who owned the triangle of land between Brimley Rd., Danforth Rd. and the C.N.R., purchased from Joseph Walton in 1923. Gordon Shephard established a market garden facility here, rising in prominence to become a director of the United Florists of Canada and of the Toronto Florists Co-Operative. Gordon took interest in local matters and became a political figure in throughout the 1940s and ’50s. His wife and business partner, Florence Shephard (nee Perry) was a daughter of Walter Perry, famed court stenographer.

Gooderham Drive – Named after the Bert Gooderham family, who owned the property directly north east of the Pharmacy Ave. / Lawrence Ave. E. intersection, where this street now runs. Elinor Drive was named after his daughter and Murrayglen after his son, Murray Glen.

 

Haig Avenue – Named in honour of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC, (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928). Haig was a British senior officer during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the War. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme the battle with the highest casualties in British military history, the Third Battle of Ypres and the Hundred Days Offensive which led to the armistice in 1918.

Harrisfarm Gate – Named after the Harris family, who owned and farmed the land here for several decades. Their farm property became one of the first large housing developments in Agincourt, subdivided in the early 1950s. The family retained ownership of the original farmhouse, which is today incorporated into the subdivision.
The northern entrance of this road from Sheppard Ave. East is the approximate location of the original farm entrance to the Harris property.

Heather Road – Named for the popular 19th / 20th Century Recreation Centre named “Heather Hall” that stood on the northeast corner of Sheppard Ave. East and Glenwatford Drive.

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Iondale Place – The Ionson family farm house (built c.1860) was incorporated into the subdivision which was built around it in the 1950s. This short roadway was built primarily as an access to the house but also serves as access to eight other homes.

Ionview Road – Named for the Ionson family, prominent farmers that owned a large tract of farmland surrounding this current road. The area is now also popularly called Ionview Heights in their memory.

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Jean Dempsey Gate – Named in memory of Jean Dempsey, wife of Councillor Bill Dempsey.

John Stoner Drive – Named after John Stoner, a prominent pioneer inhabitant of Scarborough Township.

John Tabor Trail – Named after John Tabor, he owned the land where the Tabor Hill Native Ossuary was discovered, today a local park.

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Kingston Road – Simply named, it was the primary road through Scarborough that led east to Kingston, Ontario.

Kalmar Avenue – Named after the “Kalmar Heights” housing lot subdivision created by the Cecil White & Co. in 1912. Kalmar Heights was a small subdivision, running north along Kalmar Ave. and Eastwood Ave. from Kingston Rd. up to to Danforth Ave.

Kelvin Grove Avenue – Named after “Kelvin Grove”, a large prize-winning farm in the L’Amoreaux Community which was ushered into fame by the Rennie family. The Purcell family were the final owners of this famed farm, which was developed into a housing subdivision in the 1980s.

Kennedy Road – Named for a prominent family that resided in Agincourt throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Kennedy Road is believed to be the first official road in Scarborough to be named for a pioneer family, appearing on maps as early as 1850. In later years the Kennedys took an active role in establishing many of Agincourt’s early landmarks such as Knox Church, Heather Hall and the Agincourt Fairgrounds.

Ketchum Place – Named after the prominent Ketchum family of the Milliken Community in northern Scarborough.

Kingsbury Crescent – Named when the Kingsbury Park housing subdivision was divided into building lots in 1911 by the real estate developer R.B. Rice & Sons of 24 Victoria Street, Toronto. Kingsbury Park is situated south of Kingston Rd. and is made up of three streets: Lakeside Ave., Birchcliff Ave., and Kingsbury Cres.
Advertised in 1911 as one of the most beautiful locations for suburban homes, the subdivision was originally built with wide boulevards and stone-pillared entrances on Birchcliff Ave. and Lakeside Ave.

Knowles Drive– Named after the Knowles family, prominent pioneer inhabitants of Highland Creek. William Knowles and his family emigrated from New Jersey in 1802. Knowles was a blacksmith and built the Township’s first smithy, making the nails for the first frame barn in Scarborough and planting one of the first orchards. His son, Daniel, kept the first store in Highland Creek, was a Commissioner for the straightening of Kingston Road in 1837 and was a prominent member of the Scarborough, Markham and Pickering Wharf Company which did an excellent business in shipping grain, timber and cord wood from Port Union to Oswego, New York and other Lake Ontario ports.

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Macklingate Court – Named after the family of Marshall Macklin, and Irish pioneer who became a prominent farmer in the Agincourt area. Macklin first moved to northern Scarborough c.1827, inhabiting a log cabin. He replaced the cabin with a permanent fieldstone home about 1851, a dwelling which, over the years became known as “Forest Home”. When the farm was subdivided, the century old stone house was saved, incorporated into a crescent aptly named Macklingate Court.

Mammoth Hall Trail – Named after the Mammoth Hall, a massive barn-like structure that once sat north east of the intersection of Markham Road and Sheppard Ave. East. Mammoth Hall played host to several social events during the 19th Century. Mammoth Hall was destroyed by vandals through arson in the 1980s, a housing subdivision was soon after built in its place.

Manse Road – Named after the Manse for the Melville Presbyterian Church of West Hill, which is now a private residence at 477 Manse Rd. The Manse was built and donated to the church congregation in 1899 by Alex, John and James Neilson.

Manville Road – Marks the location of one of the factories of Johns Manville, a company that primarily manufactured fireproof building materials. Johns Manville was among several companies that built industry within the heart of the “Golden Mile of Industry” Civic venture of the 1950s.

Markham Road – Simply named, it was the primary road north to the main street of Markham, Ontario. Given the popularity of this thoroughfare, it was one of the first roads in Scarborough to demand the need of an improved driving surface. In the 1850s, wood boards were laid across the road to create one of the first “plank roads” in the Township.

McCowan Road – Named after the McCowan family, prominent in the area surrounding the intersection of Kingston Rd. and McCowan Rd.

Midland Avenue – Named after the Midland Railway (today CNR) that runs along side the length of this road north through Markham, Ontario. The Midland Railway was established in the 1870s, running from Port Hope, Ontario to Midland on Georgian Bay.

Mike Myers Drive – Named in June of 2003 in honour of Scarborough-born comedian / actor Mike Myers (b. May 25, 1963).

Milne Avenue – Named after the Milne family of the Hillside area of Scarborough. William A. Milne was a prominent saw mill owner / operator at the intersection of Old Finch Ave. and Sewell’s Road. *The diaries of his wife Frances Tweedie Milne are available in the Members Area of this website.

Milliken Boulevard – Named for the 19th / 20th Century Village of Milliken. Milliken Village, it’s buildings having long since been demolished, now exists only as the name of the surrounding community.

Morrish Road – Named after the Morrish family of Highland Creek, prominent merchants that had multiple locations there throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries. The Scarborough Archives is located in one of these former stores; the W.J. Morrish General Store, located on the north west corner of Kingston Rd. and Meadowvale Rd.

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Neilson Avenue – Named for a prominent farming family located west of McCowan Rd., north of Kingston Rd. that lived in a house called “Maplehurst”, b.1899. Directly related to the Neilsons mentioned below.

Neilson Road – Named for a prominent farming family of Alex Neilson, today located east of Neilson Rd., south of FInch Ave. East. The original Neilson homestead has been preserved by the City of Toronto within Neilson Park. Alex Neilson is a brother to the Neilsons mentioned above.

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Ormerod Street – The Ormerod family were Scarborough pioneers and prominent residents of the old village of Malvern, located at the intersection of Markham Rd. and Shappard Ave. East.

Orton Park Road – Orton Park was named by members of the Lea family who owned the farm at the north end of the street, close to Ellesmere where the Curran Hall Community Centre stands today.   Evelyn J. Lea and his wife Constance Nicholson bought the property and lived on the farm for many years.  The lovely valley behind the farm house reminded them of the Nicholson estate near Carlisle, Cumberland, England named “Orton Park.”

Osterhout Place – Named after William Osterhout, a United Empire Loyalist and former soldier in Butler’s Rangers, who first settled in Niagara in 1796 and ten years later came to Scarborough. He patented his two lakefront lots in Concession C, No. 14 and No. 16 in July, 1799.

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Painted Post Drive – Named after the painted posts that were once placed each mile along this stretch of road when it used to be part of Danforth Road in the 19th century.

Parkcrest Drive – Originally named “Park Drive”, as part of the ‘Park Hill’ Subdivision, created by real estate developer Cecil White & Co. in 1911. Cecil White always named at least one street after the subdivision’s official title.

Passmore Avenue  – Named for surveyor F.F. Passmore, who created Scarborough’s first accurate and “official” survey. In 1862 Scarborough Council, under Reeve J.P. Wheler, hired F.F. Passmore to survey the township a second time, due to several claim disputes that arose over the survey completed in 1850. Before Passmore completed his survey there was no complete road system in Scarborough.

Patterson Avenue – Named for a family that owned and farmed the land in the area surrounding this street in what became the community of Oak Ridge.

Pilkington Drive – Named for the large factory of the Pilkington Glass company that once stood at this location.

Port Union Road – Named after the village of Port Union, a prominent hub of 19th Century industry along the shore of Lake Ontario at the foot of Port Union Rd. The village had a large shipping wharf, two hotels, railway station and about 100 residents. By the late 20th Century, remnants of the once popular spot had all but disappeared. Today a large housing subdivision and park cover the area where Port Union Village once existed.

Park Street – This avenue was given its name with the plan for the “Sandown Park” subdivision in 1912, created by real estate developer Cecil White & Co. The name of this street was cleverly made to cross with Sandown Avenue, creating the word “Sandown Park” at that intersection. Sandown Park is a large subdivision, bordered by the Grand Trunk Railway (CNR) to the north, Kennedy Rd. to the west, Kingston Rd. to the south and Midland Ave. to the east.

Purcell Square – Named for the Purcell family which owned the famed “Kelvin Grove” farm which once surround this street before it was turned into a housing subdivision in the late 1960s.

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Reesor Road – Named after the Reesor family, prominent pioneer inhabitants of the Hillside area of Scarborough Township.

Rhydwen Avenue – Named for a Political Figure.

Rouge Hills Drive – Named after the ambitious 1926 “Rouge Hills” subdivision plan that was developed by Cecil White & Co. through “Rouge Hills Ltd.” Rouge Hill was planned by White to be “The Venice of the North”, a massive housing subdivision set among lagoons carved from the mouth of the Rouge River. However, the dream was never fully realized, largely in part due to the stock market crash of 1929.

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Sandown Avenue – This avenue was given its name with the plan for the “Sandown Park” subdivision in 1912, created by real estate developer Cecil White & Co. The name of this street was cleverly made to cross with Park Street, creating the word “Sandown Park” at that intersection. Sandown Park is a large subdivision, bordered by the Grand Trunk Railway (CNR) to the north, Kennedy Rd. to the west, Kingston Rd. to the south and Midland Ave. to the east.

Scarboro Crescent – Named after the “Scarboro Bluffs” subdivision that was created in the area surrounding this street by developer Cecil White. Scarboro Bluffs was a rather large subdivision bordered by Kingston Rd. to the north, Chine Drive to the east, the Bluffs to the south, and Midland Ave. The land for “Scarboro Bluffs” was purchased from the Ashbridge family and subdivided into lots by 1911.

Scarborough Heights Boulevard – Named for a popular 19th / 20th century recreational park that was situated at this approximate location.

Sewells Road – Named after the Sewells family, prominent pioneer inhabitants and farmers of the Hillside area of Scarborough Township.

Stobo Lane – The Stobo family were a prominent family that farmed land near Scarborough Village for several years, their property was located between McCowan Rd. and Bellamy Road, north of Kingston Rd.

St. Bede’s Road – Named for St. Bede’s Anglican Church, which is located on this road at the intersection of Westbourne Ave. Established in 1924, the church adopted the name of St. Bede; a scholar, teacher, historian, writer and devout Christian that lived from 673-735.

Tollgate Mews – A small private street off the north east corner of Kingston Rd. and Bellamy Rd. South that was named in the early 2000s to commemorate the 19th century toll gate that once stood near this location on Kingston Rd. For several years throughout the 19th century, Kingston Rd. was maintained through toll fees placed on its travelers.

Torrance Road – Named after the Torrance family, prominent in the area north east of the Eglinton Ave. East / McCowan Rd. Intersection. John Torrance was Reeve of Scarborough Township in 1854.

Thermos Road – This marks the location of one of the Thermos company factory buildings on Eglinton Avenue East. The factory was among several companies that built industry within the heart of the Golden Mile plan of the 1950s.

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Underwriters Road – Named for the Underwriters testing facility located for several decades at the foot of this industrial road in Wexford.

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Victoria Park Avenue – Named for the 19th century amusement park that once stood on the shore of Lake Ontario, at the site of the R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant.

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Walbon Road –  Named after William Albon, a farmer in Wexford who in the 1940s acquired the property formerly owned by Thomas Walton, located on the west side of Warden, south of Lawrence.  When he sold the property to land developers, he retained the old farmhouse and named the street Walbon Road.  The adjacent street was named after his grandson WAYNE Morley.

Warden Avenue – A modern day misspelling of an early 20th Century Scarborough subdivision. Warden Ave. was most likely named after the Wardin Park subdivision, located at the corner of today’s Warden Ave. and Danforth Rd. intersection in the community of Oak Ridge. Wardin Park was created in 1912 by the real estate developer Morine & Company (502 Kent Building, Toronto) as an affordable place with large lots for the “working man” to live.

Wayne Avenue – Named after Wayne Morley, the Grandson of the Wexford farmer William Albon. * See Walbon Avenue (above) for further detail.

Wexford Boulevard – Named in the 1950s after Wexford, a community with origins in the 19th century, a village originally centered at the intersection of Lawrence Ave. East and Pharmacy Ave.

William Kitchen Road – Named after the founder of Lansing Lumber.
This business evolved to become the Lansing Buildall chain, which was very popular in the Toronto area. Lansing eventually merged with the Revy building centre chain, which had operations centred in Revelstoke, B.C. The Revy company was also absorbed in 2001 by Rona Building Centres.

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Re-naming of streets in the past:

• 1927 – Several streets in Scarborough were renamed this year to avoid confusion with duplicate names in East York and Toronto