At its meeting in May 2005, City Council identified Queen Street West between University Avenue and Bathurst Street as a Heritage Conservation District Study Area. The Study Area only applies to properties within the University-Bathurst corridor that front on Queen Street West.

Study of this area may lead to its designation as a Heritage Conservation District under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act. The Heritage Conservation District Study is being conducted by a team led by Office for Urbanism, Fournier Gersovitz Moss & Associates Architects, William Greer and Angela Carr.

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• Final Queen Street West HCD District Guidelines
  (Full - 10.4 MB )
• Introduction and Preface
• Part 1 - The Study
• Background and Context
• District History
• Heritage Evaluation
• Part 2 - The Heritage Conservation District
• Part 3 - Implementation
• Appendix

Public Participation

Final Public Meeting
The final public meeting of the study process was held on May 30, 2006.  The purpose of this meeting was for the consultants to present their findings, including the draft Queen Street West Heritage Conservation District Plan, and for interested persons to provide feedback.  You can access the draft district guidelines presented at this meeting by clicking here.  

The report findings will be considered by the Toronto Preservation Board at its meeting on August 31, 2006.  The report will also be considered by the Toronto and East York Community Council at its meeting on September 13, 2006.  Both of these meetings are open to the public, and every property owner within the study area will receive notification of them via regular mail closer to the meeting date.

Second Public Meeting
A second public meeting was held on February 22, 2006. You can access some of the information from this meeting, including heritage character statements for the study area and emerging guidelines below:

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