Humberside Collegiate

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2006

Walking a couple of blocks north of High Park will bring you to 280 Quebec Avenue, the address of Humberside Collegiate. A 1985 Toronto Historical Board plaque attached to the building tell us this:

Plaque coordinates: 43.660110 -79.470345

Originally named Toronto Junction High School, Humberside Collegiate held its first classes in 1892. Two years later it moved from temporary quarters on Pacific Avenue to a new building on this attractive and spacious site. When the city annexed West Toronto in 1909, the school's name was changed to Humberside. The school's art collection includes a memorial stained glass window and the largest mural ever painted by Arthur Lismer, one of the "Group of Seven" Painters. Generations of Humbersiders subscribe to its motto: "Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas" (Happy is one who can discover the causes of things).

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Posted September 13, 2009
I attended Riverdale Collegiate from 1953 to 1957 and I remember the rivalry of Riverdale-Humberside football. I still remember the grey and red color of their uniforms. We were red and blue.

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