Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute

Toronto's Historical Plaques

Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques.

The plaque, apparently located in the parkland here at 361 Jarvis Street, appears to be missing. According to Heritage Toronto, it's a 1982 Toronto Historical Board plaque and the text of the plaque says:

On this site in 1871, the Toronto High School, established in 1807 as the Home District Grammar School, occupied a new two-story structure. It was designed by Toronto architect William Kauffman. The first female pupils were enrolled at that time and were taught by Mrs. Howe, the school's first woman teacher. Male and female departments were separated with double doors and seven foot fences. In 1873 the school became the Toronto Collegiate Institute and was renamed Jarvis Collegiate Institute in 1890. In 1924, students, led by principal John Jeffries and Janie Thomas, a former pupil and teacher at Jarvis for 42 years, marched from the site to the school's new location at Jarvis and Wellesley Streets. Most of the building was demolished in 1928, but the Jarvis Junior Vocational School, a pioneer in vocational training for boys, continued to occupy this site until 1963.

Location Co-ordinates: 43.661539 -79.375963

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