General

Station Name:	St. Clair Avenue
Subdivision:	Newmarket
Mileage:	5.2
Station Symbols:	Z
Train Order:	DN
Office Signals:	D
Sidings:	69
Other Tracks:	45
Yard Limit Boards:	2,151 feet North of Station1
Location:	1550 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto (York County)
HSMBC Report:	RSR-87
Designation / Year:	Positive / 1994

Chronology

Date	Event
1931-04-28	The Toronto Daily Star reports CNR is contemplating construction of a new $60,000 station north of St. Clair to replace the Davenport station[The Toronto Daily Star, Tuesday, April 28, 1931, p. 1, c. 5].
1932-01-10	St. Clair Avenue station opens[The Toronto Daily Star, Friday, January 8, 1932, p. 3—courtesy of Derek Boles].
1932-05-01/1985-06-01	Appears in public time tables[CNR.A.65/189; CNR.A.190/213; CNR.A.214/221; VIA.222/236].
1985-10-27	Absent from public time tables[VIA.237].
1994-02-21	Station designated under Heritage Railway Station Protection Act[Toronto Railway Heritage Yahoo!® Group, Message No. 963/a>].
1997-02-19	Fire set by vandals guts station[Toronto Railway Heritage Yahoo!® Group, Message No. 954].

Photographs

Date	Image	Notes
1927c	Image Not Available Andrew Merrilees collection / NAC / PA-201108	Station.
1927c	Image Not Available Andrew Merrilees collection / NAC / PA-201109	Station.
1929-11-13	Andrew Merrilees collection / NAC / B-009488	View showing deck and track construction on the St. Clair Avenue bridge.
1932c	The Toronto Daily Star	CNR station prior to opening—note the absence of blades on the train order semaphore[The Toronto Daily Star, Friday, January 8, 1932, p. 3].
1932c	Railway Age	Looking north from south end of St. Clair Avenue subway towards St. Clair Avenue station. [Railway Age, 93(11) 1932-09-10, p. 355]
1970c		North elevation of station. [Edmonson-1977, p. 72]
1970c		North and west (track) elevations station. [Edmonson-1977, p. 72]
1970c		South elevation of station [Edmonson-1977, p. 72]
1970c		View of operator's bay window looking north. [Edmonson-1977, p. 74]
1970c		Train order semaphore. [Edmonson-1977, p. 74]
1970c		Waiting room interior showing bench. [Edmonson-1977, p. 74]
1970c		Waiting room interior showing ticket window. [Edmonson-1977, p. 74]
1970c		North part of east (rear) elevation of station. [Edmonson-1977, p. 75]
1970c		South and west (rear) elevations of station. [Edmonson-1977, p. 75]
1970c		Middle part of west (rear) elevation of station. [Edmonson-1977, p. 75]
1970c		Underside of porte-cochère. [Edmonson-1977, p. 75]
1980-03-20	David Moore? photo, Robert Sandusky collection	Station.
1991	Kate MacFarlane photo	South and west (rear) elevations of station. [RSR-87, Figure 1]
1991	William Dendy photo	South and west (rear) elevations of station. [RSR-87, Figure 3]
1991	William Dendy photo	South façade of station. [RSR-87, Figure 4]
1991	William Dendy photo	Looking south down platform. [RSR-87, Figure 5]
1991	Kate MacFarlane photo	View of station from the west. [RSR-87, Figure 10]
1991	William Dendy photo	Brick detail. [RSR-87, Figure 12]
n.d.	Ron Brown photo	Station. [Brown-2002, p. 12]

Drawings

Date	Reference	Railway	Subject	Description
1970c	[Edmonson-1977, pp. 73-75]	CNR	Station.	Plans. Elevations.

End Notes

Covers yard limit to Parkdale[CNR NOD 6, p. 4].