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'''Malvern''' is a neighbourhood in the city of [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada, with a population of 44,315.<ref>[http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/2006/pdf1/cpa132.pdf Malvern (132) - Social Profile #1 - Neighbourhoods - Age & Gender] City of Toronto (2007). Retrieved on 2009-01-08.</ref> It is located in the northeast corner of the city.

There are over 60 different cultures represented in Malvern, with the most dominant ethnic groups being [[Caribbean Canadians]] (mostly [[Jamaica]]n, [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidadian]], and [[Guyana|Guyanese]]) and [[South Asian Canadian]]s (mostly [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamil]], [[Indian people|Indian]], and [[Pakistan]]i). The neighbourhood has the highest concentration of young people in Canada.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120723205502/http://www.canoe.ca/CareerConnectionNews/050720_youthforce.html CANOE – The Toronto Sun CareerConnection – Youth Force<!-- Bot generated title -->]}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Elderslie.JPG|thumb|left|Elderslie House, built in 1864. Malvern was first settled in the mid-1850s.]]

The history of Malvern began in 1856, when the Malvern Post Office was opened in David Brown's general store, which stood at the south-east corner of [[Finch Avenue]] and [[Markham Road]]. This post office was named after a resort town in England. A year after the post office was opened, Senator [[David Reesor]]&nbsp;— formerly of Markham Village&nbsp;— began selling "Village Lots" in Malvern. Reesor trumpeted Malvern as the future "Capital of Scarborough," anticipating that the [[Grand Trunk Railway]] would extend a branch line through here. However, when the Grand Trunk Railway began service to this area in 1871, it bypassed Malvern in favour of the neighbouring village of [[Agincourt, Toronto|Agincourt]]. The village centre and post office had by that time moved south to the corner of today's [[Sheppard Avenue]] and Markham Road,<ref name="McGillCountyMap">{{Cite web|url= http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/Countyatlas/images/maps/townshipmaps/yor-m-scarboro.jpg |format= JPG|title= Township of Scarboro |work= Canadian County Atlas Project|publisher= [[McGill University]]|year= 2001|access-date= 2010-07-15}} [[File:Emblem-important-yellow.svg|24px]] 11 [[Megabyte|MB]].</ref> which was named Malcolm's Corners at the time. The Malvern Primitive Methodist Church (from 1884 Malvern Methodist and 1925 Malvern United Church) on the east side of Markham Road north of Sheppard, discontinued services in 1969 but the graves in the cemetery remain today in the care of the Toronto United Church Council. The congregation, reorganized and renamed Malvern Emmanuel United Church, was relocated to 25 Sewells Road in the 1980s, until it closed in 2020, and the building razed in January 2021. <ref> [http://www.toronto.com/news/end-comes-for-a-scarborough-united-church-after-decades-of-memories/article_2fd6a5ff-60ab-5941-a3a1-2fa066a05af3.html?] </ref>

While Malvern never did become a prosperous railway centre, it flourished as a farming community for over one hundred years. In the late 1950s, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation expropriated Malvern's farms to build a "model community" of affordable homes. The first residents of this modern day Malvern community moved into their homes in 1972.

The Malvern community has attempted to improve following ''Project Impact'', in which hundreds of police officers from the [[Greater Toronto Area]] cracked down on known associates of the "Malvern Crew" street gang, in early morning raids across the city on May 12, 2004. During the raids, 71 warrants were executed resulting in the arrest of 65 people.<ref name=CBC>{{cite news|title=Toronto police arrest 65 alleged gang members|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto-police-arrest-65-alleged-gang-members-1.483735|access-date=8 February 2011|newspaper=[[CBC.ca]]|date=13 May 2004}}</ref> Further raids, and the implementation of ''Project Pathfinder'' would result in arrests of the Malvern Crew's rival gang, the "Galloway Boys", in [[West Hill, Toronto|West Hill]].

[[File:Toronto Public Library - Malvern Branch interior 2023.jpg|thumb|The Malvern branch of the [[Toronto Public Library]] was renovated in 2003.]]

In the early 21st century, the area saw public investment in the community, including a major renovation of the Malvern Branch of the [[Toronto Public Library]], the construction of new housing developments, the opening of a new park in 2004, and the opening of the [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] Malvern Sports Complex in 2006. The [[Toronto Zoo]], [[Rouge River, Ontario|Rouge River]], and [[Rouge Park|Rouge Valley Park]] are also located in the vicinity of Malvern, as was Mammoth Hall, a wooden structure that was once a municipal office, meeting hall and [[curling]] rink. The [[Malvern Community Coalition]] serves as an active incorporated, non-profit, grassroots community organization which exists to promote and enhance the Malvern Community by engaging, empowering, and connecting community, organizations and institutions.<ref>[http://malverncc.org/whatsup.htm MCC - What's Up in Malvern<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008090423/http://malverncc.org/whatsup.htm |date=2007-10-08 }}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute.JPG|thumb|[[Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute]] is one of two [[secondary school]]s in Malvern.]]
[[File:Berner Trail Junior Public School 2023.jpg|thumb|Berner Trail Junior Public School]]

Two [[state school|public]] [[school board]]s operate schools in Malvern, the [[separate school|separate]] [[Toronto Catholic District School Board]] (TCDSB), and the [[secular education|secular]] [[Toronto District School Board]] (TDSB).

Both TCDSB and TDSB operate one public [[secondary school]] in the neighbourhood. TCDSB operates [[St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy]], while TDSB operates [[Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute]]. In addition to secondary schools, both school boards operate several public [[elementary school]]s in the Malvern. They include:
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* Alexander Stirling Public School (TDSB)
* Berner Trail Junior Public School (TDSB)
* Burrows Hall Junior Public School (TDSB)
* Dr. Marion Hilliard Senior Public School (TDSB)
* Emily Carr Public School (TDSB)
* Fleming Public School (TDSB)
* Grey Owl Junior Public School (TDSB)
* Heritage Park Public School (TDSB)
* Lucy Maud Montgomery Public School (TDSB)
* Malvern Junior Public School (TDSB)
* Mary Shadd Public School (TDSB)
* Sacred Heart Catholic School (TCDSB)
* St. Barnabas Catholic School (TCDSB)
* St. Bede Catholic School (TCDSB)
* St. Columba Catholic School (TCDSB)
* St. Florence Catholic School (TCDSB)
* St. Gabriel Lalemant Catholic School (TCDSB)
* Tom Longboat Junior Public School (TDSB)
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The French-[[first language]] public secular school board, [[Conseil scolaire Viamonde]], and it separate counterpart, [[Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir]] also offer schooling to applicable residents of Malvern, although they do not operate a school in the neighbourhood, with CSCM/CSV students attending schools situated in other neighbourhoods in Toronto.

The former S.S. #3 Schoolhouse, serving the Malvern area, built in 1872 stood on {{convert|1|acre|m2|adj=on}} of land purchased from George Pearson,<ref name="McGillCountyMap" /> is still standing today at 5810 Finch Avenue East. The building is presently used by a [[private school]], Whitefield Christian Academy.

==Transportation==
[[File:Bridge over the Rouge River on Sewell's Road 2.jpg|thumb|[[Sewells Road Bridge]], in northeast Malvern]]

Several major roadways are located in Malvern. The neighbourhood is bounded to the south by [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]] is a major east-west [[controlled access highway]] that passes through [[Greater Toronto Area|Greater Toronto]]. Several other major roadways include [[Morningside Avenue (Toronto)|Morningside Avenue]] and [[Sheppard Avenue]]. Located on Sewells Road, the [[Sewells Road Bridge]] is a bridge over the [[Rouge River (Ontario)|Rouge River]], in the northeast of Malvern.

===Public transit===
Malvern is served by several [[Toronto Transit Commission]] (TTC) bus routes (39 Finch East, 85 Sheppard East, 102 Markham Rd, 116 Morningside, 131 Nugget, 132 Milner, 133 Neilson, 134 Progress, 902 Markham Rd Express, 939C Finch Express, and 985B Sheppard East Express).  In the 1980s, there was a plan to bring rapid transit to Malvern by extending the [[Line 3 Scarborough|Scarborough]] line, but lack of government funding prevented any extension of the line. In August 2006, city councillors representing Scarborough rallied for the expansion of the Scarborough line, or its possible [[light rail]] replacement, to the Malvern community.

====Scarborough line extension to Malvern====
Back in 2012, the TTC considered extending the RT from McCowan to Malvern Town Centre.<ref name="toronto.ca">{{cite web|url=http://www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/scarborough_rapid_transit/index.htm |title=Proposed Extension of the Scarborough Rapid Transit (SRT) |access-date=2008-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006162230/http://www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/scarborough_rapid_transit/index.htm |archive-date=2012-10-06 }}</ref> They have also made a motion that the current study should include the addition of a station where the existing line crosses [[Brimley Road]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ttc.ca/postings/gso-comrpt/documents/minute/f211/1894M-February_27-08.pdf | title=TTC Minutes&nbsp;— February 27, 2008| access-date=2008-03-30}}</ref> The proposal is moot now as [[Line 3 Scarborough]]  RT is scheduled to be torn down and replaced by the extension of [[Line 2 Bloor–Danforth]].

In 2006, a study was completed on the prospects of this line.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/pdf/scarborough_rt_strategic_plan_study_report.pdf | title=Scarborough RT Strategic Plan&nbsp;– Study Report&nbsp;— Final Report&nbsp;— August 2006| access-date=2008-03-30}}</ref> It recommended upgrading the line to handle larger [[Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit|ART]] Mark II vehicles, at a cost of $360 million (2006 dollars). Extending the [[Bloor–Danforth line]] (either along the current Scarborough RT route, or along a different alignment directly to [[Scarborough Centre (TTC)|Scarborough Centre]]) was not considered cost-effective or justifiable.

On June 15, 2007, the Ontario government had released [[MoveOntario 2020]], a plan that would fund 52 different transit projects throughout [[Toronto]] and [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] for the cost of $17.5 billion, including the Scarborough RT extension to [[Sheppard Avenue]], which would meet the proposed [[Sheppard East LRT (TTC)|Sheppard East LRT]] line, also to be funded by MoveOntario 2020. Unfortunately, in a 2010 budget release, Ontario Premier [[Dalton McGuinty]] had chosen to postpone necessary funding for the project.

With the construction of [[Line 5 Eglinton]] nearing its end, there have been discussions and studies about either extending this LRT line or constructing a brand new LRT line to Malvern via [[University of Toronto]] Scarborough Campus.<ref name="TO-EELRT-2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-226594.pdf |title=Advancing City Priority Transit Expansion Projects – Eglinton East LRT and Waterfront East LRT |publisher=[[City of Toronto]] |date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601141513/https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-226594.pdf | archive-date=June 1, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2023, the city decided to plan a stand-alone light-rail line running from Kennedy station to Malvern via Eglinton Avenue, Kingston Road, Morningside Avenue and Sheppard Avenue. The new line, dubbed the [[Eglinton East LRT]], would mostly follow the route of the previously proposed but cancelled Scarborough Malvern LRT.
<ref name=2023-05-presentation>{{Cite conference |url=https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/9606-EELRT-Public-Consultation-presentation-May-2023non-AODA.pdf |url-status=live |title=Eglinton East Light Rail Transit (EELRT)–Functional (10%) Design Phase |author1=[[Municipal government of Toronto|City of Toronto]] |author2=[[Toronto Transit Commission]] |date=May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518064924/https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/9606-EELRT-Public-Consultation-presentation-May-2023non-AODA.pdf |access-date=18 May 2023 |archive-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>

====Scarborough Malvern LRT====
The [[Scarborough Malvern LRT]] line, part of the TTC's [[Transit City]] plan, would run for 15&nbsp;km, estimated to account for 14 million trips in 2021. The southern terminus of the line would be built at [[Kennedy (TTC)|Kennedy Station]] at [[Kennedy Road (Toronto)|Kennedy Road]] and [[Eglinton Avenue]], with a connection to the [[Bloor-Danforth|Bloor-Danforth subway]], the Scarborough RT, and the [[Eglinton Crosstown LRT|Eglinton Crosstown LRT line]]. The whole line would be built within Scarborough. The line would run along Eglinton Avenue East until it reaches [[Kingston Road (Toronto)|Kingston Road]], then continues northeast until [[Morningside Avenue (Toronto)|Morningside Avenue]] is reached, then continues north until Sheppard Avenue East, where it turns west, sharing the same tracks and stops as in the [[Sheppard East LRT|Sheppard East LRT line]]. Finally, the line turns north at Neilson Road, terminating at Malvern Town Centre.

Newly elected [[Rob Ford]] cancelled the Malvern LRT shortly after he came to office in 2010.<ref name=TorontoLife2010-12-01/>
<ref name=TheVarsity2014-03-17/>

The Malvern LRT would cross the [[University of Toronto Scarborough Campus]].<ref name=TheVarsity2014-03-17/>
According to ''[[The Varsity (newspaper)|The Varsity]]'', the paper for students at the [[University of Toronto]], when students at the Scarborough campus were asked to contribute $30 million towards the construction of an Olympic class pool on their campus, which would first be used for competitions during the [[2015 Pan American Games]], they were promised two LRT lines would be brought to campus.  ''The Varsity'' reported that the students had held up their part of the bargain and resented that the city dropped plans to build the LRT lines.

In May 2023, the city decided to resurrect the Scarborough Malvern LRT proposal but renaming it the [[Eglinton East LRT]].<ref name=2023-05-presentation />

==== Sheppard East RT ====
Metrolinx is looking into an extension of [[Line 4 Sheppard]] to Meadowvale Road along Sheppard Avenue East. This extension would run through southern Malvern. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Metrolinx - Sheppard Extension |url=https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/sheppard-extension |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.metrolinx.com}}</ref>

==Economy==

===Malvern Town Centre===
[[File:Malvern Town Centre interior 2023.jpg|thumb|Malvern Town Centre interior, 2023]]

Although [[Scarborough Town Centre]] is a short drive away, Malvern Town Centre provides some retail options and amenities to local residents. Built in the late 1980s, the mall's primary tenants are Freshland Supermarket, an Asian grocery store; [[Planet Fitness]]; and Labels, a discount clothing store. There are plans in the works to redevelop the mall and replace it with residential condo towers and green space. The proposed plan would include a new 16,616 square-metre public park immediately abutting the existing forested area. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2022/08/another-toronto-mall-will-be-completely-demolished-make-way-condos/ | title=Another Toronto mall will be completely demolished to make way for condos }}</ref>

==Demographics==
In 2016, the Malvern neighbourhood was home to 43,794 residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/ext/sdfa/Neighbourhood%20Profiles/pdf/2016/pdf1/cpa132.pdf|title=Malvern neighbourhood profile |publisher=City of Toronto |access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref> 51% of the population spoke English as their first language, 12.5% spoke Tamil, 6% spoke Tagalog, 5% spoke Urdu, 3.9% spoke Cantonese and 3.6% spoke Gujarati.

Major ethnic populations (2016): 
* 39.9% [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]; ''21.3% [[Indian Canadians|Indian]]'', ''16.3% [[Sri Lankan Canadians|Sri Lankan or Tamil]]'',  ''3.2% [[Pakistani Canadians|Pakistani]]''
* 18.9% [[Black Canadians|Black]]; ''9.3% [[Jamaican Canadians|Jamaican]]'', ''3.3% [[Guyanese Canadians|Guyanese]]''
* 11% [[Filipino Canadians|Filipino]]
* 9.5% [[White Canadians|White]]; ''4.6% [[English Canadians|British]]''
* 7.5% [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]]

==Climate==
Climate data is from [[Buttonville Municipal Airport]] located {{cvt|12.48|km}} west.
{{Markham weatherbox}}

==Notable residents==
*[[Kamal Miller]], Canadian international soccer player
*[[Lilly Singh]], YouTuber and author, known by her username IISuperwomanII

== Notes ==
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==References==
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<ref name=TorontoLife2010-12-01>
{{cite news
| url         = http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/streetcar-named-disaster/2010/12/01/mayor-rob-ford-%E2%80%9Ctransit-city-is-over%E2%80%9D/
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101204123034/http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/streetcar-named-disaster/2010/12/01/mayor-rob-ford-%E2%80%9Ctransit-city-is-over%E2%80%9D/
| url-status  = dead
| archive-date = 2010-12-04
| title       = Mayor Rob Ford: "Transit City is over"
| publisher   = [[Toronto Life]]
| date        = 2010-12-01
| access-date  = 2014-03-17
| quote       = Rob Ford’s first few hours as mayor sure have been busy. As the dailies are reporting, Ford met with TTC chief general manager Gary Webster at seven this morning to let him know that Transit City, and its attendant "war on the car," were kaput. "I just wanted to make it quite clear that he understood that Transit City’s over and the war on the car is over, and all new subway expansion is going underground," Ford said, according to the Sun.  "And that’s pretty well it."
}}
</ref>
<ref name=TheVarsity2014-03-17>
{{cite news
| url         = http://thevarsity.ca/2014/03/17/questions-remain-on-lrt-lines-through-scarborough/
| title       = Questions remain on LRT lines through Scarborough: UTSC administration hopeful that issue will be resolved after municipal elections
| publisher   = [[The Varsity (newspaper)|The Varsity]]
|author1=Alessandra Harkness |author2=Gabriela Ansari-Correa |author3=Marcus Tutert | date        = 2014-03-17
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140317223525/http://thevarsity.ca/2014/03/17/questions-remain-on-lrt-lines-through-scarborough/
| archive-date = 2014-03-17
| url-status     = live
| quote       = UTSC students held a campus-wide vote on whether to contribute a portion of the cost of the Olympic-sized pool for the Pan Am Games. Although not a direct LRT vote, students thought that building for Pan Am would allow for the construction of the LRT. This resulted in a commitment from students to contribute $30 million towards the building of the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games facility, which are being built on UTSC property. According to Arale, the main reason for the contribution was to get the two LRT lines to run through campus. Students have held to their commitment and blame Toronto city councillors and administration for not holding up their end of the deal.
}}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/cns132.htm City of Toronto - Malvern neighbourhood profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100520010102/http://toneighbourhoods.ca/scarborough/malvern/ Toronto Neighbourhoods - Malvern]

{{Geographic Location
| title  = 
| North  = [[Armadale, Ontario|Armadale]], [[Morningside Heights, Toronto|Morningside Heights]]
| East   = [[Rouge, Toronto|Rouge]]
| Southeast = [[Highland Creek, Toronto|Highland Creek]]
| South  = [[Morningside, Toronto|Morningside]]
| Southwest = [[Woburn, Toronto|Woburn]]
| West   = [[Agincourt, Toronto|Agincourt]]
| Center = Malvern
}}
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