WHO WE ARE

Letters of Patent were issued on June 16, 1988 by the Ministry of Consumer & Commercial Relations (Ontario Corporation Number 771757) for South Armour Heights Ratepayers Association Inc. as a corporation without share capital.  The Letters Patent qualified that the corporation was to be carried on without the purpose of gain for its members and any profits or other accretions to the corporation shall be used in promoting its objects.  The head office address was given as 166 Ridley Blvd, the home of William Dolan (a Planning Consultant).  The other directors were Dorothy Clark (Retired) of 68 Belgrave Avenue and Catherine Ann Gifford (Teacher) of 11 Haddington Ave.  William G. Whiteside was identified as the Vice-President.

The objectives of the Association were:

  1. To protect individuals through the joint action of all members of the association.
  2. To promote, foster and protect the public, social, cultural and recreational interests of the area served by the association.
  3. To gather information concerning the objective set out in paragraph 1 and development proposals, proposed changes to the official plan and zoning by-laws from members, the Municipality and the Planning Advisory Committee, and to take the necessary action as so determined by the Association.

A Constitution was adopted on September 13, 1995 with revisions on June 9, 2004 (name change), June 15, 2005 (year end change), May 10, 2010 (investments), Apr 11, 2018 (timing of the Annual General Meeting) and Apr 3, 2019 (address of the Association).  The objectives are defined as:

  1. To protect South Armour Heights Ratepayers from inappropriate planning and development from residential, commercial, transportation and any other Government sources.
  2. To promote safety and security in the South Armour Heights neighbourhood.
  3. To enhance the environment and social life within the community.

SAHRA is involved with the following activities:

  • Addressing Committee of Adjustment (CofA), North York Community Council, OMB and TLAB meetings and hearings
  • Representing SAHRA interests at FONTRA1 meetings
  • Communicating with the North York Community Council, City Council, City Officials/Departments and our City Councillor on Neighbourhood issues
  • Updating residents on local issues via eBlasts, Newsletters and the website (sahratoronto.com)
  • Hosting community-building events – Neighbours’ Night Out (June)
  • Holding regular SAHRA meetings and an Annual Meeting (April), all open to interested residents

1  Federation of North Toronto Residents’ Associations

SAHRA’s Boundaries

The Constitution defines the Membership of SAHRA as follows:

“All residential property owners, residential tenants and residents living within the area described below shall be considered members:

East side of Avenue Road, West side of Yonge Boulevard,
South of
the 401, South side of Brooke Avenue and those
ratepayers living
on the streets intersecting with Brooke
Avenue between Avenue Road
and Yonge Boulevard within
the City of North York Boundaries.”

2021 Activity Map

The Activity Map below shows the locations that SAHRA has been involved with Committee of Adjustment hearings, North York Community Council hearings, City Council meetings, TLAB/LPAT  Hearings, Community Consultations, traffic and safety issues as well as tree/graffiti/sign/driveway issues in 2021.

Bedford Park-Nortown Preliminary 2016 Neighbourhood Census Profile

From a census perspective, SAHRA is included in the #39 Bedford Park-Nortown area which includes the homes south of the 401/down Yonge St; along Brooke; down to Otter Crescent; down to Hillhurst Blvd over to Bathurst on the west.  It incorporates the York Mills Heights Ratepayers’ Association, SAHRA, OOGRA – now the Upper Avenue Community Association, the Bedford Park Residents Organization, and a portion of Lytton Park Residents’ Organization.

The census contains interesting data on Population  – makeup and ages, types of dwellings, living arrangements, marital status, size of family, types of families, income levels and languages spoken.

To access the report, click here: https://www.toronto.ca/ext/sdfa/Neighbourhood%20Profiles/pdf/2016/pdf1/cpa39.pdf

Mapping of Residents’ Association

David Topping, a young journalist, was engaged in developing an on-line map of all of Toronto’s residents associations and neighbourhood groups.

Below are two views of the SAHRA boundaries:

SAHRA Boundaries
SAHRA Boundaries – closer view

TANGO Mapping

The Toronto Atlas of Neighbourhood Groups and Organizations (TANGO) took over the project started by David Topping to map residents’ associations in 2018.

http://tango.to/

FoNTRA Mapping

The Federation of North Toronto Residents’ Association has used the TANGO mappings to prepare a mapping of all the Member RA’s of FONTRA.  This mapping shows the wide area of midtown that they cover.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Anldx05vvc0iyhwY3bnB1aiCbp23ANlg&ll=43.72517311490398%2C-79.41982268420412&z=12