Scan 5
Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1945, 1945
347 lines. Read by computer on 22 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Statistics of the City of Toronto
3POPULATION
4OFFICIAL ESTIMATE
6TORONTO CITY PROP. 735,626
7GREATER TORONTO SUBURBAN AREA (Area receiving house-to-house-le carrier Post Office Service) 181,772
8GREATER TORONTO (Area served by letter carrier Post Office Service) 917,398
10January 1, 1944. 735,626
11January 1, 1945. 739,549
12Change in Population Increase 3,923
14January 1, 1944. 181,772
15January 1, 1945. 185,018
16Increase 3,246
18(Metropolitan Area) Increase 7,169
20BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, 1944
22<table>
23 <tr>
24 <th>Apartment Houses</th>
25 <th>1</th>
26 <th>1</th>
27 <th>$9,000</th>
28 </tr>
29 <tr>
30 <th>Apartment Houses, alterations and additions</th>
31 <th>73</th>
32 <th>73</th>
33 <th>153,000</th>
34 </tr>
35 <tr>
36 <th>Banks, alterations and additions</th>
37 <th>8</th>
38 <th>8</th>
39 <th>42,000</th>
40 </tr>
41 <tr>
42 <th>Canopies</th>
43 <th>5</th>
44 <th>5</th>
45 <th>4,150</th>
46 </tr>
47 <tr>
48 <th>Churches, alterations and additions</th>
49 <th>21</th>
50 <th>21</th>
51 <th>196,200</th>
52 </tr>
53 <tr>
54 <th>Demolitions</th>
55 <th>4</th>
56 <th>64</th>
57 <th></th>
58 </tr>
59 <tr>
60 <th>Dwellings, brick</th>
61 <th>18</th>
62 <th>302</th>
63 <th>1,579,475</th>
64 </tr>
65 <tr>
66 <th>Dwellings, brick, alterations and additions</th>
67 <th>11</th>
68 <th>123</th>
69 <th>188,655</th>
70 </tr>
71 <tr>
72 <th>Dwellings, frame, alterations and additions</th>
73 <th>29</th>
74 <th>305</th>
75 <th>83,708</th>
76 </tr>
77 <tr>
78 <th>Factories</th>
79 <th>1</th>
80 <th>16</th>
81 <th>916,400</th>
82 </tr>
83 <tr>
84 <th>Factories, alterations and additions</th>
85 <th>27</th>
86 <th>275</th>
87 <th>1,378,735</th>
88 </tr>
89 <tr>
90 <th>Fire Escapes</th>
91 <th>2</th>
92 <th>26</th>
93 <th>9,500</th>
94 </tr>
95 <tr>
96 <th>Garages, private</th>
97 <th>38</th>
98 <th>396</th>
99 <th>219,991</th>
100 </tr>
101 <tr>
102 <th>Garages, public, alterations and additions</th>
103 <th>1</th>
104 <th>14</th>
105 <th>37,500</th>
106 </tr>
107 <tr>
108 <th>Municipal Buildings</th>
109 <th>9</th>
110 <th>9</th>
111 <th>241,300</th>
112 </tr>
113 <tr>
114 <th>Offices</th>
115 <th>2</th>
116 <th>21</th>
117 <th>237,650</th>
118 </tr>
119 <tr>
120 <th>Offices, alterations and additions</th>
121 <th>4</th>
122 <th>47</th>
123 <th>164,880</th>
124 </tr>
125 <tr>
126 <th>Schools</th>
127 <th>1</th>
128 <th>1</th>
129 <th>65,000</th>
130 </tr>
131 <tr>
132 <th>Schools, alterations and additions</th>
133 <th>4</th>
134 <th>4</th>
135 <th>50,000</th>
136 </tr>
137 <tr>
138 <th>Service Stations, alterations and additions</th>
139 <th>3</th>
140 <th>3</th>
141 <th>1,700</th>
142 </tr>
143 <tr>
144 <th>Sheds</th>
145 <th>31</th>
146 <th>34</th>
147 <th>46,820</th>
148 </tr>
149 <tr>
150 <th>Signs on Private Property</th>
151 <th>124</th>
152 <th>197</th>
153 <th>20,325</th>
154 </tr>
155 <tr>
156 <th>Signs, over highways</th>
157 <th>825</th>
158 <th>825</th>
159 <th>35,805</th>
160 </tr>
161 <tr>
162 <th>Stables</th>
163 <th>1</th>
164 <th>10</th>
165 <th>7,000</th>
166 </tr>
167 <tr>
168 <th>Stores, alterations and additions</th>
169 <th>229</th>
170 <th>232</th>
171 <th>239,860</th>
172 </tr>
173 <tr>
174 <th>Tanks, Gas, etc.</th>
175 <th>41</th>
176 <th>50</th>
177 <th>38,150</th>
178 </tr>
179 <tr>
180 <th>Tanks, Fuel Oil</th>
181 <th>39</th>
182 <th>39</th>
183 <th>15,790</th>
184 </tr>
185 <tr>
186 <th>Temporary Buildings</th>
187 <th>256</th>
188 <th>256</th>
189 <th>107,050</th>
190 </tr>
191 <tr>
192 <th>Theatres, alterations and additions</th>
193 <th>6</th>
194 <th>6</th>
195 <th>11,750</th>
196 </tr>
197 <tr>
198 <th>Verandahs</th>
199 <th>165</th>
200 <th>171</th>
201 <th>30,010</th>
202 </tr>
203 <tr>
204 <th>Warehouses</th>
205 <th>2</th>
206 <th>2</th>
207 <th>7,910</th>
208 </tr>
209 <tr>
210 <th>Warehouses, alterations</th>
211 <th></th>
212 <th></th>
213 <th></th>
214 </tr>
215</table>
217Telephone Exchange 1 1 140,000
218Miscellaneous 61 61 225,605
219Totals 3,388 3,665 $7,044,814
220Housing repairs under Rehabilitation By-Law No. 14466 527,624
221Emergency Housing 150,000
222Total $7,714,193
224BUILDINGS ERECTED
225Actual figures since 1930 are:—
227<table>
228 <tr>
229 <th>Year</th>
230 <th>No.</th>
231 <th>No.</th>
232 <th>Buildings Erected</th>
233 </tr>
234 <tr>
235 <td>1930</td>
236 <td>7,812</td>
237 <td>9,925</td>
238 <td>32,130,589</td>
239 </tr>
240 <tr>
241 <td>1931</td>
242 <td>6,832</td>
243 <td>8,646</td>
244 <td>19,009,985</td>
245 </tr>
246 <tr>
247 <td>1932</td>
248 <td>4,969</td>
249 <td>5,686</td>
250 <td>6,919,550</td>
251 </tr>
252 <tr>
253 <td>1933</td>
254 <td>4,149</td>
255 <td>4,570</td>
256 <td>4,291,667</td>
257 </tr>
258 <tr>
259 <td>1934</td>
260 <td>4,656</td>
261 <td>5,283</td>
262 <td>7,378,772</td>
263 </tr>
264 <tr>
265 <td>1935</td>
266 <td>4,467</td>
267 <td>5,175</td>
268 <td>9,905,455</td>
269 </tr>
270 <tr>
271 <td>1936</td>
272 <td>4,635</td>
273 <td>5,501</td>
274 <td>8,114,799</td>
275 </tr>
276 <tr>
277 <td>1937</td>
278 <td>5,217</td>
279 <td>5,969</td>
280 <td>11,238,900</td>
281 </tr>
282 <tr>
283 <td>1938</td>
284 <td>4,875</td>
285 <td>5,645</td>
286 <td>8,494,340</td>
287 </tr>
288 <tr>
289 <td>1939</td>
290 <td>5,667</td>
291 <td>6,280</td>
292 <td>10,285,707</td>
293 </tr>
294 <tr>
295 <td>1940</td>
296 <td>5,146</td>
297 <td>5,935</td>
298 <td>10,592,743</td>
299 </tr>
300 <tr>
301 <td>1941</td>
302 <td>4,802</td>
303 <td>5,416</td>
304 <td>9,136,405</td>
305 </tr>
306 <tr>
307 <td>1942</td>
308 <td>3,434</td>
309 <td>3,656</td>
310 <td>7,660,940</td>
311 </tr>
312 <tr>
313 <td>1943</td>
314 <td>3,235</td>
315 <td>3,573</td>
316 <td>6,218,410</td>
317 </tr>
318 <tr>
319 <td>1944</td>
320 <td>3,388</td>
321 <td>3,665</td>
322 <td>7,714,193</td>
323 </tr>
324</table>
326ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION
327Gross
328Year Assessment Taxes Levied Rate Mills
3291930 1,011,970,429 30,882,166 31.8
3301931 1,048,776,499 33,799,076 33.6
3311932 1,080,753 34,530,040 33.9
3321933 1,134,067 33,620,067 33.40
3331934 46,811,940, 32,487,269 33.00
3341935 48,811,940, 33,224,833 34.15
3351936 48,811,940, 32,666,166 34.15
3361937 48,811,940, 32,666,166 34.15
3371938 48,811,940, 32,666,166 34.15
3381939 48,811,940, 32,666,166 34.15
3391940 48,811,940, 32,666,166 34.15
3401941 48,811,940, 32,666,166 34.15
3411942 48,811,940, 32,666,166 34.15
3421943 48,811,940, 32,666,166 34.15
3431944 48,811,940, 32,666,166 34.15
345William J. Wadsworth, [address hidden]
346Lloydbrook 3166. Residence, [address hidden]
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