Scarborough

Guildwood Village Information

Contents: Schools | Services | Churches | Events | Transit | Politicians | Election | Shopping

Guildwood Village is a pleasant community in southern Scarborough. This page lists some general information about the community for residents and visitors.

For this document, Guildwood is assumed to be the area within easy reach of Guildwood Parkway and Sylvan Avenue. The center of the community is roughly the intersection of Guildwood Parkway and Livingston Road.

Although I will make an effort to keep the information reasonable up to date, I offer no guarantees as to the correctness of the information. Please let me know of any necessary corrections.

If you know of anything of general interest to the community, please let me know and I'll add it to this page.

Schools

• Elizabeth Simcoe Junior Public School. 166 Sylvan Avenue. (School web site)

• Guildwood Junior Public School. 225 Livingston Road.

• Jack Miner Senior Public School. 405 Guildwood Parkway.

• Poplar Road Junior Public School. 66 Dearham Wood.

• Sir Wilfred Laurier Collegiate Institute. 145 Guildwood Parkway. (School web site)

• St Ursula Catholic School. 215 Livingston Road.

Services

• Toronto Public Library, Guildwood Branch, 123 Guildwood Parkway (in the plaza).

• Laurier swimming pool, 145 Guildwood Parkway (behind the high school). Open lane swimming is offered on Wednesday and Friday evenings. The fee for lane swimming is $2.50 per evening, but normally the staff don't bother to collect it.

Churches

• Church of the Holy Trinity, Anglican. 85 Livingston Road.

• Guildwood Community Presbyterian Church. 140 Guildwood Parkway. (Church)

Community Events

• 2008/5/31: The annual yard sale day is usually held on the last Saturday of May. This event is widely known, and draws people from all of Scarborough. Visitors should note that many streets are narrow, and the volume of parked cars can make driving difficult in some areas. Best to park your car and walk through the streets.

• 2008/6/5: "Free Concerts in the Guild", featuring "Two for the Show". At the Greek Theater behind the Guild Inn, 7:00PM to 8:30PM, weather permitting.

• 2008.6.7: "Guildwood Day" takes place on the first Saturday in June. The day usually starts with a pancake breakfast at the Guildwood Community Presbyterian Church. At 10AM, a modest but popular parade takes place along Guildwood Parkway. After the parade, everyone meets behind the high school for more events and food. In the evening, the Guildwood Village Community Association usually hosts a barbecue (for GVCA members) in the park behind the Guild Inn.

• 2008.6.12: "Free Concerts in the Guild", featuring "Jeffery Moulton". At the Greek Theater behind the Guild Inn, 7:00PM to 8:30PM, weather permitting.

• 2008.6.13: Poplar Road Junior Public School holds its very popular "Strawberry Festival". Activities typically include a barbecue, music, and games for children. 6:00PM.

• 2008.6.5: "Free Concerts in the Guild", featuring "The Tynes". At the Greek Theater behind the Guild Inn, 7:00PM to 8:30PM, weather permitting.

• 2008.7.6: "A Day in the Gardens of Guildwood", annual garden tour. 1:30PM to 5:00PM.

• 2008.8.17: "Guild Alive with Culture" arts festival on the grounds behind the Guild Inn. This is intended to be a combination of the long-running Arts Naturally festival, which was cancelled with much consternation last year, and Voices of the Guild: A Storytelling Festival.

• 2008.9.20: The Guildwood Junior Public School annual "Fall Fest". Events include balloon clown, Toronto Zoo touch table, science fun, craft tables, games, silent auction, and more!

Public Transit

• TTC - Guildwood village is served by bus route 116 Morningside.

  Westbound, the bus runs along Guildwood Parkway, Kingston Road, and Eglinton Avenue, and ends up at the Kennedy Subway station.

  Eastbound, the bus goes along Guildwood Parkway, then turns north on Morningside. Service is relatively frequent during day, with a bus roughly every ten minutes, more frequent during rush hour, less frequent on weekends.

• GO - The community is well-served by the Guildwood GO station at 4105 Kingston Road. Many commuters walk to the station, which can be reached through a tunnel under the tracks. Normally, westbound trains stop at the platform nearest to the station.

  Here is the schedule effective April 27, 2002. Check the posted schedule at the stations to verify times. At Union Station, be sure to check the monitors to determine which platform to go to. Note that during rush hour, not all trains stop at Guildwood.

  	Westbound from Guildwood to Union	Eastbound from Union to Guildwood
  Monday to Friday	0621 0646 0701 0737 0800 0833 0913 1013 1113 1213 1313 1413 1513 1613 1656 1738 1753 1813 1838 1913 2013 2113 2213 2313 0013	0613 0641 0731 0813 0913 1013 1113 1213 1313 1413 1513 1545 1630 1703 1733 1813 1937 2013 2113 2213 2313 0013
  Weekends, Holidays	0713 0813 0913 1013 1113 1213 1313 1413 1513 1613 1713 1813 1913 2013 2113 2213 2313 0013 (Sunday service starts at 1013)	0613 0713 0813 0913 1013 1113 1213 1313 1413 1513 1613 1713 1813 1913 2013 2113 2213 2313 0013 (Sunday service starts at 0913)

  Note the easy-to-remember pattern: Apart from rush hour, trains on the Lakeshore East line leave Union Station and Guildwood Station at 13 minutes past the hour.

• VIA - Most eastbound intercity passenger trains stop at Guildwood station. This is very handy if you're headed towards Kingston, Montréal, or Ottawa.

Politicians

Appropriately enough, Guildwood is part of the Scarborough-Guildwood riding.

Federal MP (Scarborough-Guildwood) - John McKay Liberal.

Provincial MPP (Scarborough-Guildwood) - Margarett Best Liberal.

Municipal counciller, Ward 43 - Paul Ainslie

Elections

No elections currently being contested.

Past Federal Elections

Here are the election results for this area since 1968. First, the results for the riding of Scarborough East:

In 2003, the riding boundaries were changed and Scarborough East was split up. The eastern part became part of the riding of Pickering-Scarborough East. The new riding of Scarborough Guildwood inherited the remainder, plus gained some area to the west. Here are the election results for Scarborough Guildwood:

Past Provincial Elections

Here are the recent election results for the riding of Scarborough East:

Election results for the riding of Scarborough-Guildwood:

Shopping

Plazas

• Guildwood Parkway at Livingston Road - The plaza at the south-west corner of Guildwood Parkway and Livingston Road is the most prominent collection of stores in the Village. The "anchor" store is ValuMart.

  The ValuMart is a great place for shopping. Although it isn't as big as other larger supermarkets further away, it has everything we need. Furthermore, unlike the bigger superstores, this one has a very friendly atmosphere, where our neighbors shop and work. Don't be surprised if you find yourself singing along with the music. I know I'm not the only shopper who does that!

• Livingston Road, south of Guildwood Parkway - This is a small collection of shops, some of which relocated here after their leases at the larger plaza were not renewed by the plaza owner.

• Dearham Wood at Poplar Road - A small strip mall with a couple of convenience stores.

Banks

• CIBC - 95 Guildwood Parkway, in the plaza.

• Bank of Montreal - 71 Livingston Road.

Postal Outlets

• Guildwood Kitchen Food Fair, 97 Guildwood Parkway, in the plaza.