ABC Residents Association

The ABC Residents Association is a volunteer organization committed to enhancing the quality of life in our neighbourhood through participation in municipal issues. We serve the residents living in Toronto’s Yorkville/North Midtown community.


ABCRA 2026 AGM Agenda

Join us for an evening that’s about much more than business! Come say hello to our new Councillor Mike Layton, enjoy music, and share ideas about the future of our community.

And don’t forget to bring donations for The Avenue Road Food Bank.

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Yonge Street Cavalcade of Lights is the place to be this Saturday! 

Don’t miss this Saturday’s neighbourhood fun! Rosedale Main Street is ready to celebrate the holiday season with its annual Cavalcade of Lights. Come out for an afternoon of fun for the whole family.
Existing 3 storey brick building and proposed 39-storey glass and steel building.

ABC Residents Association victory at the OLT!

It’s easy to think that you can’t win at City Hall – or the OLT – but ABC’s recent victory at the Ontario Land Tribunal is proof that opposing inappropriate developments and continuing to believe in the power of communities to shape the city of Toronto is worth the effort.

“No amount of massing refinements and architectural design can cure the fundamental flaw with respect to the 39-storey height of the Proposed Development, which does not conform to the City’s OP, the Downtown Plan, and the SASP 211*. Although there is a broad provincial policy which is supportive of intensification, this does not confer an unfettered right to height.”

~ Jean-Pierre Blais, Vice Chair of the Ontario Land Tribunal

Call for nominations & volunteers 

It’s your Residents Association and it depends on its Volunteers. 

You can help improve our community by serving on the Board of Directors, helping out regularly as a street representative, or just occasionally on special projects and committees. You’ll be contributing to making our community a better place to live.

Rowanwood Avenue transmission watermain construction

Work on the next phase of the project began in August, starting with excavation and launch shaft construction at the intersection of Thornwood Road and Rowanwood Avenue. Barricades are installed at the intersection of Thornwood Road and Rowanwood Avenue, restricting access to Thornwood Road from Rowanwood Avenue until launch shaft construction is finished.

Time to kick back and enjoy a great Toronto-inspired read

The Toronto Book Awards honours authors whose books are inspired by the city. Established in 1974, the awards celebrate literary excellence and recognize works that deepen understanding of Toronto’s people, places, histories and diverse communities.

Jets at Toronto’s Island Airport will reverse decades of urban rejuvenation

Two veteran planners – Ron Soskolne & Howard Cohen – explain why the proposed expansion will reverse decades of urban rejuvenation on the waterfront.

The Heliconian Literary Lecture Series is celebrating its 30th Anniversary!

This delightful program delivers 16 lectures from September 2026 to May 2027. It features a range of favourite authors and impressive newcomers whose content is timely, informative, and entertaining. Both fiction and non-fiction works are included. In-person lectures are filling quickly!

The trap of removing speed cameras

City data from such signs within 200 metres of fixed-location cameras were analyzed by The Globe and Mail. The results show that the number of people driving more than 15 kilometres an hour above the limit near the cameras dropped more than it did city-wide while the cameras were in place, then started to rise again once they were gone.

ABCRA welcomes Dr. Danielle Martin, the new Liberal MP for University–Rosedale

Congratulations on your election as the Member of Parliament for University-Rosedale. We look forward to working constructively together in the years ahead.
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