What's Happening This Week In Etobicoke

June 3 2025

Jun 04, 2025

Etobicoke York Community Council – Meeting 23
Date: Wednesday June 4
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Etobicoke Civic Centre and online via YouTube
Full Agenda

The next meeting of Etobicoke York Community Council is coming up, and there are a number of items on the agenda that relate directly to Etobicoke Wards 1, 2, and 3. From zoning changes to traffic calming and tree removal requests, here’s a quick roundup of what’s being discussed this week.

EY23.18 – Elms-Old Rexdale Neighbourhood Streets Plan
A traffic management plan is up for discussion
EY23.25 – 101 Westmore Drive – Fire Route Designation
Updates to designated fire routes

Ward 2 – Etobicoke Centre

EY23.21 – Poynter Drive and Stapleton Drive – U-Turn Prohibitions & Parking Amendments
Proposed changes to improve traffic safety in the neighbourhood

Ward 3 – Etobicoke–Lakeshore

Development & Planning Applications:

EY23.4 – 1025 The Queensway – Zoning By-law Amendment
EY23.5 – 1230 The Queensway – Zoning By-law Amendment
EY23.6 – 1122 Islington Avenue – Zoning By-law Amendment
EY23.7 – 3807–3815 & 3819–3829 Lake Shore Blvd W – Official Plan & Zoning Amendments
EY23.8 – Rental Housing Demolition Application for the same site as above
EY23.9 – 105 Thirty First Street – Zoning By-law Amendment
EY23.10 – 3471 Lake Shore Blvd W – Zoning By-law Amendment
EY23.11 – 5507–5509 Dundas Street West – Noise Area Classification

Neighbourhood & Infrastructure:

EY23.13 & EY23.14 – Applications to Remove City Trees
14 Atherton Crescent and 12 Monkton Avenue.
EY23.19 – Sunnylea and The Kingsway – Traffic Calming and All-Way Stops
EY23.22 – Earlington Avenue & Dundas Street West – Construction Staging Area Extension
EY23.23 – 3755 Bloor Street West – Construction Staging Area
EY23.24 – St. Albans Road – Parking Amendments
EY23.26 – Lemonade for Love - A community initiative listed as a new item on the agenda

How to Get Involved

If there’s something on the agenda that matters to you, there’s still time to share your thoughts or request to speak at the meeting.

Email etcc@toronto.ca with:

Your name
The item number (e.g. EY23.7)

Your comments or request to speak

Community Council meetings are an important step in shaping what happens in Etobicoke—from planning applications to traffic changes and neighbourhood issues. We’ll continue to share highlights right here in The Etobicoke Voice, so you can stay up to date and engaged with what’s being discussed in your part of the city.

If you can’t tune in live, the meeting will be recorded and available to watch later on the City of Toronto’s YouTube channel.

Grilled Cheese, Big Crowds, and Local Fun in New Toronto

Get ready, the 8th annual Lakeshore Village Grilled Cheese Challenge returns this Saturday, June 7, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and it’s shaping up to be the biggest one yet.

With an expected 40,000 attendees, this one-day street festival is Ontario’s only grilled cheese competition, bringing together local businesses, food lovers, and sandwich champions from across the province. Stretching along Lake Shore Blvd West between Islington (7th Street) and 2nd Street, the event will feature road closures throughout the day, so plan ahead if you're driving.

There’s something for everyone — live music, kids’ activities, vendor booths, and of course, plenty of cheesy creations to taste. Proceeds will support Women’s Habitat, and the event is hosted by the Lakeshore Village BIA.

Follow the excitement at @grilledcheesechallenge on Instagram or visit www.grilledcheesechallenge.ca for details.

A Message From Our Friends At Etobicoke Climate Action

This year, Toronto is honoured to be North America's host city for World Environment Day. The theme is #BeatPlasticPollution.

Our friends at Live Green Toronto were given very short notice, but have done a great job of arranging for live music by local artists, tasty food, eco-friendly exhibitors, family activities, and a tree giveaway!
Hosted by special guest, Candice Batista, eco-expert from The Marilyn Denis Show.

This is a fantastic opportunity for us to show up in droves and show the City and province how much Torontonians care about the environment.

Mark your calendars. If you already have plans, change them. Bring your friends and family, your pets and your pride and let’s push the crowds to fill out not just the park, but the whole area – from Ossington all the way to Bathurst! Put on your eco-bling, break out the swag, and let’s make a huge – HUGE - party of it!
Let there be no doubt that the environment is a priority for Toronto!

Let’s Talk Education - A Parent-Led Meeting on TDSB Budget Cuts

Monday June 9
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Silverthorn CI Library – 291 Mill Road

Something is shifting in our schools.

Across Etobicoke Centre, parents are seeing it—class sizes creeping up, extracurriculars disappearing, special education supports stretched too thin. These aren't isolated frustrations. They're symptoms of a deeper, more concerning issue: a growing gap between what our schools need and what they’re being given.

And like so many other issues in our city, when systems start to break down, it’s local parents who step up.

That’s why we’re inviting you to join a special meeting on Monday June 9 at 7:00 PM at Silverthorn Collegiate Institute. It’s being organized by local School Council members (who are local parents) who believe it’s time to come together—across schools, across neighbourhoods—to talk openly and honestly about how education funding is failing our kids.

This isn’t a formal TDSB event or a town hall with talking points. It’s a grassroots gathering of parents who care. And we’re fortunate to be joined by two people who know this issue inside and out:

Dan MacLean, our TDSB Trustee, will walk us through the current budget situation—what cuts have already happened and what more may be coming.
Chris Glover, MPP for Spadina–Fort York and former TDSB Trustee for Etobicoke Centre (2010–2018), will provide insight from Queen’s Park, speaking to how decisions at the provincial level are shaping the reality in classrooms across Toronto.

We’ll start with brief updates from both speakers, then open the floor for questions and discussion. There will be time to share concerns, ideas, and—just as importantly—strategies for staying connected and taking action together.

Whether you're a long-time School Council member or a parent just starting to tune in, you’re welcome in this space.

We’re proud Silverthorn CI is hosting this gathering. It’s just one meeting to start with but it’s part of a bigger story—of parents refusing to be silent while public education is devalued.

To RSVP, just reply to this email or email us at TheEtobicokeVoice@gmail.com

Let’s keep building community—and building pressure.
Hope to see you there.

Etobicoke Community Conversations - Community Safety Town Hall

To register for the next Etobicoke Voice Town Hall please click here

Join local hosts Jennifer Alexander and Noel Semple for an evening of real talk on Community Safety!

Ask questions about finding positive solutions and learning about who can help!

This event is another Town Hall presented by The Etobicoke Voice - Etobicoke Community Conversations Series.

For more information email TheEtobicokeVoice@gmail.com

Have a great week and let us know if something is happening in your community!

The Etobicoke Voice