Reesor trumpeted Malvern as the future "Capital of Scarborough," anticipating that the Grand Trunk Railway would extend a branch line through here.
However, when the Grand Trunk Railway began service to this area in 1871, it bypassed Malvern in favour of the neighbouring village of Agincourt.
The congregation, reorganized and renamed Malvern Emmanuel United Church, was relocated to 25 Sewells Road in the 1980s, until it closed in 2020, and the building razed in January 2021.
In the late 1950s, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation expropriated Malvern's farms to build a "model community" of affordable homes.
[6] Further raids, and the implementation of Project Pathfinder would result in arrests of the Malvern Crew's rival gang, the "Galloway Boys", in West Hill.
The former S.S. #3 Schoolhouse, serving the Malvern area, built in 1872 stood on 1-acre (4,000 m2) of land purchased from George Pearson,[4] is still standing today at 5810 Finch Avenue East.
[8] They have also made a motion that the current study should include the addition of a station where the existing line crosses Brimley Road.
[10] It recommended upgrading the line to handle larger ART Mark II vehicles, at a cost of $360 million (2006 dollars).
On June 15, 2007, the Ontario government had released MoveOntario 2020, a plan that would fund 52 different transit projects throughout Toronto and Hamilton for the cost of $17.5 billion, including the Scarborough RT extension to Sheppard Avenue, which would meet the proposed Sheppard East LRT line, also to be funded by MoveOntario 2020.
[12] The Scarborough Malvern LRT line, part of the TTC's Transit City plan, would run for 15 km, estimated to account for 14 million trips in 2021.
The Varsity reported that the students had held up their part of the bargain and resented that the city dropped plans to build the LRT lines.
The proposed plan would include a new 16,616 square-metre public park immediately abutting the existing forested area.
Major ethnic populations (2016): Climate data is from Buttonville Municipal Airport located 12.48 km (7.75 mi) west.