| Brief history | | | | divided into its respective parts by Vaughan Road, with |
| Like many neighbourhoods in eastern Canada, the | | | | Cedarvale to the northeast and Humewood to the |
| community of Cedarvale was a private plot of land | | | | southwest. |
| owned by one man, Sir Henry Mill Pellat, who was the | | | | Cedarvale itself has two public school, Cedarvale |
| builder of Casa Loma (a huge castle-like house in | | | | Community School and Arlington Middle School, which |
| Toronto that is a major tourist attraction). Pellat | | | | have students registered from grades kindergarten to |
| originally intended the area to be a closed community | | | | nine. Two public schools, Vaughan Road CI and Forest |
| when he began to develop it in 1912. Due to decreasing | | | | Hill CI, are located on Vaughan and Eglinton. |
| funds from the costs of Casa Loma as well as a | | | | Over two thirds of the population of Cedarvale is of |
| plunging real estate market during World War I, the | | | | Jewish background, making it the highest proportional |
| only extant reminder of this dream are a couple of | | | | neighbourhood in this aspect in Toronto. As a result, |
| columns located at the intersection of Bathurst Street | | | | two major religious sites are landmarks in the area, |
| and Claxton Boulevard. | | | | Holy Blossom Temple and Beth Tzedec Synagogue. |
| A public relations concern was created in 1966 when | | | | There are also two private Jewish schools in the |
| the Spadina Exressway was to be built through the | | | | neighbourhood, United Synagogue and Leo Baeck Day |
| area. In fact, several houses were reclaimed by the | | | | School, both located on Bathurst Street. |
| government and the cedars which gave the area its | | | | One of the key features of Cedarvale is the |
| name were removed for the project, but the public | | | | Cedarvale ravine which runs through the |
| outcry was such that in 1974 the city decided to halt | | | | neighbourhood, off of Bathurst and parallel to Vaughan. |
| the expressway at Eglinton. | | | | This ravine was named for the many cedars that |
| Cedarvale Today | | | | used to grow along the bottom, and houses |
| The Cedarvale neighbourhood in Toronto is one half of | | | | overlooking the site are among the priciest in the |
| the Humewood-Cedarvale community. This area is | | | | neighbourhood. Cedarvale includes a wide range of |
| bordered by Bathurst Street to the west, Eglinton | | | | house prices, from $200,000 and up, with everything |
| Avenue to the north, Arlington Avenue to the west | | | | from starter homes to varying styles suitable to the |
| and St. Clair Avenue to the south. The community is | | | | tastes of practically any home buyer. |