Housing

The company built houses for its workers keeping in the spirit of the garden city. The plan was for over 100 utilitarian mostly semi-detached homes to be built; 68 were completed. Most still stand on streets like Randolph, Sutherland, Airdrie, Rumsey and Kenrae. Some were built using the same bright red brick that defined the offices and factories of Canada Wire and Cable, which took up the large block that is now occupied by SmartCentres Leaside, at Laird Drive and Wicksteed Avenue.

Canada Wire and Cable was the earliest and most successful factory in Leaside. Built in 1914 it first produced artillery shells for the war and gained a reputation for making them faster and more efficiently and economically than any other similarly sized munitions factory.

The majority of Leaside residences were built in the 1930s, by reputable builders who defined the Leaside architectural character, predominantly Tudor and Georgian revival styles.

Acknowledgments: Leaside 110 Committee; Leaside Life Toronto Public Library, Leaside Branch. Created by Mitchell Bubulj and Victoria Bubulj.

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