Focus On Corktown

Originally settled by working class immigrants in the early 1800’s, Corktown was in high demand by families from Ireland. Specifically, these families were coming from the County of Cork, which explains how this neighborhood became known as Corktown.

The local breweries or brickyards were where most of the residents found employment. They were very poor families and they could not afford the lofty pew rents at the nearby Cathedral. Because of this, they built their own “Little Trinity Church” in 1843. Little Trinity Church is still standing today at 417 King Street East.

In 1848, The Trinity Schoolhouse (on Trinity Street) was built. It was located just south of Little Trinity Church. This was Toronto’s first “free school”.

The Trinity Schoolhouse on Trinity Street, just south of Little Trinity Church was built in 1848. This was Toronto’s first ‘free school’. Its benefactor was Enoch Turner, a prominent Corktown brewer, and one of Toronto’s great philanthropists.

A century and a half later children and adults are still being educated in the Trinity Schoolhouse, which is now run as a museum designed to replicate a mid-nineteenth century classroom. More on Corktown history.

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