Index for 1889 to 2001 Might directory entries for HUMBER BAY

For reason explained in the notes below, the data has been broken into two sections as directory form changes drastically in 1930.
Data after 1922 is copyright Might Directories.

1923 to 1926 Street directories (with address & occupant) FUTURE
1889 to 1929 Humber Bay directories
1930 to 2001 Street directories
The following version has been aggressively corrected and has some unusual punctuation.
1889 to 1929 Humber Bay directories
Long notes on 1889 to 1929
Excel spreadsheet with 1899ff personal and company data
Employment data by trade and year

Notes for all subpages

Proof-reading and correction has slightly altered the Might text. Might used fairly narrow columns which required some entries to be broken into multiple lines. I have tried to eliminate those line breaks. SPELLING CORRECTIONS: I have tried to correct OCR errors. I have corrected many printer and canvasser spelling errors. Some errors are not easily correctable e.g (Banyal Coleman versus Banyai Coleman; Legg vs Legge). "Humber Crest" has been changed to "Humbercrest". Correction method for all pages was by comparing the OCR results with images of the original pages. Correction emphasized street number, proper names and telephone numbers. For some difficult situations, data from other years influenced the emendations. Around 1970 entries for homes and apartments sometimes included symbols which indicated the number of bedrooms and other things. These symbols have been either deleted or replaced by the at sign.

YEARA/YEARZ line indicate the begin/end of data for a specific year.

DATA FORMAT: I have chosen to maintain and publish a master copy as a single HTML page. My reason was that so special characters can be displayed and the data could be transferred to an e-book. An E-book would have the advantage of one chapter per year with a table of contents. For those researchers who need text, I recommend copying the data from a web browser to a line-at-a-time text editor. Various fancy search techniques are then somewhat easier than with a webpage.

Short notes on 1889 to 1929 Might's directory extracts.

Charles Goad published detailed maps of the city of Toronto and some suburbs. These maps were complied for fire insurance purposes and were leased to users. Nathan Ng has assembled a large set of these maps. They can be found here:
Goad atlas website
I have cropped and compressed the three plates from Goad's 1924 atlas which show Humber Bay subdivisions. Click on the graphic index below to see one of the three Humber Bay plates.

Street names in Humber Bay are moderately volatile. I have compiled a list of 48 street names which either appear in Goad maps or Might directories from 1924/1929. Twelve of these streets have vanished; nine have the same name in 2017 Google Maps as they did in 1929. The remaining twenty seven streets have changed name. This table attempts to catalog the changes.