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On 6 May 2019, Toronto Fire was called to the Jones Avenue Adult Centre just before 5 p.m. where Capt. David Eckerman told CBC News heavy smoke had filled the building's third floor. Seven construction workers had been on the roof of the building at the time the flames broke out and had to be rescued using ladders, Chief Matthew Pegg said.
At the height of the fire, the building's roof was compromised as flames spread upward, Eckerman told CBC News. Hydro and gas services were also turned off when one of the propane tanks that couldn't be removed from the roof rolled toward the flames.
By 10 p.m. Eckerman said the blaze had been downgraded extensively, though it remained a working fire with seven or eight trucks still on the scene trying to knock it down.
Investigators are still looking to determine the cause and circumstances of the fire, he said.
No injuries have been reported.
1909: School board bought 5 acres of land for $12 500, fronting onto Jones Avenue.
1910: Name changed from Jones Avenue Public School to Earl Grey School, named after the 4th Earl Grey who was Canada's 9th Governor-General. School was a 1-storey building with 6 rooms designed by C.H. Bishop.
1911: Building has 8 rooms
1912: 12 rooms 1913: Second and third floors completed, building now had 19 rooms.
1919-1920: West wing designed by Eustace Godfrey Bird added at the rear of the school, now consisted of 27 rooms.
1922: 30 rooms
1951-52: Became a senior public school
1953: New gymnasium with a stage
1962: New building opens.
1965: The 1910 building became Jones Avenue Adult Education. In 1969, Blake Street Public School temporarily uses the old building.
1985: Old building used as Jones Avenue New Canadian School
| Year | Architect | Builder | Style |
| 1919 | Eustace G. Bird |
