WILSON, Ewart G. (1881-1941) of Toronto, Ont. was the designer of some of the first multi-unit apartment blocks erected in that city in the early 20th century. Born at Toronto on 26 August 1881 he was the son of David Wilson, a pioneer shoe merchant. Wilson attended Collingwood High School but left there in 1895 and from 1897 to 1908 he worked in Toronto as an apprentice and assistant to J. Francis Brown. He opened his own office in early 1909 and maintained his practice until the late 1930's when he retired. He was briefly in partnership with Franklin E. Belfry in 1923 (see list of works under Belfry & Wilson). Wilson died in Toronto on 29 December 1941 (obituary in the Globe & Mail [Toronto], 30 Dec. 1941, 4; Toronto Star, 30 Dec. 1941, 17; obit. R.A.I.C. Journal, xix, Jan. 1942, 14; inf. from Ontario Association of Architects)
Ewart G. WILSON (Residential works in Toronto)
CASTLE FRANK AVENUE, for D.C. Smith, 1908 (Const., ii, Nov. 1908, 66)
LEUTY AVENUE, near Violet Avenue, pair of houses for Richard Tew, 1908 (Const., ii, Dec. 1908, 65)
HEATH STREET WEST, near Oriole Road, for Samuel B. Hinder, 1909 (C.R., xxii, 30 Dec. 1908, 27)
GEOFFREY STREET, for William N. Dinsmore, 1909 (Const., ii, March 1909, 66; iv, July 1911, 77-8, illus. & descrip.)
WHEELER AVENUE, near Queen Street East, for Martha Logan, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 12 May 1909, 37)
LANGLEY AVENUE, near Broadview Avenue, for Dr. John A. Gallagher, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 12 May 1909, 37)
EDGAR AVENUE, near Glen Road, for William W. Bole, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 16314, 8 July 1909)
BALSAM AVENUE, for William F. Temple, 1910 (Const., iii, July 1910, 120, illus.)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Clarendon Avenue, for William S. Hodgens, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 19756, 12 April 1910)
WARREN ROAD, near St. Clair Avenue West, for William J. Kernohan, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 22809, 15 Aug. 1910)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Clarendon Avenue, for Dr. Frederick J. Capon, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 24550, 21 Nov. 1910; Const., vii, June 1914, 284, illus.)
FAIRVIEW BOULEVARD, for Dr. J.A. Gallagher, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 25061, 24 Jan. 1911)
MARION STREET, near Roncesvalles Avenue, for William H. Bagshaw, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 25105, 31 Jan. 1911)
FAIRVIEW BOULEVARD, for J.C. Sloan, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 25974, 29 March 1911)
LYNWOOD AVENUE, for John T. Eastwood, 1911 (Const., iv, Sept. 1911, 81, illus.)
WELLESLEY STREET EAST, near Sackville Street, for Eli Wickett, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 20 Dec. 1911, 62)
BINSCARTH ROAD, near Glen Road, for Thomas Langton, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 37685, 23 Sept. 1912)
HEATH STREET WEST, at Oriole Road, for Samuel B. Hinder, 1921 (Toronto b.p. 42792, 30 Aug. 1921)
BLOOR STREET EAST, near Sherbourne Street, for Dr. Harry Clendenning, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 28 Feb. 1923, 50)
INGLEWOOD DRIVE, for H. J. Pendlebury, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 19 Nov. 1924, 1158, illus. & descrip.)
ETOBICOKE, for C.W. Lyon, Goswell Road near Burnamthorpe Road, 1938 (Building in Canada, March 1938, 71, illus.)
Ewart G WILSON (Apartment blocks and other works in Toronto)
ULSTER APARTMENTS, Grange Avenue at Esther Street, for A.R. Williamson, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 46l5, 11 July 1906)
BRUNSWICK AVENUE, at Lowther Avenue, apartment block for W.B. Charlton, 1908 (Toronto b.p. 11257, 1 June 1908)
EUCLID AVENUE, at Ulster Street, apartment block for J.D. Allen, 1908 (Toronto b.p. 13481, 2 Dec. 1908)
SIMPSON AVENUE, near Broadview Avenue, parsonage for Rev. W. Ernest Baker, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 12 May 1909, 37)
WELLESLEY STREET EAST, at Homewood Avenue, apartment block for W.B. Charlton, 1910; demol. (Toronto b.p. 19859, 18 April 1910)
SIMPSON AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH, addition of a Sunday School, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 2015, 11 Feb. 1913)
PUBLIC UTILITIES RECREATION CLUB, Bond Street at Shuter Street, a three storey clubhouse block, 1924; still standing in 2022 (Toronto b.p. 71506, 3 June 1924)
(with Thomas D. Rankin, Toronto) SMITH'S FALLS, ONT., Record-News Newspaper Co., Russell Street, office and printing plant, 1925 (Daily Standard [Kingston], 29 May 1925, 8, descrip.)
BROADVIEW MANSIONS APARTMENTS, Broadview Avenue at Tennis Crescent, 1926-27; still standing in 2024 (Toronto Daily Star, 27 Aug. 1926, 3, illus.; Toronto b.p. 91370, 19 July 1926; and Toronto b.p. A305, 29 June 1927; C.R., xli, 21 Dec. 1927, 48)
DONLANDS DAIRY LTD., Donlands Avenue at Gowan Avenue, 1932 (C.R., xliv, 17 Feb. 1932, 50)
YORK TOWNSHIP NEIGHBOURHOOD WORKERS ASSOC., Keele Street at Aileen Avenue, 1941 (dwgs. at OA, Dept. of Labour Coll.)