Lawrence Park Toronto,
is one of Toronto's most affluent residential neighbourhoods.
It is bordered originally by Yonge Street to the west and Bayview Avenue to the east — and from Blythwood Ravine on the south to Lawrence Avenue on the north. Lawrence Park was one of Toronto's first planned garden suburbs, starting in the early part of the 20th century. It did not fully develop until after the Second World War.
Centred on Mount Pleasant Road, the neighbourhood grew slowly with medium-sized houses on narrow but deep lots. There are few commercial businesses, within a five minute walk. The closest grocery stores are close to Yonge and Lawrence. Toronto Transit Commission streetcars ran on Mount Pleasant and Yonge Street until they were replaced by the Yonge subway and buses in the 1970s.
Demographically, the neighbourhood still retains a large anglo-protestant population.
In 1907, Lawrence Park was subdivided as a high-class suburb, and its street names (Cheltenham, St. Ives, Buckingham) suggest the English character that the developers had in mind. Construction proceeded in fits and starts: most of the big old houses went up in the 1920s and ’30s, but the district wasn’t completed until the ’50s.
Larence Park appeal is its proximity to facilities that appeal to the Toronto elite. In the west are Havergal College, a private school for girls, and Lawrence Park Collegiate, one of the better public schools in the city; to the north is The Toronto French School; and Glendon College, the most elegant component of York University, is to the east. The Rosedale Golf Club and The Granite Club are also within reach, and Sherwood Park lies to the south. Park Condominium on Rosewell Ave. Pusater's and Bruno's Fine Foods, boutique style establishments from antique and art galleries to fine restaurants and bistros from Italian to Thai and everything between.
- Average household income: $192,221
- Own vs rent: 71%/29%
- Family households: 68.6%
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