NEIGHBOURHOODS

Slavens & Associates Real Estate Inc., Brokerage 435 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, M5N 1A4 Offi ce: 416.483.4337 Free: 1.877.560.8923 Fax: 416.483.1663 www.slavensrealestate.com LAWRENCE MANOR Area Schools

Elementary Schools Secondary Schools

Baycrest School Sir Sandford Fleming Academy 145 Baycrest Ave 50 Ameer Ave 416-395-2040 416-395-3300 [email protected] sirsanfordfl [email protected] http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/baycrest http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/sirsandfordfl eming

Ledbury Park Elementary & Middle School Year Round Alternative School 95 Falkirk Ave 640 Lawrence Ave W Ist Floor 416-395-2630 416-395-4828 [email protected] [email protected] http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/ledbury Dante Alighiere Academy School Middle School 60 Playfair Ave 50 Highland Hill 416-393-5522 416-395-2620 [email protected] Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/lawrenceheights 125 Chatsworth Dr 416-393-9500 Flemington School [email protected] 10 Flemington Rd www.lawrenceparkci.ca 416-395-2430 fl [email protected] Glenview Sr School http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/fl emington 401 Rosewell Ave 416-393-9390 Our Lady of the Assumption School [email protected] 125 Glenmount Ave 416-393-5265 Loretto Abbey High School 101 Mason Blvd Glen Park Public School 416-393-5510 101 Englemount Ave 416-395-2460 William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute [email protected] 20 Tillplain Rd http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/glenpark 416-395-3330 [email protected] St Margaret School www.wlmac.ca 85 Carmichael Ave 416-393-5249 LAWRENCE MANOR Overview

Avg. Household Income: $92,914.00 Percent of Immigrants: 38.65% Provincial Average: $66,836.00 Provincial Average: 26.85%

Average Number of Kids: 1.2 Percent of Low Income: 17.00% Provincial Average: 1.2 Provincial Average: 14.40%

Average Home Price: $410,699.00 Average Property Taxes: $2,787 Average # of Bedrooms: 3 Common Housing Type: Detached Common House Style: Apartment

Housing People Home Ownership: Owned Population Age: 60+ Period of Construction: 1946-1960 Marital Status: Married Work Life Mode of Transportation: Car Occupation: Sales & Service; Business, Finance & Administration

Source: Demographic information comes from data in the 2000 Canadian Census.Demographic information for this neighbourhood is based on data for the Eglinton-Lawrence Federal Electoral District. Neighbourhood boundaries may differ from those of Federal Electoral Districts.

% of Homes by Housing Type - Lawrence Manor

9%

5%

7% Detached Condo Apt 54% Co-op Apt Att/Row /Tw nhouse Other

25%

% of Homes by Number of Bedrooms - Lawrence Manor % of Homes by Price Sold - Lawrence Manor

30 40 35 25 30 20 25 15 20 10 15

5 10 5 0 Under $250K- $350K- $500K- $750K-1M Over 1M 0 $250K $350K $500K $750K 1 Br 2 Br 3 Br 4 Br 5+ Br

*Source: Toronto Real Estate Board LAWRENCE MANOR Description

Lawrence Manor was farmland from the early Lawrence Manor’s original housing stock was 1800’s until the 1940’s when the built largely between 1951 and 1955. These Mortgage and Housing Corporation purchased houses include detached brick two-storey houses this property for residential development. CMHC as well as split-level homes and bungalows. There serviced this entire subdivision putting in water are also some newer custom built houses in this service, sewers, and roads, before selling off neighbourhood. The lots in Lawrence Manor are individual lots to a number of small builders in the at least thirty feet wide and all the houses have a early 1950’s. The fi rst Lawrence Manor buyers private drive. had to qualify for a CMHC mortgage. These mortgages were for 25 years at a rate of only four Bathurst Street is lined with low and high-rise and a half percent! apartment buildings as well as a recently built luxury condominium apartment building. Cows were still grazing on the north-west corner of Bathurst Street and in 1951 The Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue when the fi rst residents began moving into this intersection is one of the premiere Jewish neighbourhood. Lawrence Plaza was built on the shopping districts in Toronto. Included in this site of this former cow patch in 1960. Lawrence mix are gift shops, bookstores, kosher food Plaza was the largest shopping centre in Toronto, shops, bakeries selling “Montreal style bagels”, when it fi rst opened. It attracted shoppers from delicatessens and restaurants. A handful of all over Toronto and helped put the Lawrence Chinese restaurants are also included in this retail Manor neighbourhood on the map. corridor.

Lawrence Manor is a family oriented The Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue shopping neighbourhood with a predominantly Jewish area is centred around smaller shopping plazas. Orthodox community. Bathurst Street This retail district also features many stores and which forms the eastern boundary of this restaurants that cater to the local community. neighbourhood includes Jewish schools and cultural centres, synagogues, restaurants and Lawrence Plaza, situated on the north-west retail shops. corner of Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue is a popular shopping destination that attracts The dominant landmark in this neighbourhood a local as well as a regional clientele. This plaza is the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care which is especially well known for it’s many outlet and provides hospital and nursing home care. discount stores. Baycrest has undergone a major renovation and expansion of their highly regarded nursing home facilities.

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