Lawrence Park, Toronto
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Lawrence Park is one of Toronto, Ontario, Canada'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.
One of the schools there is Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute.
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