Eglinton-Lawrence Federal Electoral District*
includes the following neighbourhoods: Cricket Club, Caribou Park, Lawrence Heights, Lawrence Manor, Bedford Park, Allenby, Lytton Park, Glen Park, Ledbury Park
Overview Avg. Household Income:$92,914.00 Provincial Average:$66,836.00 Low High Percent of Immigrants:38.65 % Provincial Average:26.85 % Low High Average Number of Kids:1.2 Provincial Average:1.2 Low High Percent of Low Income:17.00 % Provincial Average:14.40 % Low High

This District is Unique Because...

This district is unique because a larger number of people or homes have these characteristics than in surrounding districts:

Diversity Languages Spoken - Tagalog (Pilipino) Languages Spoken - Yiddish Languages Spoken - Hebrew Immigrant Place of Birth - Philippines Religion - Jewish Housing Period of Construction - 1946-1960 People Highest Level of Education - University Work Life Mode of Transportation - Public Transit Occupation - Management Occupation - Social science, education, government service and religion

 

 

H  I  S  T  O  R  Y

Allenby was first settled in the 1400's by the Huron Tribe which had a village here until sometime in the early 1700's.

This village is described in Lyman B. Jackes Tales of North Toronto as "a well organized and extensive community that had its centre in an artesian spring of pure water. The spring flowed where the modern water tower rears its head on Roselawn Avenue, just to the west of Avenue Road. The great tribal huts were on the site of the present day Allenby Public School."

Jackes goes on to say that the Allenby school hill is not natural but was man-made, the result of the Huron's practice of burrowing food stocks underground.

The present day neighbourhood was developed when Allenby Public School opened in 1927. The school was named after Lord Allenby, a British World War One hero.

Ed. Note - The water tower Jackes refers to on Roselawn Avenue, is now a police communications tower.

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