Lansing, Toronto

Lansing
Neighbourhood
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Toronto

Lansing is a neighbourhood in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is defined by the City of Toronto as Lansing-Westgate.

The neighbourhood

Looking east on Sheppard Avenue at the Don River

Formerly a much larger neighbourhood, the neighbourhood of Willowdale now occupies the area to the north. Lansing is now bordered by Yonge Street to the east, Highway 401 to the south, Bathurst Street to the west and Burnett Avenue to the north.

The neighbourhood can even be broken down further with Lansing occupying the northeastern quadrant and Armour Heights the southwest section.

Households

Homes in the neighbourhoods are largely owned and occupied by single families. Many mature pine trees in the neighbourhood and Don River effectively separate Armour Heights and Lansing providing peace and quite even though the neighbourhood is in close proximity to Toronto's Highway 401. Lansing is an interesting area filled with two distinct types of households. The first type are older couples, usually with adult children, living in post-war bungalows, the second, are younger wealthy families living in "rebuilds". The neighbourhood is currently undergoing significant construction as wealthy families buy more bungalows, tear them down and build two-million-dollar houses.

Demographics

According to the 2006 Canadian Census.

• Immigrants - 44%
• Visible Minority - 37%
• Chinese - 11%
• Korean - 6%
• West Asian - 5%
• South Asian - 5%
• Latin American - 3%
• Filipino - 2%
• Black - 2%

Neighbourhood highlights

The Nestle Canada Building in the east end of Lansing.

• The Don Valley Golf Course is one of the finest public courses in the city and is located in the southern section (Armour Heights) of the neighbourhood.
• You will find homes well in excess of 1 million dollars in this area
• Area residents attempted to change the name of the neighbourhood Armour Heights, however it has persisted.
• There are various commercial properties along Sheppard Avenue West, and the east end of Lansing is Yonge Street and near North York Centre where a few large commercial towers can be found.

External links

• http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/cns38.htm