Don Mills

Don Mills is a new town and neighbourhood in Toronto, Canada, recognized as the first planned and fully integrated post-war community developed by private enterprise in North America. It is credited with being the blueprint for post-war suburban development in Toronto and contemporary residential neighbourhoods.

The project to create the Don Mills community was announced on March 11, 1953 by its financial backer, businessman E.P. Taylor. It was initially to be called Yorktown,[1] and built on about 8.35 square kilometres (2,100 acres) of farmland centred at the intersection of Don Mills Road and Lawrence Avenue East. Development was headed by the Taylor-owned Don Mills Development Company with an expected cost of $200 million. Taylor had acquired the land over the previous six years in anticipation of a lucrative business opportunity. He was right, as Don Mills became an immediate critical and commercial success.

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