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I think Garden City is more akin to Bathurst Manor than Bayview - which was considered "state of the art" middle class Jewish suburbia in the 1960s. It's as if Bathurst was replaced by Bayview as the main corridor of Jewish residence.

Keep in mind that Toronto's Jewish community received a lot of post-war immigration, while Winnipeg is overwhelmingly the descendants of early 20th century immigrants. In Toronto, Forest Hill and York Mills are dominated by established non-Orthodox Jews with multigenerational roots (similar to River Heights and Tuxedo in that sense), while most of the Bathurst Corridor north of Eglinton has an Orthodox and/or immigrant character.

Toronto Jews were also more positioned in the "favored quarter" earlier. Forest Hill, the western end of the "favored quarter" was located directly north of the College-Spadina-Kensington area that was the heart of the Jewish community ca. 1930. Affluent Jews were already moving there in the 1930s and early 1940s and after WWII the bulk of the community began moving into Forest Hill and adjacent North York.

In contrast, Winnipeg Jews started in the North End, then moved to the northern suburbs. The more desirable sections of the city in the south, so initially the affluent were further away from the heart of the community.