"Exclusive municipalities" are pretty rare in Canada, unlike in the US where a lot of old-line establishmentarian suburbs remained independent.
Montreal is the main exception, where Westmount is (and remains) the most prestigious community, though it feels more like an affluent intown neighborhood. It grew quickly in the early 20th century. Mount Royal and Hampstead were incorporated around WWI, but took a long time to develop and were mostly built up in the postwar years.
Forest Hill (incorporated in 1923, annexed by the city of Toronto in 1967) was a "Westmount" that later got subsumed into the city. Rosedale and Lawrence Park were built up after these areas were annexed by Toronto.
Shaughnessy, as mentioned, was thwarted in its attempts to become a municipality. Though West Vancouver (a post-war suburb, I'm not sure if it was already wealthy before the Lions Gate Bridge was built or more of a small town) still remains independent.
Winnipeg had Tuxedo, but it was tiny and is mostly post-war housing (and amalgamated into Winnipeg in the early 1970s).
Last edited by Docere; May 26, 2023 at 2:50 AM.
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