Shane Baghai
With a prolific resumeé of projects and the development of Leaside Manor, Shane Baghai has maintained a dominant role in the development industry and has no plans to slow down.
After living in Britain for a decade, Mr. Baghai felt almost at home there. Born in Iran, his father, who owned a trucking business, sent Mr. Baghai to boarding school and university in England. A pamphlet about Canada struck a chord with Mr. Baghai and he moved to Toronto in 1973 with his wife and two children. He entered the real estate business and soon became one of Canada’s largest builders of luxury homes.
Main Contributions
- Donations
- $300,000 for a chair in surgical oncology at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
- $150,000 for a diagnosis sharing system
- $300,000 to the University of Toronto for graduate scholarships in English literature
- More than $3-million to the Hospital for Sick Children and Princess Margaret Hospital
- Some rewards and positions since 2001
- Chairman – International Housing Tour Committee – 4 years
- ONHWP – “Excellent Rating” – 17 years in a row
- Member of the Municipal Liaison Committee – city of North York
- Sponsor of Princess Margaret Hospital fundraising
- Doctoral award assumption University of Windsor – 2007
- Recipient of 2006 Local Hero in Global Village Award Ort – Canada
- Inducted into the Builders Hall of Fame – 2002
- ONHWP – President Award – 1989, 1999, 2000, 2001
