Senator O'Connor College School

at 60 Rowena Dr, Toronto,ON, Toronto , M3A 3R2 Canada

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Senator O'Connor College School is a Separate high school in the Parkwoods neighbourhood in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is named after Senator Frank O'Connor, founder of the Laura Secord chocolate company. The school is part of the Toronto Catholic District School Board and was originally named as John J. Lynch High School. It has 1,381 students as of 2017, and was ranked 272 of 676 secondary schools in the 2014-15 Fraser Institute School Report Card.HistoryThe storyFrank Patrick O'Connor was a Canadian politician, businessman, philanthropist. He was the founder of Laura Secord Chocolates and Fanny Farmer, and the namesake behind O'Connor Drive in Toronto. He is the son of Mary Eleanor McKeown and Patrick O'Connor, O'Connor quit school at the age of 14 and started working at Canadian General Electric in Peterborough. He married Mary Ellen Hayes and moved with her to Toronto in 1912. He opened the Laura Secord Candy Store on Yonge Street in 1913 as he expanded the store across Canada and into the United States where it was known as Fanny Farmer Candy Stores.

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Senator O'Connor College School is Toronto based place and this enity listed in Education category. Located at 60 Rowena Dr, Toronto,ON ON M3A 3R2.