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oncaster Realties Inc. is a real estate brokerage specialising in the sale of lakefront and recreational properties in the central Laurentians around Ste-Agathe-des-Monts. Formed in 1985, it consolidated the experience and clientele of Pat Paré, her son Joseph Graham and her daughter-in-law Sheila Eskenazi. Pat Paré began selling Laurentian real estate in 1962 as the country property expert for Westmount Realties. Joe Graham followed in her footsteps working for Royal Trust in 1981 and Sheila Eskenazi began when Pat Paré retired in 1985.

The role of a real estate agency is to broker the transfer of real property while increasing the desirability of the community to those who have a stake in it. We believe that to do this effectively requires a deep commitment to the community at large.

To that end, a real estate agency needs to identify and promote its market community. We have identified ours as those regions and properties used mainly for recreational, weekend and holiday purposes. In order to promote them, we have studied where their users come from and what values they espouse. This has led us to the discovery of the long history of recreational and complementary uses of our area, and the nature of the many small associations and communities that surround the different lakes and mountains that make up the geography of the region.

We have also discovered a rich and varied past that included the tuberculosis hospitals and the role they played, the many hotels, inns and camps, and the deep roots that we have in Montreal. We have discovered that this is the vacation spot of choice for the so-called Anglophones of Montreal, and we have found that many of our residents identify more strongly with their communities in this region than they do with any other place.

Our goal is the promotion of our shared history and the enhancement of communication and understanding between the communities. In 1987 we helped establish and continue to support an architectural history committee known today as the Ste-Agathe Heritage Committee. Since 1992 we have been publishing the newsletter we created called the Doncaster Ballyhoo. We set it up to keep the English-language community more aware of developments and events in our region. In 1995 we established Canada Day as a regular event on the shore of Lac des Sables. We have actively maintained a role in the Canadian Club, established in the spring of 1995, and have leant our support when we can to the Moisson des Pays-d’en-Haut and to the Fondation médicale des Laurentides.

Please enjoy your visit to our web site. We hope you will see it as a link to the greater Ste-Agathe community.