Little Jamaica Pioneer Monica Lewis Remembered - The Caribbean Camera

Monica Lewis, entrepreneur at heart of Toronto’s Little Jamaica, dies

Monica Lewis’ industriousness and respect for others endeared her to many in Toronto’s Little Jamaica community — a neighbourhood the trailblazing entrepreneur helped build through her business, Monica’s Beauty Salon and Cosmetic Supplies, on Eglinton Avenue West, near Oakwood Avenue in Canada.The beloved matriarch passed away in her sleep on May 20. Her son, Junior Lewis, says that, in their last conversation, she told him that she had spoken t…

Little Jamaica Pioneer Monica Lewis Remembered - The Caribbean Camera

Community Mourns Little Jamaica Business Trailblazer By Neil Armstrong Monica Lewis, the trailblazing entrepreneur of the longstanding Monica’s Beauty Salon and Cosmetic Supplies in Little Jamaica, demanded respect and honoured respect; you had to respect her. That’s how her son, Junior Lewis, is remembering his late mother who passed away in her sleep on May 20 at 85 and was a pillar of the Eglinton West community. In their last conversation sh…