The Historic Lick House at 1635 Dundas Street East in Whitby, Ontario was converted into a Nursing Home in the 1950s.  In 1967, it was purchased by Maxwell Leroy, Sunnycrest’s founder.  Sunnycrest began as a 36-bed Nursing Home.  Mr. Leroy then built an addition onto the existing facility in 1973.  This expanded Sunnycrest into a 98-bed Nursing Home.  A further expansion in 1983 brought Sunnycrest to its present state: a 136-bed Nursing Home which has been serving the Durham Region for over 45 years.