Neighbourhood Guides · Updated August 7, 2026 · 16 min read

The 25 Best Neighbourhoods in Toronto in 2026

The best neighbourhoods in Toronto split cleanly by what you are optimising for. Rosedale, Forest Hill, and Lawrence Park hold the prestige and the price tags. Leaside, High Park, and Riverdale are the family answers. King West and Liberty Village are where young professionals land. The Junction, Danforth, and The Beaches are where the remaining value sits.

Below are all twenty-five, with TRREB sale prices by property type, rent by unit size from bachelor to three bedroom, Walk Scores, and the thing most guides leave out: who each neighbourhood is genuinely wrong for. Switch the guide to Renting and it filters on monthly rent for the bedroom count you actually need instead of a purchase price you may never pay.

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How we picked these twenty-five

We started from the neighbourhoods that recur across the guides currently ranking for this question, then added prices and an honest downside for each.

Toronto Life, Zolo, RankMyAgent, Harvey Kalles, Golden Bee Homes, Canadian Affair and Google’s own AI Overview broadly agree on a core set: Rosedale, Forest Hill, Lawrence Park, The Annex, Leaside, Leslieville, Riverdale, High Park, The Beaches, Yorkville, King West and Cabbagetown appear again and again. We kept all of them.

What we added that the other guides do not have

Almost every Toronto neighbourhood list has two problems. The first is that they are uniformly positive, which makes them useless for actually narrowing a shortlist, because every option sounds good. The second is that most contain no prices at all, so you cannot tell whether an area is even in range.

The most cited data-driven ranking, Toronto Life’s, is now three years old and predates the correction that has taken about 5.4 percent off Toronto prices in the last twelve months.

So each entry below carries sale prices by property type straight from TRREB’s community report, rent at every unit size, a Walk Score, a note on what the rental market is actually like, and a “who it’s wrong for” line. Use the filters to cut the list to your budget and household rather than reading all twenty-five.

Each card also answers the questions people actually put to Google about that neighbourhood — is it safe, is it overpriced, is it gentrifying — taken from the People Also Ask block on the search results for it.

All 25 Toronto neighbourhoods, filtered

Start by choosing Buying or Renting. Buyers then pick condo or house and a unit size — studio, 1, 2 or 3 bed for a condo, 2 to 5+ bed for a house — and the budget slider follows that choice. Renters pick a bedroom count and filter on monthly rent instead. Neighbourhoods with an underlined name link through to local agent listings.

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1. Bayview Village

Walk Score 69 · Somewhat walkable

Mid-century North York with a subway and a genuinely good mall

The cheapest way into a subway-served Toronto neighbourhood on the condo side, wrapped around a mall that is better than it has any right to be, with East Don parkland along its eastern edge and mid-century bungalows on unusually deep lots.

Known for: Bayview Village Shopping Centre and large-lot mid-century bungalows

1 bed condo: $522K
Typical house: $1.84M
Typical condo: $522K
Transit: Bayview on Line 4, connecting to Line 1 at Sheppard-Yonge

Where Bayview Village is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Families who want space, green edges and a downtown commute on Line 4 and Line 1, and condo buyers looking for the lowest entry price of any subway-served Toronto neighbourhood.

Wrong for: Anyone who wants to be car free, and buyers looking for street life — the retail is a mall, not a high street.

Pros

Lowest condo median of any subway-served neighbourhood on this list, about $522,000 in TRREB's 2026 Q1 report
Bayview Village Shopping Centre is genuinely upscale rather than a commodity mall
East Don parkland on the doorstep, and a consistently low reported crime rate

Cons

Walk Score of 69: you will drive for most things other than the commute
The 401 and rail corridor edges are noticeably noisier than the interior streets
Mid-century bungalows on large lots are being replaced by much larger builds, changing the streetscape

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $376K
1 bed: $522K
2 bed: $710K
3 bed: $929K

Records carry one condo benchmark, treated as the 1 bed; other sizes are scaled by a single national size spread. Relative ranking between neighbourhoods is reliable, a figure for one specific size is an estimate.

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,700/mo; -$400 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,100/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,370/mo; +$270 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,790/mo; +$690 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $25,200. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C15 · Bayview Village

Sales: 72
Average price: $892.22K
Sale to list: 98%
Days on market: 40

Detached: $2.25M
Condo townhouse: $877K
Condo apartment: $598K

Average sale price by property type, TRREB Community Housing Market Report, 2026 Q1. TRREB suppresses any property type with two or fewer transactions in the quarter, so a type missing here means too little activity to report, not no demand.

Living here

Walk Score69

Transit Score74

Bike Score62

Safety: Consistently among the lowest reported crime rates in Toronto, and regularly named in safest-neighbourhood lists. Low density, residential and affluent, which is the pattern behind those numbers everywhere.
Restaurants & bars: Concentrated in and around Bayview Village Shopping Centre and along Sheppard, with a broader Korean and Persian restaurant scene toward Yonge and Finch.
Shops & retail: Bayview Village Shopping Centre is the anchor and is genuinely upscale, with Pusateri's and Loblaws for groceries. There is no traditional high street.
Renting here: Almost entirely condo rentals around Bayview and Sheppard, at the lowest rents of any subway-served part of the city. Newer buildings, small units and a large investor-owned share, so turnover is high.

Safety notes describe an area’s character and reputation. We do not publish per-neighbourhood crime statistics: reported rates track density, commercial activity and reporting behaviour more than they predict any individual’s experience.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: East Don Parkland, Bayview Village Park, Rean Park and the ravine trails
Libraries: Bayview branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Bayview Village Park tennis and rink, Oriole Community Centre, the Don trail network
Groceries & markets: Loblaws and Pusateri's at Bayview Village, Metro at Sheppard and Leslie
Schools: Elkhorn Public, Bayview Middle School, Earl Haig Secondary catchment nearby

Bayview Village: what people ask

Is Bayview Village a good place to live?

For a quiet, green, transit-served pocket of North York it is very good: Bayview station on Line 4, the East Don parkland, and one of the better school catchments in the area. It is suburban in feel and you will use a car for most things other than the commute.

What is Bayview Village known for?

Bayview Village Shopping Centre — a genuinely upscale mall that anchors the area — and mid-century ranch bungalows and split-levels on unusually large lots, many of which are now being replaced by larger builds.

How much are homes in Bayview Village?

TRREB's 2026 Q1 figures show a median detached sale of about $1.84 million and a median condo apartment of roughly $522,000 — one of the lowest condo medians of any subway-served Toronto neighbourhood, reflecting the volume of newer supply around Sheppard and Bayview.

Is Bayview Village safe?

It reports consistently low crime and is regularly named among the safest areas in the city. Low density, residential, affluent — the usual pattern. The 401 and rail line edges are noisier and less pleasant than the interior streets.

How bad is traffic in Bayview Village?

Bad at the Sheppard and Bayview intersection and on the 401 ramps, which is the standard local complaint. The counterweight is that Line 4 and Line 1 make a downtown commute entirely doable without driving, at roughly 35 minutes to Union.

Families
Best value
Investors

2. Liberty Village

Walk Score 93 · Walker's paradise

Converted warehouses and mid-rise condos in a self-contained pocket

The most accessible downtown-adjacent condo market for first time buyers, with brick-and-beam conversions, a dense amenity base, and Exhibition GO for regional commutes.

Known for: Brick-and-beam loft conversions and a dense young professional population

1 bed condo: $540K
Typical house: $1.33M
Typical condo: $540K
Transit: 504 and 511 streetcars, Exhibition GO

Where Liberty Village is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: First time buyers and renters who want a downtown-adjacent condo with amenities on site, and who commute by GO or work from home rather than fighting the streetcar.

Wrong for: Families needing schools, and anyone whose commute depends on the 504 or 511 at rush hour, when crowding is genuinely bad.

Pros

The most accessible downtown-adjacent entry point for first time buyers
Exhibition GO makes regional commuting straightforward
Self-contained with gyms, groceries, restaurants, and services on site

Cons

Notoriously isolated by rail corridors on multiple sides
Brutal streetcar crowding at rush hour
A young singles and couples neighbourhood; school and family options are thin

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $389K
1 bed: $540K
2 bed: $734K
3 bed: $961K

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,860/mo; -$440 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,300/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,600/mo; +$300 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $3,060/mo; +$760 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $27,600. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C01 · Niagara

Sales: 134
Average price: $655.33K
Sale to list: 98%
Days on market: 37

Att/row/twn: $1.3M
Condo townhouse: $776K
Condo apartment: $612K

Living here

Walk Score93

Transit Score84

Bike Score88

Safety: Safe and self-contained, with low through traffic. The rail corridors that isolate it also keep it quiet at night.
Restaurants & bars: Casual independents, brunch spots and chains concentrated around Liberty Street and the Liberty Market Building.
Shops & retail: Everyday retail is well covered by the Liberty Market Building and Metro. Specialty shopping requires leaving the neighbourhood.
Renting here: The most rental-heavy neighbourhood on this list. Deep condo supply, fast turnover and rents a few hundred dollars below King West for the same floor plan. The soft downtown condo market has given renters real negotiating room here.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Lamport Stadium Park, Trinity Bellwoods nearby, Ordnance Triangle
Libraries: Fort York Branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Lamport Stadium, Liberty Market gyms, waterfront trail
Groceries & markets: Metro at Liberty Village, Liberty Market Building vendors
Schools: Limited within the area; families typically look to Parkdale or Niagara

Liberty Village: what people ask

Is Liberty Village a good place to live?

It is the most accessible downtown-adjacent entry point in the city and has a genuinely tight-knit feel for a condo district — farmers' markets, dog runs, a real local scene. The structural problem is that rail corridors box it in on three sides, so getting in and out at rush hour is slow and there is no subway.

Is Liberty Village expensive?

It is the cheapest way into a new-build condo within walking distance of downtown. TRREB's 2026 Q1 C01 Niagara median condo sale was about $573,000, and Liberty Village trades below that community median; the figure on this card reflects the sub-area rather than the whole community.

Who lives in Liberty Village?

Overwhelmingly renters and first-time buyers in their twenties and thirties, plus the tech and creative firms in the converted brick-and-beam buildings. It has one of the youngest median ages of any Toronto neighbourhood and a correspondingly high turnover.

Why do people complain about Liberty Village?

Three things, consistently: the traffic bottleneck at Strachan and East Liberty, glass towers built to a price with rising maintenance fees, and the sense that it is amenity-rich but character-poor. Whether that matters depends on how much time you plan to spend inside the neighbourhood versus using it as a base.

Is Liberty Village safe?

Yes. It is dense, busy and well lit, with the usual downtown pattern of property crime — bike theft, package theft, car break-ins in the surface lots — rather than anything more serious.

Young professionals
First time buyers
Investors

3. The Junction

Walk Score 89 · Very walkable

Antique shops, breweries, and the last affordable west end main street

Dry until 2000 and priced accordingly for years, the Junction now has one of the better independent retail strips in the city while still undercutting Roncesvalles and High Park.

Known for: Having been dry until 2000, and its antique and design strip on Dundas West

1 bed condo: $585K
Typical house: $1.11M
Typical condo: $585K
Transit: Dundas West and Keele stations, UP Express nearby

Where The Junction is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: First time buyers and young families priced out of Roncesvalles and High Park who still want a real main street and west end access.

Wrong for: Anyone sensitive to freight noise, and buyers expecting the deep discount the Junction offered five years ago.

Pros

One of the better independent retail strips in the city, still undercutting neighbours
Two subway stations plus UP Express access to the airport and Union
Strong brewery, antique, and design scene with genuine local character

Cons

Rail corridors on multiple sides bring freight noise
The industrial legacy shows in patchy, uneven blocks
The value gap against High Park and Roncesvalles has narrowed sharply

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $421K
1 bed: $585K
2 bed: $796K
3 bed: $1.04M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,620/mo; -$380 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,000/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,260/mo; +$260 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,660/mo; +$660 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $24,000. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB W02 · Junction Area

Sales: 21
Average price: $904.85K
Sale to list: 103%
Days on market: 39

Semi-detached: $1.19M
Condo apartment: $573K

Living here

Walk Score89

Transit Score80

Bike Score85

Safety: Improved substantially over two decades and now generally safe, though some blocks near the rail corridors remain rough at night.
Restaurants & bars: A strong independent scene along Dundas West: breweries, bakeries, coffee roasters and several well-regarded restaurants.
Shops & retail: Antique, vintage and design retail is the signature, alongside independent bookshops, record stores and a growing brewery cluster.
Renting here: Improving quickly. A mix of house suites, converted industrial lofts and new mid-rise on Dundas West. Still one of the better rent-to-amenity ratios in the old city, though you are paying in commute time without a subway station.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: High Park to the south, Vine Avenue Parkette, Campbell Avenue Park
Libraries: Annette Street Branch and Runnymede Branch
Recreation: Campbell Avenue rink, West Toronto Railpath cycling route
Groceries & markets: Junction farmers' market, Sweet Potato, No Frills on Dundas West
Schools: Annette Street Junior and Senior, Humberside Collegiate

The Junction: what people ask

What area is considered the Junction?

Dundas Street West around Keele, roughly between Runnymede and the rail corridor, named for the junction of four railway lines. The Junction Triangle to the east is a separate and smaller area, though listings blur the two constantly.

What is the Junction known for?

Being Toronto's last dry neighbourhood — alcohol sales were banned here until 1998, which is why the restaurant scene arrived late and then arrived all at once. Today it is antique and furniture retail, breweries, and a main street that still has hardware stores alongside the cafés.

Why is the Junction cheaper than other west-end neighbourhoods?

Rail corridors on multiple sides and an industrial legacy, both of which are real: freight noise is audible on some blocks and there are soil remediation histories on former industrial parcels. TRREB's 2026 Q1 Junction Area median semi was about $1.11 million and the median condo about $585,000.

Is the Junction Toronto safe?

Yes, and it has improved markedly over two decades. The Dundas West strip is busy into the evening. Residents' complaints skew to property crime and to the underpasses and rail crossings feeling bleak after dark rather than to anything violent.

How do you get downtown from the Junction?

There is no subway station in the Junction itself. Dundas West and Keele stations on Line 2 are a ten to fifteen minute walk or a short bus ride from most of the neighbourhood, and the UP Express from Bloor station reaches Union in about twelve minutes if you are prepared to pay for it.

Best value
First time buyers
Young professionals

4. Cabbagetown

Walk Score 94 · Walker's paradise

The largest intact Victorian streetscape in North America

Architecturally the most coherent neighbourhood in Toronto, with Riverdale Farm, Wellesley Park, and a genuine community feel a fifteen minute walk from Yonge and Bloor.

Known for: Its Victorian architecture and Riverdale Farm

1 bed condo: $589K
Typical house: $1.42M
Typical condo: $589K
Transit: 506 Carlton streetcar, Castle Frank station

Where Cabbagetown is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Buyers who want genuine Victorian architecture and a strong community feel within walking distance of downtown, and who accept an area with sharp edges.

Wrong for: Anyone uncomfortable with the abrupt transition to Regent Park and Moss Park, and buyers who want to renovate freely without heritage constraints.

Pros

Architecturally the most coherent neighbourhood in Toronto
Riverdale Farm and Wellesley Park give it unusual green space for a central area
A fifteen minute walk to Yonge and Bloor at well below Annex prices

Cons

Borders Regent Park and Moss Park, with an abrupt transition between blocks
Heritage designation makes renovations slow and expensive
Streetcar-only transit; the nearest subway is a walk away

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $424K
1 bed: $589K
2 bed: $801K
3 bed: $1.05M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,740/mo; -$410 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,150/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,430/mo; +$280 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,860/mo; +$710 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $25,800. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C08 · Cabbagetown-South St. James Town

Sales: 16
Average price: $730.56K
Sale to list: 98%
Days on market: 44

Condo apartment: $662K

Living here

Walk Score94

Transit Score88

Bike Score86

Safety: The heritage core is safe and well kept, but the transition toward Regent Park and Moss Park is abrupt and street issues are visible within a few blocks.
Restaurants & bars: Parliament Street carries neighbourhood bistros, pubs and cafés, with a long-running local restaurant scene rather than destination dining.
Shops & retail: Parliament Street offers everyday retail, independent grocers, a butcher and specialty food, plus antique and design shops.
Renting here: Suites in Victorian rowhouses, plus the apartment towers of St James Town on its western edge — two completely different rental markets a block apart. The rowhouse suites are characterful and small; St James Town is the cheapest large-building rental in the core.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Riverdale Park West, Wellesley Park, Allan Gardens conservatory
Libraries: Parliament Street Branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Riverdale Farm, Wellesley Community Centre, Regent Park Aquatic Centre
Groceries & markets: Parliament Street shops, No Frills on Parliament, Daniel et Daniel
Schools: Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior, Rose Avenue Junior

Cabbagetown: what people ask

Is Cabbagetown a good neighbourhood?

It holds the largest intact Victorian streetscape in North America and sits fifteen minutes from Yonge and Bloor, which is a genuinely rare combination. The honest caveat is the edges: the transition at Regent Park and Moss Park is abrupt, and how much that bothers you depends on which street you land on.

Why is it called Cabbagetown?

From the Irish immigrants who settled here in the 1840s and grew cabbages in their front gardens. It was a slum well into the twentieth century — Hugh Garner called it 'the largest Anglo-Saxon slum in North America' — and the Victorian stock survived precisely because nobody could afford to replace it.

What part of Toronto is Cabbagetown?

East of Sherbourne and south of Bloor, running down to Gerrard and east to the Don Valley. Riverdale Farm and the Necropolis are inside it; Allan Gardens sits on its western edge.

Is Cabbagetown safe?

The residential core is quiet and safe, and long-tenured residents will tell you the reputation lags the reality by about a decade. The areas people are actually thinking of when they ask are Moss Park and Dundas East, which border Cabbagetown but are not it. Walk the specific blocks at night before committing.

How much are houses in Cabbagetown?

TRREB's 2026 Q1 Cabbagetown-South St. James Town community figures show a median condo sale of about $589,000; house sales in the quarter were too few for TRREB to report a median by type. The Victorian rowhouses typically trade in the $1.3 to $1.6 million range, with the neighbourhood's characteristic 16 to 25 foot frontages.

Young professionals
Families
Best value

5. High Park

Walk Score 88 · Very walkable

Four hundred acres of parkland with a village wrapped around it

The largest park in the city with cherry blossoms, a zoo, and trails, ringed by Bloor West Village's genuinely useful retail strip. The consensus family pick in the west end.

Known for: High Park itself, the cherry blossoms, and Bloor West Village

1 bed condo: $611K
Typical house: $2.03M
Typical condo: $611K
Transit: High Park and Keele on Line 2

Where High Park is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Families who want the largest park in the city as their back yard, plus a practical village high street and a subway line, and who will pay a premium for proximity to the park.

Wrong for: Anyone who dislikes crowds, since cherry blossom season overwhelms the area, and buyers who want the newest housing stock.

Pros

Four hundred acres of parkland with trails, a zoo, and Grenadier Pond
Bloor West Village offers genuinely useful everyday retail, not just restaurants
Line 2 subway access plus the 506 streetcar

Cons

Cherry blossom season brings crowds and traffic that residents openly dread
Housing closest to the park carries a significant premium for the address
Large Edwardian homes come with correspondingly large maintenance costs

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $440K
1 bed: $611K
2 bed: $831K
3 bed: $1.09M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,740/mo; -$410 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,150/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,430/mo; +$280 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,860/mo; +$710 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $25,800. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB W02 · High Park North

Sales: 14
Average price: $1.43M
Sale to list: 104%
Days on market: 8

Detached: $2.09M
Condo apartment: $690K

Living here

Walk Score88

Transit Score82

Bike Score79

Safety: Very safe, with the park itself busy through daylight hours. Quiet residential streets and strong neighbourhood cohesion.
Restaurants & bars: Bloor West Village carries Eastern European restaurants, delis and cafés, with newer independents along Roncesvalles to the east.
Shops & retail: Bloor West Village is one of the few genuinely useful high streets in Toronto: butchers, bakeries, hardware, pharmacies and specialty grocers.
Renting here: Unusually strong for a subway-served neighbourhood. The 1960s and 70s apartment blocks along the park edge, Jane and Runnymede are real purpose-built rental at rents well below downtown, with dated finishes and older mechanical systems as the trade.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: High Park, Rennie Park, Humber River trails, Grenadier Pond
Libraries: High Park Branch and Runnymede Branch
Recreation: High Park Zoo, Rennie Park rink, High Park tennis club
Groceries & markets: Bloor West Village bakeries, Loblaws at Runnymede, Sweet Potato
Schools: Humberside Collegiate, Keele Street Junior, Runnymede Junior and Senior

High Park: what people ask

Is High Park a good place to live in Toronto?

For families, it is one of the best in the west end: four hundred acres of parkland, Bloor West Village retail, and Line 2 underneath. The main frustrations are cherry blossom season crowds, which residents genuinely dread, and the fact that the park splits the neighbourhood so some blocks feel cut off.

Is High Park Toronto expensive?

Yes, but less than the west-end prestige areas. TRREB's 2026 Q1 High Park North figures show a median detached sale of about $2.03 million and a condo median of roughly $611,000 — that condo figure is one of the lowest of any Toronto neighbourhood with subway access, because much of the stock is 1960s and 70s rental-conversion apartments.

What is High Park known for?

The park itself: Toronto's largest, with the cherry blossoms, Grenadier Pond, a zoo, an outdoor theatre and off-leash areas. Beyond that, Bloor West Village is one of the genuinely useful high streets in the city — butchers, bakeries, hardware, pharmacies and specialty grocers rather than only cafés.

Is High Park a good neighbourhood for renters?

Unusually good, by Toronto standards. The mid-century apartment blocks along the park edge and up Jane and Runnymede mean there is real purpose-built rental supply here, which is rare in a subway-served neighbourhood at this price. Expect older buildings and dated finishes in exchange.

Is High Park safe?

Very. The park is busy through daylight hours and the residential streets are quiet with strong neighbourhood cohesion. The park is much less overlooked after dark, which is the standard advice for any large urban green space.

Families
Car free living

6. Mimico

Walk Score 78 · Very walkable

The cheapest lakefront in Toronto, split between old village and new towers

Water and a twelve-minute train to Union for less than any other lakefront neighbourhood in the city. The catch is that Mimico is really two places: a century-old village of small houses, and a wall of glass towers at Humber Bay Shores.

Known for: Humber Bay Shores, the waterfront trail, and a twelve-minute GO run to Union

1 bed condo: $615K
Typical house: $1.19M
Typical condo: $615K
Transit: Mimico GO, 501 Queen streetcar on Lake Shore, Royal York on Line 2 by bus

Where Mimico is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Buyers who want water and a fast downtown commute for the least money, and renters who will trade a subway for a GO station and a lakefront trail.

Wrong for: Anyone who dislikes high-rise living — the Humber Bay Shores half is towers — and buyers who want an established high street, because Lake Shore is still patchy.

Pros

Lowest detached median of any lakefront neighbourhood on this list, about $1.19 million in TRREB's 2026 Q1 report
Mimico GO reaches Union in about twelve minutes, faster than most subway commutes
Mimico Waterfront Park and Humber Bay Park with continuous trail access along the lake

Cons

The old village and the Humber Bay Shores towers are two very different places sharing one name
Lake Shore Boulevard retail is uneven, with long stretches of vacancy between good blocks
The Gardiner and rail corridor cut the neighbourhood off from the areas north of it

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $443K
1 bed: $615K
2 bed: $836K
3 bed: $1.1M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,780/mo; -$420 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,200/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,490/mo; +$290 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,930/mo; +$730 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $26,400. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB W06 · Mimico

Sales: 145
Average price: $798.86K
Sale to list: 99%
Days on market: 40

Detached: $1.26M
Semi-detached: $968K
Att/row/twn: $1.17M
Condo townhouse: $916K
Condo apartment: $678K

Living here

Walk Score78

Transit Score72

Bike Score79

Safety: Safe and residential in the village core. The Lake Shore strip carries more transient activity than the streets behind it, and residents describe the Humber Bay Shores towers and the old village as feeling like different places.
Restaurants & bars: Improving but uneven. Humber Bay Shores has a growing cluster of restaurants and cafés at the tower bases; the Lake Shore strip through the old village is patchier.
Shops & retail: Everyday retail along Lake Shore with Metro and No Frills for groceries, plus the Humber Bay Shores farmers' market in season. Larger shopping is at Sherway Gardens.
Renting here: Large and growing, almost entirely condo rentals at Humber Bay Shores plus older walk-ups through the village. Rents run below comparable lakefront elsewhere in the city, and the GO train is the reason it still commutes well.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Mimico Waterfront Park, Humber Bay Park East and West, Amos Waites Park
Libraries: Mimico Centennial branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Amos Waites pool, Mimico Arena, the Martin Goodman Trail and Humber Bay butterfly habitat
Groceries & markets: Metro on Lake Shore, No Frills at Royal York, the Humber Bay Shores farmers' market
Schools: John English Junior Middle, Norseman Junior Middle, Lakeshore Collegiate

Mimico: what people ask

Is Mimico a good place to live in Toronto?

It is the best-value waterfront in the city: lake access, Humber Bay parks, a GO station with a twelve-minute run to Union, and prices well below comparable east-end waterfront. The old village core and the Humber Bay Shores condo cluster are two very different places sharing one name.

What is Mimico known for?

The waterfront — Mimico Waterfront Park, Humber Bay Park and the trail along the lake — and, increasingly, the condo towers at Humber Bay Shores. The name is Mississauga in origin, from a word for the passenger pigeons that once nested here.

Is Mimico considered part of Toronto?

Yes. It was an independent town until 1967 and became part of Etobicoke, then Toronto in the 1998 amalgamation. TRREB reports it in district W06 alongside New Toronto, Long Branch and Alderwood.

How much are homes in Mimico?

TRREB's 2026 Q1 figures show a median detached sale of about $1.19 million, semis at roughly $959,000, row and townhouses at about $1.18 million, and condo apartments at around $615,000. That detached median is the lowest of any lakefront neighbourhood on this list.

Is Mimico safe?

Yes, and residents describe it as quiet and family friendly. The Lake Shore strip has more transient activity than the residential streets behind it. The Humber Bay Shores towers and the old village have quite different characters and it is worth walking both.

Best value
First time buyers
Young professionals
Investors

7. Danforth (Greektown)

Walk Score 95 · Walker's paradise

Greek restaurants, subway convenience, and solid family housing

The best transit-to-price ratio among Toronto's established family neighbourhoods: a subway line under the main street, Victorian and Edwardian housing, and a restaurant strip with real character.

Known for: Greektown, the Taste of the Danforth festival, and souvlaki

1 bed condo: $620K
Typical house: $1.35M
Typical condo: $620K
Transit: Line 2 runs directly beneath, Pape and Chester stations

Where Danforth (Greektown) is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Families who want a subway line under their main street without paying midtown prices, and who are comfortable renovating an older home.

Wrong for: Anyone wanting move-in-ready housing, and residents who would find summer street festival closures disruptive.

Pros

The best transit-to-price ratio among Toronto's established family neighbourhoods
Line 2 runs directly beneath the main street, with four stations to choose from
A restaurant strip with genuine character and a Walk Score of 95

Cons

Taste of the Danforth means summer street closures and noise
Housing stock is old; knob-and-tube wiring and unfinished basements are common
Some blocks north of the Danforth are noticeably less well kept

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $446K
1 bed: $620K
2 bed: $843K
3 bed: $1.1M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,660/mo; -$390 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,050/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,320/mo; +$270 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,730/mo; +$680 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $24,600. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB E03 · Danforth

Sales: 7
Average price: $1.33M
Sale to list: 98%
Days on market: 34

Detached: $1.62M
Semi-detached: $1.12M

Living here

Walk Score95

Transit Score92

Bike Score83

Safety: Safe and busy, with strong street life along the Danforth. Residential side streets are quiet and family oriented.
Restaurants & bars: Greektown's souvlaki houses and tavernas anchor the strip, joined by newer independents, brunch spots and a strong café scene.
Shops & retail: Everyday retail is unusually complete: grocers, bakeries, butchers, pharmacies and specialty food, plus the Big Carrot health market.
Renting here: Solid supply of house suites and small apartment buildings along and just off the Danforth, with the subway underneath. It is the best transit-to-rent ratio in the east end and the reason renters priced out of Riverdale end up here.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Withrow Park, Monarch Park, East Lynn Park, Taylor Creek trails
Libraries: Pape/Danforth Branch and Danforth/Coxwell Branch
Recreation: Monarch Park pool and rink, Withrow Park rink, Danforth Music Hall
Groceries & markets: Danforth Food Market, Big Carrot, East Lynn farmers' market
Schools: Earl Beatty Junior and Senior, Riverdale Collegiate, Wilkinson Junior

Danforth (Greektown): what people ask

Is the Danforth a good place to live?

It is the best transit-to-price ratio among Toronto's established neighbourhoods: Line 2 runs directly beneath the main street, and TRREB's 2026 Q1 Danforth community median detached sale was about $1.35 million. The trade is older housing stock, much of it still needing major work.

What is Greektown known for?

The largest Greek community concentration in North America, the souvlaki houses along Danforth Avenue, and Taste of the Danforth. The Greek character has thinned as the community dispersed to the suburbs — long-time visitors notice — but the institutions and the restaurants are still the spine of the street.

Where do most Greeks live in Toronto now?

Increasingly in Scarborough, East York and north into Markham and Richmond Hill rather than on the Danforth itself. Greektown remains the cultural and commercial centre without being the residential one, which is a common pattern for established immigrant neighbourhoods in the city.

Is the Danforth safe?

Yes. It is a busy, well-lit main street with active retail into the evening and quiet residential streets north and south of it. Property crime is the usual issue. The 2018 shooting is what many people are remembering when they ask, and it was not representative of the area before or since.

Is the Danforth good for families?

It works well: subway access, Withrow and Monarch parks, decent catchments, and prices below Riverdale immediately west. The main constraint is that a lot of the stock is narrow semis, so families who need four bedrooms end up either renovating or moving further east.

Families
Best value
Car free living

8. St. Lawrence Market

Walk Score 97 · Walker's paradise

The only part of downtown where you can do a real grocery run

Old Town is the most liveable part of downtown Toronto, largely because of a 1970s mixed-income plan that produced streets rather than towers. The market anchors it, and it is the only stretch of the core where a weekly grocery run happens on foot.

Known for: The market, the Esplanade, and a 1970s mixed-income plan that actually worked

1 bed condo: $628K
Typical house: $1.25M
Typical condo: $628K
Transit: King and Union on Line 1, 504 King and 503 Kingston Road streetcars

Where St. Lawrence Market is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Downtown workers and downsizers who want the core without CityPlace's isolation, a genuine market at the door, and a mix of building ages rather than only glass towers.

Wrong for: Anyone sensitive to traffic noise from Front Street and the Gardiner, and buyers who want to be away from tourist volume on Saturday mornings.

Pros

St Lawrence Market, the Esplanade and St James Park give it more everyday life than any other downtown pocket
The 1970s St Lawrence redevelopment produced real family-sized units, not only investor studios
Soft condo market: 43 days at 95 percent of list in TRREB's 2026 Q1 report gives buyers room

Cons

Front Street and Gardiner traffic is constant, and the eastern edge toward Parliament changes character quickly
Weekend tourist volume around the market is heavy from spring through autumn
Ongoing North Market construction has dragged on and altered the market's rhythm

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $452K
1 bed: $628K
2 bed: $854K
3 bed: $1.12M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,980/mo; -$470 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,450/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,770/mo; +$320 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $3,260/mo; +$810 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $29,400. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C08 · Waterfront Communities C8

Sales: 75
Average price: $802.92K
Sale to list: 95%
Days on market: 43

Condo apartment: $779K

Living here

Walk Score97

Transit Score97

Bike Score92

Safety: Safe and well overlooked, with steady foot traffic. The change in character comes at the eastern edge toward Parliament and Moss Park, which is the same boundary residents flag in Cabbagetown.
Restaurants & bars: The market itself for produce and prepared food, plus the Esplanade's restaurant row, the Distillery District a short walk east and the King East strip.
Shops & retail: St Lawrence Market South for food, with the Saturday farmers' market and Sunday antique market in the North building, plus design and furniture retail along King East.
Renting here: A healthy mix of 1970s co-op and non-profit buildings, older mid-rise and newer condos, which is unusual for downtown and keeps the range wider than King West. Family-sized units genuinely exist here.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: St James Park, David Crombie Park, Berczy Park and the Sugar Beach waterfront
Libraries: St Lawrence branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: St Lawrence Community Recreation Centre, the Esplanade rink, waterfront trail
Groceries & markets: St Lawrence Market South, the Saturday farmers' market, Metro on Front
Schools: Market Lane Junior and Senior, Nelson Mandela Park, Jarvis Collegiate

St. Lawrence Market: what people ask

What neighbourhood is St Lawrence Market in?

The St Lawrence neighbourhood, also called Old Town, bounded roughly by Yonge, Front, Parliament and the rail corridor. TRREB reports it within the C08 Waterfront Communities community, which stretches west along the lakefront.

Is St Lawrence a good place to live?

It is the most liveable part of downtown Toronto for anyone who wants a real grocery run rather than a condo convenience store. The market, the Esplanade, St James Park and a mixed-income housing history that produced actual family units rather than only investor studios. Traffic on Front and the Gardiner is the recurring complaint.

How much are condos near St Lawrence Market?

TRREB's 2026 Q1 Waterfront Communities C8 figures show a median condo apartment sale of about $628,000, over 43 days on market at 95 percent of list. That is a buyer's market by Toronto standards and reflects the same downtown condo softness affecting King West and CityPlace.

Is St Lawrence Market open every day?

The South Market runs Tuesday through Saturday; the farmers' market in the North Market building is Saturday mornings and the antique market Sundays. Hours shift with construction on the North Market rebuild, so check before planning a trip around it.

Is St Lawrence safe?

Yes, and it is one of the busier and better-overlooked parts of downtown. The eastern edge toward Parliament and the Moss Park side is where residents notice a change in character, which is the same boundary that comes up in Cabbagetown discussions.

Young professionals
Car free living
First time buyers

9. Davisville Village

Walk Score 90 · Walker's paradise

Midtown's best value, if you can live with the cranes

The most affordable way onto the Line 1 corridor in midtown, with the Beltline Trail through the middle of it and a housing mix that runs from 1960s rental blocks to detached houses. The price of that is living beside a permanent construction site.

Known for: The Beltline Trail, Davisville station, and midtown's widest price range

1 bed condo: $633K
Typical house: $2.1M
Typical condo: $633K
Transit: Davisville and Eglinton on Line 1, Eglinton Crosstown at Yonge

Where Davisville Village is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: First-time buyers and renters who want Line 1 access and midtown amenities without Leaside or Lawrence Park prices, and families who can work with a smaller lot.

Wrong for: Anyone with a low tolerance for construction — the neighbourhood has been under near-continuous redevelopment — and buyers looking for architectural character.

Pros

Cheapest condo median on the Line 1 corridor at about $633,000 in TRREB's 2026 Q1 report
The Beltline Trail runs through it, connecting to the ravine system east and west
An unusually wide housing mix for midtown: 1960s rental blocks, condos, semis and detached houses

Cons

Persistent construction along Yonge, Davisville and Mount Pleasant
Architecturally plain compared with the Victorian neighbourhoods further south
Fast market: 16 days at 102 percent of list, so little room to think on a house purchase

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $456K
1 bed: $633K
2 bed: $861K
3 bed: $1.13M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,740/mo; -$410 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,150/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,430/mo; +$280 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,860/mo; +$710 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $25,800. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C10 · Mount Pleasant East

Sales: 33
Average price: $1.57M
Sale to list: 102%
Days on market: 16

Detached: $2.13M
Semi-detached: $1.52M
Condo apartment: $650K

Living here

Walk Score90

Transit Score92

Bike Score84

Safety: Safe and quiet, with the usual midtown pattern of car break-ins and package theft. The Yonge corridor is busier at night than the residential streets east and west.
Restaurants & bars: Mount Pleasant and Bayview carry the good independents; Yonge itself is a mix of chains and quick service. It is convenient rather than a destination.
Shops & retail: Everyday retail along Yonge and Mount Pleasant, with Summerhill Market at Davisville and larger shopping at Yonge and Eglinton a short walk north.
Renting here: Among the best in midtown. The 1960s apartment stock along Davisville, Merton and Mount Pleasant is genuine purpose-built rental with subway access, at rents well below the equivalent downtown condo. Buildings are dated.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: June Rowlands Park, Oriole Park, the Kay Gardner Beltline Trail, Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Libraries: Northern District branch on Orchard View, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: June Rowlands rink and pool, North Toronto Memorial arena, the Beltline
Groceries & markets: Loblaws at Bayview, Metro on Mount Pleasant, Summerhill Market at Davisville
Schools: Maurice Cody Junior, Hodgson Middle, North Toronto Collegiate

Davisville Village: what people ask

Is Davisville a good place to live?

It is midtown's best value: Davisville station on Line 1, the Beltline Trail, June Rowlands Park, and a mix of low-rise apartments and detached houses that gives it a wider price range than most of the surrounding area. The persistent complaint is construction — the neighbourhood has been under near-continuous redevelopment for years.

How much are homes in Davisville Village?

TRREB's 2026 Q1 Mount Pleasant East figures show a median detached sale of about $2.10 million, semis at roughly $1.42 million and condo apartments at about $633,000 — one of the more affordable condo medians on the Line 1 corridor. It moved fast, at 16 days and 102 percent of list.

What is the history of Davisville Village?

Named after John Davis, who ran a pottery works here and became the first postmaster in 1858. The village grew around Yonge and Davisville; the apartment towers along Davisville and Mount Pleasant arrived in the 1960s, which is why the housing mix is so unusually broad for midtown.

Is Davisville good for renters?

Among the best in midtown. The 1960s apartment stock along Davisville, Merton and Mount Pleasant is real purpose-built rental with subway access, which is a rare combination in Toronto. Buildings are older, but rents run well below the equivalent downtown condo.

Where does Davisville Village end and Leaside begin?

Bayview Avenue is the practical dividing line. West of Bayview around Yonge and Davisville is Davisville Village; east of it is Leaside. Prices step up noticeably crossing Bayview, which is why the boundary gets argued over in listings.

First time buyers
Young professionals
Families
Best value

10. King West

Walk Score 98 · Walker's paradise

Glass towers, restaurant patios, and the densest nightlife downtown

The default landing spot for young professionals: walk to the financial district, an unmatched restaurant and bar density, and a condo market deep enough that there is always inventory.

Known for: The King Street restaurant and club strip, and the Well development

1 bed condo: $640K
Typical house: $1.33M
Typical condo: $640K
Transit: 504 King streetcar, St Andrew station

Where King West is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Young professionals working downtown who want to walk to the office, eat out constantly, and trade square footage for location and amenities.

Wrong for: Light sleepers, families, and anyone buying a condo who needs price stability, since this is the softest segment in the country right now.

Pros

Walk to the financial district; Walk Score of 98
Unmatched restaurant and bar density anywhere in Canada
Deep condo inventory means constant selection and genuine negotiating room in 2026

Cons

Weekend nightlife noise is severe and a constant resident complaint
Units are small and heavily investor-owned
Toronto's condo segment is falling, so buyers should expect further softness

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $461K
1 bed: $640K
2 bed: $870K
3 bed: $1.14M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $2,030/mo; -$470 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,500/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,820/mo; +$320 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $3,330/mo; +$830 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $30,000. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C01 · Niagara

Sales: 134
Average price: $655.33K
Sale to list: 98%
Days on market: 37

Att/row/twn: $1.3M
Condo townhouse: $776K
Condo apartment: $612K

Living here

Walk Score98

Transit Score95

Bike Score92

Safety: Busy and generally safe by day. Weekend nightlife brings noise, crowds and periodic incidents around the club district after midnight.
Restaurants & bars: The densest restaurant and bar concentration in Canada, from steakhouses to izakayas, plus The Well's food hall.
Shops & retail: The Well anchors retail, with boutiques and design showrooms along King and Portland and everyday needs well covered.
Renting here: Overwhelmingly investor-owned condos, which means a large, liquid market and rents at the top of the downtown range for the square footage. Amenity fees are baked in whether you use the gym or not, and weekend noise is a real factor on the club blocks.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Victoria Memorial Square, Stanley Park, Trinity Bellwoods a short walk west
Libraries: Fort York Branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Wellington Destructor, Stanley Park rink, waterfront trail access
Groceries & markets: The Well's food hall, Loblaws at Queen and Portland, Farm Boy
Schools: Ryerson Community School, Niagara Street Junior, limited family options

King West: what people ask

What is considered King West?

King Street West roughly from Spadina to Dufferin, with the residential blocks running north to Queen and south to the rail corridor. TRREB reports it inside the C01 Niagara community, which also contains Liberty Village, so board figures cover both and the numbers on this card are sub-area estimates.

Is King West a good place to live?

For a young professional working downtown, it is the default answer: Walk Score 98, the densest restaurant and bar strip in the city, and a fifteen-minute walk to Bay Street. The recurring complaint is weekend noise — the same nightlife that makes it desirable makes Friday and Saturday loud on the club blocks.

Is it worth buying a condo in King West right now?

Toronto's condo segment is the softest major housing market in Canada, and C01 Niagara's 2026 Q1 median condo sale of about $573,000 at 98 percent of list over 37 days on market reflects that. Buyers have real negotiating room here in a way they did not three years ago. That cuts both ways if you need to resell inside five years.

How much is rent in King West?

Expect the top of the downtown range for the size. Use the rent-by-bedroom breakdown on this card for the current estimate by unit size; the practical point is that King West rents a few hundred dollars above Liberty Village for the same square footage, and the gap is almost entirely walkability to the core.

Is King West family friendly?

Not particularly. Units are small, the school options are limited, and the street environment is built around nightlife. Families who want to stay in the area generally look at the freehold pockets north of King or move east to St. Lawrence.

Young professionals
Car free living
Investors

11. Bloor West Village

Walk Score 92 · Walker's paradise

The high street Toronto keeps voting best, with a subway underneath

Toronto Life has called it the city's best neighbourhood, and the case is simple: a high street that sells you a drill and a loaf of bread rather than only a flat white, with a subway underneath it and High Park at the end.

Known for: Its BIA, the Ukrainian Festival, and a main street that still has a hardware store

1 bed condo: $640K
Typical house: $1.6M
Typical condo: $640K
Transit: Runnymede and Jane stations on Line 2

Where Bloor West Village is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Families who want a working high street, Line 2 underneath it, High Park next door and strong catchments, and who are prepared to compete hard on price to get in.

Wrong for: Renters, because there is almost no purpose-built rental stock; and anyone who wants nightlife, because the strip closes early.

Pros

One of the few high streets in Toronto with butchers, bakeries, hardware and pharmacies rather than only cafés
Line 2 runs underneath Bloor, putting the core about twenty-five minutes away
High Park immediately east and the Humber River trails to the west

Cons

Among the fastest markets in the city: nine days at 112 percent of list in TRREB's 2026 Q1 report
Very little rental stock, so renters end up in basement or upper-floor apartments in houses
Quiet after about nine in the evening, with almost no bar or late-night scene

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $461K
1 bed: $640K
2 bed: $870K
3 bed: $1.14M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,740/mo; -$410 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,150/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,430/mo; +$280 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,860/mo; +$710 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $25,800. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB W02 · Runnymede-Bloor West Village

Sales: 23
Average price: $1.45M
Sale to list: 112%
Days on market: 9

Detached: $1.63M
Semi-detached: $1.26M

Living here

Walk Score92

Transit Score84

Bike Score78

Safety: Very safe, with quiet residential streets and a busy high street through the day. Property crime is the main issue and the reported rate is among the lower ones in the west end.
Restaurants & bars: Eastern European restaurants and delis alongside newer independents, plus a strong bakery and café presence. It skews family dining rather than late-night.
Shops & retail: The most useful high street in the city: butchers, bakeries, fishmongers, hardware, pharmacies, and specialty grocers, all along Bloor between Jane and Runnymede.
Renting here: The weakest rental market on this list. Almost no purpose-built stock and few condos, so renters compete for basement and upper-floor suites in houses. Most end up in High Park North immediately east, where the apartment blocks are.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: High Park, Rennie Park, the Humber River trail and Etienne Brûlé Park
Libraries: Runnymede branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Rennie Park rink and pool, High Park tennis and Grenadier Pond, Swansea Town Hall
Groceries & markets: Loblaws at Runnymede, the fruit markets and delis along Bloor, Sobeys at Jane
Schools: Runnymede Junior and Senior, Swansea Junior, Humberside Collegiate

Bloor West Village: what people ask

What is Bloor West Village known for?

One of the first and most successful BIAs in North America, and a high street that actually works — butchers, bakeries, delis, hardware, pharmacies and specialty grocers along Bloor between Jane and Runnymede. Toronto Life has named it the city's best neighbourhood.

Is Bloor West Village a good place to live?

For families it is close to ideal: Line 2 underneath, High Park to the east, strong schools and a walkable high street. TRREB's 2026 Q1 Runnymede-Bloor West Village median detached sale was about $1.60 million and it moved in nine days at 112 percent of list — among the fastest markets in the city.

What is the Ukrainian neighbourhood in Toronto?

Bloor West Village is the historic centre of Toronto's Ukrainian community, along with the Roncesvalles stretch of Bloor further east. The Ukrainian Canadian institutions, churches and the annual Ukrainian Festival on Bloor West are still here, even though the residential community has spread far beyond it.

Is Bloor West Village expensive?

It sits below the prestige west-end areas but well above the Junction. What you are paying for is the combination of subway, high street and school catchments in one place, which is genuinely rare in Toronto and holds value well through downturns.

Is there much to rent in Bloor West Village?

Less than you would like. The stock is overwhelmingly owner-occupied detached and semi-detached houses, with limited purpose-built rental and very few condos. Renters generally end up in basement or second-floor apartments in houses, or look at High Park North immediately east where the apartment blocks are.

Families
Car free living

12. Leslieville

Walk Score 91 · Walker's paradise

Brunch, design shops, and Victorian semis on tree-lined streets

The east end's gentrification success story: family housing, an excellent independent restaurant strip on Queen East, and a twenty minute streetcar ride downtown. Consistently the top recommendation for young families who still want the city.

Known for: Queen East's brunch strip and the city's best independent design retail

1 bed condo: $670K
Typical house: $1.47M
Typical condo: $670K
Transit: 501 and 502 streetcars, Queen Street East

Where Leslieville is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Young families and couples who want a Victorian semi with a yard, a genuine independent main street, and a downtown commute they can live with, at a real discount to comparable west end areas.

Wrong for: Anyone who needs a subway, anyone commuting beyond downtown, and buyers expecting the value pricing Leslieville had five years ago.

Pros

One of the best independent restaurant and retail strips in the city on Queen East
Family housing with yards at a meaningful discount to the west end equivalent
Strong community feel with parks, schools, and a genuine main street

Cons

No subway access at all; the Queen streetcar is slow and crowded
Commuting anywhere except downtown is genuinely painful
Prices have caught up with the reputation, so the value argument is weaker than it was

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $482K
1 bed: $670K
2 bed: $911K
3 bed: $1.19M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,780/mo; -$420 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,200/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,490/mo; +$290 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,930/mo; +$730 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $26,400. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB E01 · South Riverdale

Sales: 59
Average price: $1.05M
Sale to list: 108%
Days on market: 19

Detached: $1.57M
Semi-detached: $1.26M
Att/row/twn: $1.22M
Condo townhouse: $668K
Condo apartment: $725K

Living here

Walk Score91

Transit Score79

Bike Score89

Safety: Safe and family oriented, with active street life along Queen East. Car break-ins are the most common local complaint.
Restaurants & bars: One of the strongest brunch strips in the city, plus well-regarded independent restaurants, bakeries and coffee roasters along Queen East.
Shops & retail: Independent design, furniture and homeware retail is the defining feature, alongside boutiques, bookshops and a strong weekly farmers' market.
Renting here: House suites and small low-rise buildings, with a growing number of Queen East condo rentals. Basement and upper-floor apartments in Victorian semis are the norm; parking is rarely included, and the Queen streetcar commute is the trade for the price.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Greenwood Park, Jimmie Simpson Park, Ashbridges Bay to the south
Libraries: Queen and Saulter Branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Greenwood Park rink and pool, Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre
Groceries & markets: Leslieville Farmers' Market, No Frills on Gerrard, Rowe Farms
Schools: Duke of Connaught Junior and Senior, Leslieville Junior Public

Leslieville: what people ask

Is Leslieville a nice area in Toronto?

It is one of the strongest value picks in the old city — brunch, independent design retail and bakeries along Queen East, deep Victorian stock, and a genuinely family-oriented feel. The catch is transit: there is no subway, and the Queen streetcar is slow and unreliable at rush hour.

Is Leslieville considered downtown Toronto?

No. It is the near east end, roughly Queen East between the Don River and Coxwell. The core is about twenty minutes by streetcar or fifteen by bike, which is close enough that a lot of residents treat it as downtown-adjacent rather than a suburb.

How much do houses cost in Leslieville?

TRREB's 2026 Q1 South Riverdale figures put the median detached sale at about $1.47 million, semis at roughly $1.30 million, row and townhouses at about $1.21 million, and condo apartments at about $670,000. It sold fast — average 19 days on market at 108 percent of list.

Why is it called Leslieville?

After George Leslie, whose Toronto Nurseries operated here in the mid-1800s; the village grew up around it and the brickworks. That industrial past is why the housing stock is workers' cottages and semis rather than the larger Victorians you get a kilometre north in Riverdale.

Is Leslieville safe?

Yes, and it is family oriented, with active street life along Queen East. Car break-ins are the most common local complaint. The southern edge toward the industrial lands and the Broadview corridor is quieter and less overlooked after dark.

Families
Young professionals
First time buyers

13. Kensington Market

Walk Score 97 · Walker's paradise

The most stubbornly independent square kilometre in Canada

A National Historic Site that still works as a functioning market: produce stalls, fishmongers, vintage racks and Latin American grocers on streets too narrow for the chains to bother with. Nowhere else in Toronto looks or sounds like it.

Known for: Vintage shops, produce stalls, Pedestrian Sundays and resisting chain retail

1 bed condo: $675K
Typical house: $1.18M
Typical condo: $675K
Transit: 505 Dundas and 510 Spadina streetcars, Spadina and St Patrick stations

Where Kensington Market is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Students, artists and anyone who wants to live somewhere with a genuine character of its own, walk to the University of Toronto and the hospital district, and never need a car.

Wrong for: Anyone who wants quiet or order, families with young children, and buyers expecting the neighbourhood to gentrify on a predictable schedule — it has resisted that for fifty years.

Pros

Walk Score 97 and a National Historic Site designation, with almost no chain retail
Cheapest genuine downtown groceries in the city, from produce stalls to Latin American and Caribbean grocers
Walking distance to the University of Toronto, Chinatown and the hospital district

Cons

Visible street homelessness and drug use around Bellevue Square, which residents are divided about
Housing stock is old, small and often poorly maintained, with limited parking
Slowest and softest market on this list: 51 days at 94 percent of list in TRREB's 2026 Q1 report

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $486K
1 bed: $675K
2 bed: $918K
3 bed: $1.2M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,780/mo; -$420 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,200/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,490/mo; +$290 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,930/mo; +$730 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $26,400. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C01 · Kensington-Chinatown

Sales: 40
Average price: $869.41K
Sale to list: 94%
Days on market: 51

Semi-detached: $1.18M
Att/row/twn: $1.53M
Condo townhouse: $1.02M
Condo apartment: $690K

Living here

Walk Score97

Transit Score93

Bike Score95

Safety: The most contested answer on this list. Violent crime is not the issue; visible street homelessness and drug use around Bellevue Square are, and residents are genuinely divided about the trend. Walk it late before committing.
Restaurants & bars: Extraordinary range for the size — Latin American, Caribbean, Middle Eastern, Portuguese and Chinese, almost entirely independent, at prices well below the rest of downtown.
Shops & retail: Vintage clothing, produce stalls, fishmongers, cheese and spice shops, with Chinatown immediately east. Chain retail has never gained a foothold.
Renting here: Old, small and cheap by downtown standards. Apartments above shops and suites in narrow Victorian houses, often with dated systems and no parking. It remains one of the few genuinely affordable places to rent inside the core.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Bellevue Square Park, Grange Park, Alexandra Park
Libraries: Lillian H. Smith branch, plus the University of Toronto libraries
Recreation: Scadding Court Community Centre, Alexandra Park pool, Bellevue Square wading pool
Groceries & markets: The market itself — Perola's, Segovia Meat Market, Global Cheese, plus Chinatown a block east
Schools: Ryerson Community School, Orde Street Public, University of Toronto

Kensington Market: what people ask

What is Kensington Market known for?

Being the most idiosyncratic neighbourhood in Toronto — vintage clothing, produce and fish stalls, Caribbean and Latin American grocers, and Pedestrian Sundays in the summer. It is a National Historic Site and has resisted chain retail more successfully than anywhere else in the city.

What happened to Kensington Market?

Two things at once: rising commercial rents pushing out long-standing independents, and a visible increase in street homelessness and drug use concentrated around Bellevue Square. Both are real, both are contested locally, and neither has erased what makes the market distinctive — but visitors who knew it a decade ago do notice.

Is Kensington Market safe at night?

It is busier and rougher-edged after dark than most central Toronto neighbourhoods, with visible street disorder around the park. Violent crime is not the issue; the honest framing is that it will feel uncomfortable to some people and unremarkable to others, and you should walk it at 11pm before you sign anything.

Can you actually live in Kensington Market?

Yes — roughly 20,000 people live in the Kensington-Chinatown community. TRREB's 2026 Q1 figures show a median semi at about $1.18 million, row and townhouses at roughly $1.70 million, and condo apartments at about $675,000, over a slow 51 days at 94 percent of list.

Kensington Market or St Lawrence Market?

Different things entirely. St Lawrence is a single covered market building with butchers, cheesemongers and prepared food, best on a Saturday. Kensington is a whole neighbourhood of streets and independent shops. If you are choosing where to live rather than where to shop, St Lawrence is quieter and more polished; Kensington is cheaper and far more chaotic.

Students
Car free living
Best value

14. Little Italy

Walk Score 96 · Walker's paradise

College Street patios, with quiet Victorian blocks one street over

The patios on College are what people picture, but the reason to live here is the block behind them: quiet, tree-lined Victorian streets a ninety-second walk from one of the busiest restaurant strips in the city.

Known for: The College Street patio strip and Toronto's historic Italian quarter

1 bed condo: $681K
Typical house: $1.5M
Typical condo: $681K
Transit: 506 College streetcar, Christie and Ossington on Line 2

Where Little Italy is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Professionals and students who want nightlife, patios and cafés at the door but a quiet Victorian street to come home to, and who do not mind that the two are one block apart.

Wrong for: Anyone buying on College Street itself expecting quiet, families needing a four bedroom, and buyers in a hurry, because listings here sat 46 days in the last TRREB community report.

Pros

One of the best café and patio strips in the city, busy from May through September
Quiet, well-treed Victorian streets on Clinton, Manning and Palmerston one block off College
Walkable to the University of Toronto, Kensington Market and Trinity Bellwoods

Cons

College Street noise runs late in summer and the residential blocks nearest it feel it
The Italian character has thinned as the community moved to Woodbridge and Vaughan
Slowest market on this list in TRREB's 2026 Q1 report at 46 days and 96 percent of list

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $490K
1 bed: $681K
2 bed: $926K
3 bed: $1.21M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,820/mo; -$430 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,250/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,540/mo; +$290 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,990/mo; +$740 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $27,000. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C01 · Palmerston-Little Italy

Sales: 17
Average price: $1.38M
Sale to list: 96%
Days on market: 46

Detached: $1.55M
Semi-detached: $1.56M
Condo apartment: $797K

Living here

Walk Score96

Transit Score89

Bike Score92

Safety: Safe, with busy well-lit streets. The complaints are noise and late-night disorder on the College strip in summer rather than crime; the residential blocks one street off are quiet.
Restaurants & bars: The College Street patio strip is the draw — Italian institutions, newer restaurants, cocktail bars and cafés running from Bathurst to Ossington.
Shops & retail: Independent retail and cafés along College, with Fiesta Farms to the north, Kensington Market to the east and the Dufferin Grove farmers' market to the west.
Renting here: Deep supply of house suites in Victorian semis, plus student rentals given the University of Toronto proximity. Blocks on College itself rent below the quieter side streets, which is the noise discount made visible.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Bickford Park, Christie Pits, Dufferin Grove Park
Libraries: College/Shaw and Palmerston branches, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Christie Pits pool and rink, Bickford Park off-leash, Dufferin Grove bake oven
Groceries & markets: Fiesta Farms, Kensington Market, the Dufferin Grove farmers' market
Schools: Montrose Junior, Clinton Street Junior, Central Technical School

Little Italy: what people ask

What is Little Italy in Toronto like?

College Street between Bathurst and Ossington, with a patio and nightlife strip that runs late and quiet Victorian residential streets one block off it. It is still visibly Italian in its cafés and social clubs, though the residential population has diversified heavily.

Where do most Italians live in Toronto now?

Woodbridge and Vaughan, mostly, along with St Clair West's Corso Italia. College Street's Little Italy remains the historic and commercial heart without being where the community principally lives — the same pattern as Greektown on the Danforth.

How much does a house cost in Little Italy?

TRREB's 2026 Q1 Palmerston-Little Italy figures show a median detached sale of about $1.50 million and a median semi of roughly $1.47 million — unusually close, because the semis here are large. The median condo was about $681,000, over a slow 46 days on market.

Is Little Italy noisy?

On College Street, yes — patios, bars and traffic run late from May through September, and residents on the strip itself accept that as the deal. One or two blocks north or south onto Clinton, Manning or Palmerston and it is genuinely quiet.

Is Little Italy the same as Little Portugal?

No, though they adjoin and listings mix them up. Little Italy is College around Grace and Clinton; Little Portugal is centred on Dundas West further south and west. TRREB reports them as separate C01 communities.

Young professionals
Car free living
Students

15. Riverdale

Walk Score 92 · Walker's paradise

Skyline views from the park, big Victorians, and Greektown at the edge

Riverdale Park delivers the postcard skyline view and the neighbourhood behind it has the deep Victorian housing stock families want, plus a subway line, which Leslieville lacks.

Known for: The Riverdale Park skyline view, the most photographed in Toronto

1 bed condo: $700K
Typical house: $1.73M
Typical condo: $700K
Transit: Broadview and Chester on Line 2

Where Riverdale is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Families who want deep Victorian housing stock and a subway line, and who are willing to pay midtown prices to stay in the east end.

Wrong for: Anyone with mobility limits, given the hill, and first time buyers, since detached stock here now competes directly with midtown on price.

Pros

Line 2 runs along the north edge, so downtown commutes are quick and reliable
Riverdale Park delivers the best skyline view in the city plus real recreation space
Deep stock of large Victorian and Edwardian family homes

Cons

The hill between the park and the neighbourhood is a genuine daily factor
Detached family housing now costs as much as comparable midtown areas
Danforth nightlife noise affects the northern blocks

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $504K
1 bed: $700K
2 bed: $952K
3 bed: $1.25M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,820/mo; -$430 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,250/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,540/mo; +$290 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,990/mo; +$740 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $27,000. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB E01 · North Riverdale

Sales: 11
Average price: $1.83M
Sale to list: 117%
Days on market: 16

Semi-detached: $1.76M

Living here

Walk Score92

Transit Score86

Bike Score84

Safety: Safe and residential, with the Danforth edge busier at night. Riverdale Park is well used and well lit.
Restaurants & bars: Greektown's Danforth strip is on the northern edge, with souvlaki houses and newer independents, plus Gerrard India Bazaar to the south.
Shops & retail: Danforth retail covers everyday needs, with the Carrot Common and independent grocers, bakeries and specialty food shops.
Renting here: Predominantly upper and lower suites in Victorian and Edwardian houses, plus a handful of Danforth-corridor buildings. Family-sized rentals are genuinely scarce here, which is why the ones that appear go quickly and above asking.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Riverdale Park East and West, Withrow Park, Don Valley trails
Libraries: Riverdale Branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Riverdale Farm, Withrow Park rink, Riverdale Pool
Groceries & markets: Danforth Food Market, Carrot Common, Big Carrot on Danforth
Schools: Frankland Community School, Withrow Avenue Junior, Riverdale Collegiate

Riverdale: what people ask

Is Riverdale a good neighbourhood in Toronto?

It is one of the best family picks in the east end — deep Victorian stock, skyline views from Riverdale Park, Line 2 running underneath the Danforth on its northern edge, and Greektown restaurants a short walk away. TRREB's 2026 Q1 median semi in North Riverdale was about $1.73 million, and it moved in 16 days at 117 percent of list.

How far is Riverdale from downtown Toronto?

About three kilometres. Broadview station on Line 2 puts you at Yonge and Bloor in seven minutes and the financial district in about twenty. Walking to the core over the Riverdale footbridge takes roughly forty minutes.

What part of Toronto is Riverdale in?

The near east end, immediately across the Don Valley from downtown. North Riverdale runs up to the Danforth; South Riverdale runs down toward Queen East and blends into Leslieville, which is why the two names get used interchangeably in listings.

Is the Riverdale hill a real problem?

Yes, and residents will tell you so. The grade from the Don Valley up to Broadview is steep enough to matter every day if you cycle, push a stroller or have mobility limits. It is the single most common practical complaint about the neighbourhood.

Are Riverdale schools good?

The catchments are among the more sought-after in the east end and are a large part of why families pay the premium here rather than in Leslieville. Boundaries change, so confirm the current catchment against the TDSB school finder for the exact address rather than trusting the listing.

Families
Car free living

16. Leaside

Walk Score 74 · Very walkable

Planned garden suburb with top schools and quiet crescents

The most consistently recommended family neighbourhood in Toronto, with the school catchments to match and a planned street layout that keeps traffic off residential blocks. The Crosstown finally gives it rapid transit.

Known for: Being the most consistently recommended family neighbourhood in Toronto

1 bed condo: $718K
Typical house: $2.25M
Typical condo: $718K
Transit: Eglinton Crosstown Laird and Leaside stations

Where Leaside is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Families prioritising schools and a safe, quiet street layout, who can afford well over $2 million and do not mind driving for most errands.

Wrong for: First time buyers, anyone wanting nightlife, and households trying to live without a car outside the Bayview and Laird corridors.

Pros

Among the strongest public school catchments in the city
Planned street layout keeps through traffic off residential blocks
The Eglinton Crosstown finally brings rapid transit to the neighbourhood

Cons

Prices have moved decisively out of first time buyer range
Car dependent away from the Bayview and Laird retail corridors
Nightlife is essentially nonexistent

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $517K
1 bed: $718K
2 bed: $976K
3 bed: $1.28M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,780/mo; -$420 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,200/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,490/mo; +$290 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,930/mo; +$730 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $26,400. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C11 · Leaside

Sales: 28
Average price: $1.85M
Sale to list: 98%
Days on market: 35

Detached: $2.35M
Semi-detached: $1.27M
Condo apartment: $697K

Living here

Walk Score74

Transit Score68

Bike Score62

Safety: Among the lowest crime rates in Toronto, with quiet crescents and very little through traffic by design.
Restaurants & bars: Bayview Avenue holds neighbourhood restaurants, cafés and bakeries. The scene is family oriented rather than late night.
Shops & retail: Bayview and Laird cover everyday and big-box retail, including Longo's, Leaside Village and the Laird retail cluster.
Renting here: Very limited. The neighbourhood is overwhelmingly owner-occupied detached housing, and what rental exists is a small number of newer Bayview and Laird condos plus occasional house suites. Renters generally look at Davisville or Thorncliffe Park instead.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Trace Manes Park, Serena Gundy Park, Sunnybrook Park, Don Valley trails
Libraries: Leaside Branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Leaside Memorial Gardens arena and pool, Trace Manes tennis
Groceries & markets: Leaside Village, Longo's on Laird, Sobeys at Bayview
Schools: Bessborough Drive Elementary, Rolph Road Elementary, Leaside High School

Leaside: what people ask

Is Leaside a nice area of Toronto?

It is the most consistently recommended family neighbourhood in the city. A planned street layout keeps traffic off residential blocks, the school catchments are strong, and the Eglinton Crosstown finally gave it rapid transit. Away from Bayview and Laird it is genuinely car dependent.

Why is Leaside so expensive?

Scarcity of exactly what families want: detached houses on regular lots, in a planned grid, with good schools, inside the old city. TRREB's 2026 Q1 median detached sale in Leaside was about $2.25 million; the median semi was roughly $1.34 million and the median condo about $718,000.

Is Leaside in East York?

Historically it was its own town, amalgamated with East York in 1967 and into Toronto in 1998. TRREB reports it in district C11 alongside Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park. Residents will correct you if you call it East York.

What are the downsides of Leaside?

Two come up repeatedly. It is expensive for what is, architecturally, fairly ordinary mid-century housing. And it is socially close-knit in a way some newcomers find cliquey — the local Reddit thread asking whether Leaside is 'more gossipy than similar neighbourhoods' has a long comment section for a reason.

Is Leaside safe?

It reports among the lowest crime rates in Toronto, consistently. Low density, residential, affluent — the same pattern as Lawrence Park and Forest Hill. Practical differences between these neighbourhoods are far smaller than the rankings suggest.

Families
Luxury

17. Roncesvalles

Walk Score 94 · Walker's paradise

A Polish high street that became the west end's best village

The west end's answer to Leslieville, and by most accounts the better main street. Polish delis and churches still anchor Roncesvalles Avenue while the restaurants and bakeries around them turned it into one of the most walkable family neighbourhoods in the city.

Known for: Roncesvalles Avenue, the Polish Festival, and being the answer to Leslieville

1 bed condo: $720K
Typical house: $1.47M
Typical condo: $720K
Transit: 504 King and 505 Dundas streetcars, Dundas West and Keele on Line 2

Where Roncesvalles is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Families and professionals who want a genuine village high street, High Park at one end and the lake at the other, and who do not need a subway station inside the neighbourhood.

Wrong for: Anyone commuting somewhere other than downtown, buyers looking for a detached house under $1.5 million, and drivers, because parking on and around Roncesvalles is difficult year round.

Pros

One of the few genuinely independent main streets left in Toronto, with almost no chain retail
High Park at the north end and the Martin Goodman Trail and lake at the south
Sold at 107 percent of list over 40 days in TRREB's 2026 Q1 community report, so competitive without being frantic

Cons

No subway station: Dundas West and Keele are a walk, and the 504 King streetcar is slow
Prices have risen far enough to push out the families who gave the area its character
Narrow lots and difficult street parking, with permit waiting lists on several blocks

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $518K
1 bed: $720K
2 bed: $979K
3 bed: $1.28M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,780/mo; -$420 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,200/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,490/mo; +$290 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,930/mo; +$730 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $26,400. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB W01 · Roncesvalles

Sales: 24
Average price: $1.18M
Sale to list: 107%
Days on market: 40

Semi-detached: $1.58M
Att/row/twn: $1.49M
Condo apartment: $717K

Living here

Walk Score94

Transit Score86

Bike Score88

Safety: Safe and family oriented, with an active main street into the evening. Car break-ins and bike theft are the recurring complaints; the Parkdale edge to the east is where residents notice a change.
Restaurants & bars: One of the strongest independent strips in the city along Roncesvalles: Polish delis and bakeries alongside newer bistros, coffee roasters and a dense run of brunch places.
Shops & retail: Almost entirely independent — bookshops, cheesemongers, butchers, bakeries and homeware, with the Sorauren farmers' market on Mondays and very little chain retail.
Renting here: House suites and small walk-ups, with a handful of newer mid-rise buildings at the Queen and King ends. Supply is tight and turns over slowly, because tenants who get in tend to stay. Parking is rarely included.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: High Park, Sorauren Avenue Park, Sunnyside Beach and the Martin Goodman Trail
Libraries: Parkdale and High Park branches, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Sorauren Park fieldhouse and farmers' market, Sunnyside Gus Ryder Pool, High Park tennis
Groceries & markets: Fresh Co on Roncesvalles, Benna's and Granowska's bakeries, the Sorauren farmers' market
Schools: Fern Avenue Junior and Senior, Howard Junior, Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton

Roncesvalles: what people ask

What is Roncesvalles known for?

Being the centre of Toronto's Polish community — St Casimir's, the delis, the Roncesvalles Polish Festival — and, more recently, for one of the best independent main streets in the city. It is the neighbourhood people name when they want walkability without the density of downtown.

Is Roncesvalles a nice area?

Very. Roncesvalles Avenue is a genuine village high street, High Park is at the north end and the lake at the south, and the housing is character semis and detached Victorians. The complaint you will hear is that it has become expensive enough to price out the families who made it what it is.

How do you pronounce Roncesvalles?

Locals say 'RON-sess-valz' or just 'Roncy'. The Spanish pronunciation is not used here — the street is named after the Battle of Roncesvalles, by way of a nineteenth-century landowner who fought in the Peninsular War.

How much does it cost to live in Roncesvalles?

TRREB's 2026 Q1 Roncesvalles community figures show a median semi at about $1.47 million, row and townhouses at roughly $1.60 million, and condo apartments at about $720,000. Sales ran at 107 percent of list over 40 days, so competitive but not frantic.

Roncesvalles or Leslieville — which is better?

They are the east-west mirror of each other and the honest answer is that it comes down to which side of the city your life is on. Roncesvalles has the better main street and High Park; Leslieville has the better brunch and is slightly cheaper. Neither has a subway station inside it.

Families
Car free living
Young professionals

18. Trinity Bellwoods

Walk Score 96 · Walker's paradise

Queen West's front lawn, and the centre of gravity for west-end Toronto

The park is the neighbourhood: thirty-seven acres that function as the west end's living room, ringed by Victorian semis and the densest run of restaurants, galleries and bars in the city outside the core.

Known for: The park, the white squirrel, and Ossington's restaurant strip

1 bed condo: $775K
Typical house: $2.08M
Typical condo: $775K
Transit: 501 Queen and 505 Dundas streetcars, Ossington on Line 2

Where Trinity Bellwoods is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Young professionals and couples who want the densest concentration of restaurants, galleries and bars in the west end, and who will use the park as an extension of a small apartment.

Wrong for: Light sleepers, anyone who needs parking, and families wanting a quiet street in July, when the park absorbs most of the city's outdoor social life.

Pros

Thirty-seven acres of park with a recreation centre, wading pool and rink inside the neighbourhood
Queen West, Dundas West and Ossington restaurant and gallery strips all within a few blocks
Strong local schools and a large population of young families despite the nightlife reputation

Cons

The park is genuinely loud on summer weekends and the surrounding streets absorb it
Small lots, limited street parking, and permit competition on most blocks
TRREB's 2026 Q1 median detached sale here was about $2.08 million, so the entry point is not a starter one

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $558K
1 bed: $775K
2 bed: $1.05M
3 bed: $1.38M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,900/mo; -$450 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,350/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,660/mo; +$310 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $3,130/mo; +$780 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $28,200. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C01 · Trinity-Bellwoods

Sales: 35
Average price: $1.35M
Sale to list: 99%
Days on market: 35

Detached: $1.99M
Semi-detached: $1.3M
Att/row/twn: $1.27M
Condo townhouse: $1.48M
Condo apartment: $1.02M

Living here

Walk Score96

Transit Score91

Bike Score94

Safety: Safe and busy at almost all hours. The issues are bike theft, ground-floor break-ins and the park after last call on summer weekends rather than anything more serious.
Restaurants & bars: Among the densest concentrations in the city: Ossington's restaurant strip, Queen West, Dundas West and Trinity Bellwoods' own cafés and bakeries.
Shops & retail: Independent fashion, galleries and design retail along Queen West and Dundas West, plus Kensington Market a short walk east and Fiesta Farms to the north.
Renting here: Mostly suites in Victorian semis plus newer boutique condos along Queen and Dundas. Rents sit at the top of the west-end range because of the location, and units are small. Expect competition on anything with outdoor space.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Trinity Bellwoods Park, Bellwoods Park, Stanley Park a short walk south
Libraries: Trinity Bellwoods branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Trinity Community Recreation Centre, the dog bowl, outdoor rink and tennis courts
Groceries & markets: Fiesta Farms, Kensington Market a short walk east, the Dufferin Grove farmers' market
Schools: Givins Shaw Junior, Alexander Muir Gladstone, Central Technical School

Trinity Bellwoods: what people ask

Is Trinity Bellwoods a good place to live?

It is the centre of gravity for west-end Toronto in its twenties and thirties: the park, Queen West and Dundas West retail, and Ossington's restaurant strip all within a few blocks. The trade is that the park is loud on summer weekends and the surrounding streets absorb it.

What is Trinity Bellwoods known for?

The park — 37 acres, the white squirrel, the dog bowl, and an unofficial reputation as the city's largest outdoor social venue in July. Beyond that, it is the anchor for Queen West's gallery and boutique scene.

Is Trinity Bellwoods good for raising children?

Better than its reputation suggests. There are strong schools, a community recreation centre and a wading pool inside the park, and a large population of young families on the residential streets. The counterweight is small lots, limited parking and a park that gets rowdy on summer nights.

How much are homes in Trinity Bellwoods?

TRREB's 2026 Q1 community figures put the median detached sale at about $2.08 million, semis at roughly $1.33 million, row and townhouses at about $1.23 million, and condo apartments at around $775,000.

Is Trinity Bellwoods safe?

Yes, with busy well-populated streets most hours. The recurring issues are bike theft, break-ins into ground-floor units, and the park after last call on summer weekends. None of it is unusual for a dense, popular downtown neighbourhood.

Young professionals
Car free living
First time buyers

19. Rosedale

Walk Score 78 · Very walkable

Ravine lots and heritage mansions, ten minutes from Bay Street

Toronto's oldest wealthy enclave and still the default answer when anyone asks where the money lives. Winding ravine streets, mature canopy, and a subway stop that puts the financial district within fifteen minutes.

Known for: Being the address Torontonians name when asked where the money lives

1 bed condo: $790K
Typical house: $4.26M
Typical condo: $790K
Transit: Rosedale and Sherbourne stations, Line 1 and 2

Where Rosedale is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Established families and executives who want a large heritage home, a ravine setting, and a subway commute to the financial district, and who are not price constrained.

Wrong for: Anyone under about $2.5 million, anyone who wants nightlife or street life within walking distance, and anyone unprepared for the maintenance bill on a century home.

Pros

Two subway stations inside the neighbourhood, so a Bay Street commute is about fifteen minutes
Ravine lots and mature canopy that no newer Toronto neighbourhood can replicate
Values have held better through the 2026 correction than the condo-heavy downtown areas

Cons

Entry is effectively closed below about $2.5 million
Century housing stock means renovation budgets routinely run into six figures
Very quiet after dark, with almost no retail or restaurants inside the neighbourhood itself

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $569K
1 bed: $790K
2 bed: $1.07M
3 bed: $1.41M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $2,030/mo; -$470 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,500/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,820/mo; +$320 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $3,330/mo; +$830 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $30,000. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C09 · Rosedale-Moore Park

Sales: 37
Average price: $2.08M
Sale to list: 96%
Days on market: 33

Detached: $4.25M
Semi-detached: $3.19M
Condo townhouse: $1.14M
Condo apartment: $782K

Living here

Walk Score78

Transit Score82

Bike Score58

Safety: Among the lowest reported crime rates in Toronto. Low density, almost entirely residential, and quiet enough that the ravine paths feel isolated after dark.
Restaurants & bars: Very few inside the neighbourhood itself. Residents rely on Yonge and Summerhill for dining, with Yorkville a short walk south.
Shops & retail: Summerhill Market is the anchor, alongside specialty grocers and boutiques along Yonge. No general retail within the residential streets.
Renting here: Thin and expensive. Almost all of it is either a unit in one of the Yonge-corridor apartment buildings on the edge or a suite carved out of a large house, and the latter turns over rarely because tenants stay. Expect to look for months rather than weeks.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Craigleigh Gardens, Rosedale Valley ravine trails, Chorley Park
Libraries: Rosedale Branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Rosedale Tennis Club, Moore Park Ravine trail network
Groceries & markets: Summerhill Market, Rosedale's Finest, Whole Foods at Yonge and Roxborough
Schools: Rosedale Junior Public, Whitney Junior Public, Branksome Hall nearby

Rosedale: what people ask

Is Rosedale a nice area in Toronto?

Yes, and it is usually the first name Torontonians give when asked where the money lives. Winding ravine streets, mature canopy, heritage housing and two subway stations inside the neighbourhood. The honest caveat is that it is quiet to the point of being dull: there is almost no retail or restaurant life on the residential streets, and residents walk to Yonge or Summerhill for anything.

Is Rosedale affluent?

Very. TRREB's 2026 Q1 community report puts the median detached sale in Rosedale-Moore Park at about $4.26 million, with semis at roughly $3.05 million. The condo median is far lower at about $790,000, which is the practical entry point for the neighbourhood and the reason some buyers get in at a fraction of the house price.

Are there famous residents of Rosedale?

Historically yes — Rosedale has housed premiers, bank chairs, publishers and Order of Canada names for over a century. We do not publish current residents' addresses. If the question behind the question is whether you will feel out of place, the more useful answer is that Rosedale is old money and quiet about it, so it reads as understated rather than showy.

Is Rosedale Toronto safe?

It reports among the lowest crime rates in the city, which is the pattern for low-density affluent residential areas everywhere. The one thing residents actually raise is that the ravine paths feel isolated after dark, and that break-ins target the same expensive, often unoccupied houses that make the area desirable.

Where is Rosedale in Toronto?

Immediately north and east of Bloor and Yonge, bounded roughly by the Rosedale Valley ravine, the Don Valley and Mount Pleasant. Rosedale and Sherbourne stations sit inside it, which is why a Bay Street commute runs about fifteen minutes despite the neighbourhood feeling suburban.

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Families

20. The Annex

Walk Score 96 · Walker's paradise

Victorian semis, university energy, and Bloor Street at the door

The most intellectually alive neighbourhood in the city, wrapped around the University of Toronto and served by two subway lines. Rare in Toronto for combining detached Victorian housing with genuine walkability.

Known for: University of Toronto, Honest Ed's legacy, and Bloor Street's bookshops

1 bed condo: $818K
Typical house: $2.17M
Typical condo: $818K
Transit: Spadina, St George, Bathurst on Lines 1 and 2

Where The Annex is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Academics, students, and young professionals who want detached Victorian character with two subway lines and genuine walkability, and who do not mind a busy, transient street life.

Wrong for: Families wanting quiet residential streets, anyone sensitive to noise, and buyers expecting well-maintained housing stock without renovation work.

Pros

Served by both Line 1 and Line 2, one of very few Toronto neighbourhoods with that
Walk Score of 96, with Bloor Street's restaurants and bookshops at the door
Rare combination of detached Victorian housing and true walkability

Cons

Student density means high turnover, noise, and poorly maintained rental conversions
Many homes have been chopped into units and need substantial work to convert back
Parking is scarce and permits are competitive

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $589K
1 bed: $818K
2 bed: $1.11M
3 bed: $1.46M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,900/mo; -$450 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,350/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,660/mo; +$310 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $3,130/mo; +$780 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $28,200. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C02 · Annex

Sales: 64
Average price: $1.35M
Sale to list: 97%
Days on market: 38

Detached: $2.16M
Semi-detached: $1.67M
Condo apartment: $1.19M

Living here

Walk Score96

Transit Score94

Bike Score88

Safety: Generally safe with a busy, well-lit street life. Petty theft, bike theft and break-ins into student rentals are the common complaints rather than violent crime.
Restaurants & bars: Dense and varied along Bloor West: Korean on Bloor's Koreatown stretch, long-running pubs, cheap student eats and several serious restaurants.
Shops & retail: Independent bookshops, record stores and vintage clothing along Bloor, plus Mirvish Village's redevelopment and Kensington Market a short walk south.
Renting here: One of the deepest rental markets in the city, and the reason the neighbourhood feels transient. Converted Victorians dominate, and quality varies enormously between landlords. Leases turn over on the academic calendar, so the best stock moves in May and August.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Jean Sibelius Square, Taddle Creek Park, Philosopher's Walk
Libraries: Spadina Road Branch, plus U of T's Robarts Library
Recreation: Bloor Collegiate pool, Central Technical fields, Miles Nadal JCC
Groceries & markets: Loblaws at Bathurst, Fiesta Farms, Kensington Market a short walk south
Schools: Huron Street Junior, Palmerston Avenue Junior, University of Toronto

The Annex: what people ask

Is The Annex a nice part of Toronto?

It is the most intellectually alive neighbourhood in the city and one of very few served by two subway lines. Walk Score 96, Victorian and Edwardian detached housing, Bloor Street at the door. The trade is noise and turnover: student density is high and some blocks are dominated by poorly maintained rental conversions.

Who lives in The Annex?

An unusual mix — University of Toronto faculty and students, long-tenured professionals in the big Victorians, and a large renter population in converted houses and low-rise apartments. It has one of the widest age and income spreads of any central Toronto neighbourhood.

Is The Annex considered downtown Toronto?

It sits just north-west of the downtown core rather than in it, running roughly from Bathurst to Avenue Road between Bloor and Dupont. In practice it functions as downtown: you can walk to the financial district in about thirty-five minutes or ride Line 1 in ten.

How much is a house in The Annex?

TRREB's 2026 Q1 community figures put the median detached sale in the Annex at roughly $2.17 million and the median semi at about $1.43 million. The condo median was around $818,000, though the average was far higher because a handful of luxury sales skew it.

What are the downsides of living in The Annex?

Parking is scarce and permits competitive; student turnover means noise and short leases on some streets; and a lot of the housing stock has been chopped into units, so converting a house back to single-family is a substantial project rather than a cosmetic one.

Students
Young professionals
Car free living

21. Lawrence Park

Walk Score 62 · Somewhat walkable

Ravines, large lots, and Toronto's most expensive family real estate

Ranked first by several of the guides that cover this topic, Lawrence Park combines ravine lots, a subway stop, and catchment for some of Toronto's strongest public schools.

Known for: Being ranked first in several guides, and among the lowest crime rates in the city

1 bed condo: $828K
Typical house: $3.01M
Typical condo: $828K
Transit: Lawrence station on Line 1

Where Lawrence Park is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Established families who want ravine lots, top public schools, and a subway stop, and for whom a Walk Score in the low sixties is not a problem.

Wrong for: Anyone wanting a walkable daily life, younger buyers, and anyone comparing value against Rosedale's far more central location.

Pros

Among the lowest reported crime rates in Toronto
Catchment for some of the strongest public schools in the city
Ravine lots and large private gardens, with Line 1 access at Lawrence

Cons

The lowest walkability of any Toronto neighbourhood on this list, at 62
Everything except the subway requires a car
Entry rivals Rosedale without Rosedale's central location

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $596K
1 bed: $828K
2 bed: $1.13M
3 bed: $1.47M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,940/mo; -$460 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,400/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,710/mo; +$310 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $3,190/mo; +$790 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $28,800. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C04 · Lawrence Park South

Sales: 20
Average price: $2.29M
Sale to list: 97%
Days on market: 29

Detached: $3.19M
Condo apartment: $1.01M

Living here

Walk Score62

Transit Score66

Bike Score48

Safety: Consistently reported among the safest neighbourhoods in the city, with low density and very little commercial activity.
Restaurants & bars: Almost none within the neighbourhood. Yonge Street north and south, and Lawrence Plaza, cover dining.
Shops & retail: Lawrence Plaza and the Yonge Street corridor provide groceries and everyday retail, including Pusateri's.
Renting here: Almost none. This is an owner-occupied detached neighbourhood with no purpose-built rental and few condos, so renters wanting the catchment usually look at the Yonge corridor apartment blocks south toward Eglinton.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Sherwood Park, Blythwood Ravine, Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens
Libraries: Northern District Branch on Orchard View
Recreation: Sherwood Park trails, Granite Club, North Toronto Memorial arena
Groceries & markets: Pusateri's at Lawrence Plaza, Loblaws on Yonge, Summerhill Market
Schools: Blythwood Junior Public, John Ross Robertson Junior, Lawrence Park Collegiate

Lawrence Park: what people ask

Is Lawrence Park a wealthy neighbourhood?

It was ranked Canada's wealthiest neighbourhood by average household income for years and remains near the top. TRREB's 2026 Q1 Lawrence Park South median detached sale was about $3.01 million, with the median condo at roughly $828,000.

Is Lawrence Park a good area in Toronto?

For an established family with a car and a private-school or strong-public-school plan, yes: ravines, large lots, Lawrence Park Collegiate, and Lawrence station on Line 1. It has the lowest walkability of any neighbourhood on this list, around 62, and that is not a rounding error — you drive for almost everything.

What is Lawrence Park known for?

Being one of Toronto's first planned garden suburbs, laid out in 1907 with curving streets that follow the ravine contours rather than the grid. That layout is why it feels nothing like the rest of midtown and why through traffic never developed.

Is Lawrence Park the same as Lawrence Heights?

No, and the confusion is common enough that Google conflates them. Lawrence Park is the affluent area east of Yonge around Lawrence station. Lawrence Heights is a different neighbourhood several kilometres west near Lawrence West station, with a very different history and housing stock.

Is Lawrence Park safe?

It reports the lowest crime rates in the city alongside Leaside and Forest Hill. As with all of them, that partly reflects that very little happens in a low-density residential area at all, rather than a meaningful safety advantage over other good Toronto neighbourhoods.

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Families

22. The Beaches

Walk Score 87 · Very walkable

Boardwalk, sand, and a small-town main street inside the city

The only Toronto neighbourhood where a genuine beach lifestyle is on offer, with a boardwalk, sailing clubs, and Queen East's independent retail. Reads more like a lake town than a city district.

Known for: The boardwalk, Woodbine Beach, and the Beaches Jazz Festival

1 bed condo: $864K
Typical house: $2.13M
Typical condo: $864K
Transit: 501 Queen streetcar, Main Street station

Where The Beaches is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Families who want a genuine beach lifestyle and a small-town main street, and who either work from home or accept a long commute in exchange for it.

Wrong for: Anyone commuting daily to the west end or north, and anyone looking for cultural or demographic diversity in their immediate area.

Pros

The only Toronto neighbourhood with a real beach and boardwalk lifestyle
Queen East offers independent retail and a strong main street feel
Kew Gardens, sailing clubs, and Ashbridges Bay give exceptional recreation access

Cons

The worst commute of any established neighbourhood on this list
Famously homogeneous, which residents and critics both note
Summer weekends bring the entire city to your doorstep

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $622K
1 bed: $864K
2 bed: $1.18M
3 bed: $1.54M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,700/mo; -$400 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,100/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,370/mo; +$270 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,790/mo; +$690 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $25,200. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB E02 · The Beaches

Sales: 51
Average price: $1.39M
Sale to list: 103%
Days on market: 21

Detached: $2.16M
Semi-detached: $1.4M
Att/row/twn: $1.24M
Condo apartment: $906K

Living here

Walk Score87

Transit Score71

Bike Score82

Safety: Among the safer areas in the east end, quiet outside summer. The boardwalk draws large crowds in warm months.
Restaurants & bars: Queen East holds patios, pubs and casual independents, busiest in summer. The scene is more relaxed than ambitious.
Shops & retail: Queen Street East offers boutiques, surf and outdoor shops, bookstores and independent grocers along a walkable strip.
Renting here: Mostly house suites and small walk-ups near Queen East, with very little purpose-built stock. Summer is the wrong time to look — demand spikes with the season — and the commute is the reason rents sit below comparable west-end neighbourhoods.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Kew Gardens, Woodbine Beach, Ashbridges Bay Park, Glen Stewart Ravine
Libraries: Beaches Branch, one of the original Carnegie libraries
Recreation: Donald D Summerville pools, Balmy Beach Club, Ashbridges Bay skate park
Groceries & markets: Beach farmers' market, Metro on Queen, Nutty Chocolatier
Schools: Balmy Beach Community School, Williamson Road Junior, Malvern Collegiate

The Beaches: what people ask

Is The Beaches a good place to live?

If you want a genuine beach lifestyle inside the city, nothing else in Toronto comes close — boardwalk, sand, the Martin Goodman Trail and a Queen East main street. The cost is the worst commute on this list: no subway, a long streetcar ride, and gridlock along Lake Shore in summer.

Are the Beaches in Toronto expensive?

Yes. TRREB's 2026 Q1 figures for The Beaches show a median detached sale of about $2.13 million, semis at roughly $1.36 million and condo apartments at about $864,000 — the highest condo median of any east-end neighbourhood on this list, because the small condo stock here is low-rise and lake-facing.

Is it 'the Beach' or 'the Beaches'?

Both, and locals have argued about it for decades — the BIA settled on 'The Beach' in 2006 and the argument continued anyway. Listings and the city use The Beaches. Nobody will misunderstand you either way.

What is it like in The Beaches in winter?

Quiet, which residents mostly like. The summer crowds vanish, the boardwalk is empty, and the retail on Queen East thins out. If you are buying on the strength of a July visit, walk the same blocks in February before you commit.

How long does it take to get downtown from The Beaches?

Realistically 40 to 50 minutes on the 501 Queen streetcar at rush hour, or about 25 minutes driving off-peak. The GO train from Danforth station is the fastest option if your destination is Union, at roughly 15 minutes.

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Best value

23. The Kingsway

Walk Score 66 · Somewhat walkable

A 1920s English garden suburb that never stopped being one

Robert Home Smith laid this out in the 1920s as an English garden suburb and wrote the Tudor and Georgian revival housing into the design code. A century later it is still the west end's most established address, with a subway station at the edge of it.

Known for: Tudor and Georgian revival housing, and Etobicoke's most established address

1 bed condo: $1.01M
Typical house: $3.02M
Typical condo: $1.01M
Transit: Royal York and Old Mill stations on Line 2

Where The Kingsway is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Established families who want a large lot, strong public and Catholic catchments, the Humber river trails and a Line 2 station, and who are not price constrained.

Wrong for: Anyone who wants nightlife or downtown proximity, and buyers under about $2 million on the house side.

Pros

Planned as an English garden suburb in the 1920s, and the design code still shows in the streetscape
Royal York station on Line 2 at the eastern edge, so a Bay Street commute is workable
Humber River trails, Lambton golf and one of the strongest school pictures in the west end

Cons

TRREB's 2026 Q1 median detached sale was about $3.02 million, with the community average at $2.62 million
Formal, quiet and settled: very little turnover and almost nothing for renters
A long way from downtown nightlife, and the Bloor retail strip closes early

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $727K
1 bed: $1.01M
2 bed: $1.37M
3 bed: $1.8M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,780/mo; -$420 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,200/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,490/mo; +$290 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $2,930/mo; +$730 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $26,400. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB W08 · Kingsway South

Sales: 23
Average price: $2.62M
Sale to list: 95%
Days on market: 31

Detached: $3.26M
Condo apartment: $1.5M

Living here

Walk Score66

Transit Score71

Bike Score60

Safety: Among the safest areas in the west end, with quiet low-density streets and a settled, long-tenured population. Break-ins into larger unoccupied homes are the recurring issue.
Restaurants & bars: The Kingsway Village strip on Bloor West carries a small number of long-running restaurants and cafés. It is a neighbourhood strip rather than a destination one, and it closes early.
Shops & retail: Boutiques, a butcher, bakeries and specialty food along Bloor West at Royal York, with Humbertown plaza to the north for everyday needs.
Renting here: Very limited. This is an owner-occupied detached neighbourhood; what rental exists is a small number of newer Bloor-corridor condos and occasional house suites. Renters generally look at Islington or Mimico instead.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Humber River trails, Lambton Park, Etienne Brûlé Park, James Gardens
Libraries: Kingsway branch on Bloor West, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Lambton Golf and Country Club, Humber Valley trails, Royal York curling
Groceries & markets: The Kingsway Village strip on Bloor, Sobeys at Royal York, Humbertown plaza
Schools: Lambton Kingsway Junior Middle, Our Lady of Sorrows, Etobicoke Collegiate

The Kingsway: what people ask

Where is the Kingsway in Toronto?

Etobicoke, immediately west of the Humber River around Bloor Street West and Royal York. Royal York station on Line 2 sits at its eastern edge, which is why it commutes better than most Etobicoke neighbourhoods.

Is the Kingsway in Etobicoke?

Yes. It was developed in the 1920s by Robert Home Smith as a planned English-garden-suburb community, well before Etobicoke amalgamated into Toronto, and the Tudor and Georgian revival housing is a direct result of that original design code.

How expensive is the Kingsway?

It is one of the priciest neighbourhoods in the west end. TRREB's 2026 Q1 Kingsway South figures show a median detached sale of about $3.02 million and a median condo of roughly $1.01 million, with the community's overall average sale at about $2.62 million.

Is the Kingsway good for families?

It is one of the most family-oriented neighbourhoods in the city: large lots, strong public and Catholic schools, quiet streets, the Humber river trails, and a Bloor Street retail strip. The trade is that it is formal, quiet, and a long way from downtown nightlife.

What is the stereotype of a Kingsway resident?

Established, conservative, west-end old money — the Etobicoke counterpart to Lawrence Park. Reddit threads on this are affectionate and unkind in roughly equal measure. Practically, it means a settled community that does not turn over much, which is either the appeal or the drawback depending on what you want.

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Families

24. Forest Hill

Walk Score 72 · Very walkable

Old money, private schools, and the city's best tree canopy

Anchored by Upper Canada College and Bishop Strachan, Forest Hill is the schooling decision as much as the housing one. Spadina Road's village strip keeps it from feeling purely residential.

Known for: Upper Canada College, Bishop Strachan, and the private school corridor

1 bed condo: $1.1M
Typical house: $3.17M
Typical condo: $1.1M
Transit: St Clair West and Eglinton West, plus the Eglinton Crosstown

Where Forest Hill is

Outline shows the official boundary containing this area

Best for: Families whose housing decision is really a schooling decision, and who want a village high street on Spadina Road without giving up a large lot.

Wrong for: Anyone relying on transit, anyone with a low tolerance for construction, and buyers who want walkable urban life rather than a leafy residential pocket.

Pros

Catchment and proximity for the strongest private school cluster in Canada
Spadina Road village keeps it from feeling purely residential
Exceptional tree canopy and large, private lots

Cons

Transit is weaker than the price point suggests and much of the area is car dependent
Eglinton Crosstown construction has disrupted the area for years
Formal and quiet, with little for renters or younger buyers

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $792K
1 bed: $1.1M
2 bed: $1.5M
3 bed: $1.96M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $1,980/mo; -$470 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,450/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $2,770/mo; +$320 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $3,260/mo; +$810 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $29,400. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C03 · Forest Hill South

Sales: 11
Average price: $1.8M
Sale to list: 96%
Days on market: 35

Detached: $3.07M
Condo apartment: $1.21M

Living here

Walk Score72

Transit Score74

Bike Score52

Safety: Consistently one of the safest areas in the city, with low-density residential streets and an established, stable population.
Restaurants & bars: Concentrated on the Spadina Road village strip and along St Clair West, with a handful of long-running neighbourhood restaurants and cafés.
Shops & retail: Forest Hill Village on Spadina Road offers boutiques, a butcher, bakeries and specialty food. Larger shopping is at St Clair or Eglinton.
Renting here: Mostly low-rise apartment blocks along Bathurst, Eglinton and St Clair rather than in the residential core, plus a small number of house suites. The buildings are older and generously sized, which is why per-square-foot rent is lower than the address suggests.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Cedarvale Park and ravine, Forest Hill Road Park, Sir Winston Churchill Park
Libraries: Forest Hill Branch, Toronto Public Library
Recreation: Forest Hill Memorial Arena, Cedarvale off-leash and tennis courts
Groceries & markets: Forest Hill Market, Loblaws at St Clair, Pusateri's on Bathurst
Schools: Upper Canada College, Bishop Strachan School, Forest Hill Junior and Senior

Forest Hill: what people ask

Is Forest Hill a rich area in Toronto?

It is one of the two or three wealthiest in the city. TRREB's 2026 Q1 median detached sale in Forest Hill South was about $3.17 million, and the condo median about $1.10 million — unusually high for a condo, because the Forest Hill condo stock is large low-rise units rather than investor studios.

What is Forest Hill famous for?

Private schools. Upper Canada College and Bishop Strachan School anchor the neighbourhood, and the strongest private-school cluster in Canada sits within a short drive. For a lot of Forest Hill buyers the housing decision is really a schooling decision.

Is Forest Hill a good place to live?

If you want a large lot, a deep tree canopy and a village high street on Spadina Road, yes. It is a poor fit if you rely on transit — much of the area is genuinely car dependent for the price point — and the Eglinton Crosstown construction disrupted the northern edge for years.

Is Forest Hill expensive?

Yes, and more so than the headline suggests once you add carrying costs. Century and mid-century housing stock here routinely needs six-figure renovation budgets, and property tax on a $3 million assessment is a real monthly line item on top of the mortgage.

Is Forest Hill a Jewish neighbourhood?

It has a long-established and visible Jewish community, alongside a mix of other backgrounds — the area is not homogeneous. Synagogues, kosher grocers and community institutions along Bathurst and Eglinton serve residents across Forest Hill, Cedarvale and Bathurst Manor.

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Families

25. Yorkville

Walk Score 98 · Walker's paradise

Luxury retail, gallery openings, and Toronto's priciest condos

Canada's densest concentration of luxury retail and the highest condo prices per square foot in the country. Everything is walkable and the ROM, the Hazelton, and Bloor's designer strip are the daily backdrop.

Known for: Mink Mile designer shopping and the highest price per square foot in Canada

1 bed condo: $1.18M
Typical house: $3.1M
Typical condo: $1.18M
Transit: Bay and Bloor-Yonge, Lines 1 and 2

Where Yorkville is

No official boundary published; marker shows the centre

Best for: Downsizers and executives who want a lock-and-leave luxury condo, concierge service, and the ability to walk to everything, and who value address over square footage.

Wrong for: Families, anyone needing space per dollar, and anyone who wants an everyday neighbourhood with practical shops rather than designer retail.

Pros

Walk Score of 98 with the ROM, galleries, and Bloor's designer strip at the door
Two subway lines meet at Bloor-Yonge, the busiest interchange in the system
The deepest luxury condo inventory in the country, so there is always something available

Cons

Highest price per square foot in Canada, and units are small for the money
Everyday shopping is thin; it is a destination district more than a neighbourhood
Quiet and somewhat empty on winter evenings once the retail closes

Condo price by unit size

Studio: $850K
1 bed: $1.18M
2 bed: $1.61M
3 bed: $2.1M

Rent by unit size

Bachelor: $2,350/mo; -$550 vs 1 bed
1 bed: $2,900/mo; benchmark
2 bed: $3,280/mo; +$380 vs 1 bed
3 bed: $3,860/mo; +$960 vs 1 bed

Annual cost of the 1 bedroom at this rent is $34,800. Records carry a one bedroom figure; other sizes are scaled by this city’s own bachelor-to-three-bedroom spread.

MLS activity · 2026 Q1

TRREB C02 · Annex

Sales: 64
Average price: $1.35M
Sale to list: 97%
Days on market: 38

Detached: $2.16M
Semi-detached: $1.67M
Condo apartment: $1.19M

Living here

Walk Score98

Transit Score96

Bike Score76

Safety: Very safe, heavily policed and busy at street level. Retail theft is the main issue; residential crime is rare.
Restaurants & bars: The densest fine dining in Canada, from hotel restaurants to long-standing institutions, plus a strong café and patio scene on Cumberland and Yorkville Avenue.
Shops & retail: The Mink Mile on Bloor holds the country's luxury flagship stores, with Hazelton Lanes and Yorkville Village for designer and specialty retail.
Renting here: Almost entirely luxury condo rentals with concierge, and priced accordingly. Units are small for the money. Purpose-built rental is rare, so most listings are individual investor-owned condos with the one-year lease and month-to-month rollover that implies.

What’s nearby

Parks & green space: Village of Yorkville Park, Ramsden Park, Queen's Park to the south
Libraries: Yorkville Branch, plus the Toronto Reference Library at Yonge and Bloor
Recreation: Ramsden Park rinks and tennis, Equinox and Adelaide Club nearby
Groceries & markets: Whole Foods Hazelton Lanes, Pusateri's, Longo's at Bay and Bloor
Schools: Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior, Royal Ontario Museum programming

Yorkville: what people ask

Is Yorkville a good neighbourhood to live in?

For a lock-and-leave luxury condo with everything walkable, it is hard to beat: two subway lines, the country's densest fine dining, and the Mink Mile at the door. It is a weak fit for families and for anyone who wants square footage — you are paying for the address and the concierge, not the floor plan.

Why is Yorkville so expensive?

It carries the highest price per square foot in Canada because it combines scarce land, luxury retail, and buyers who are not price constrained. TRREB does not break Yorkville out separately — it reports inside C02 Annex — so the figures on this card are sub-area estimates anchored to that community's median, not a direct board number.

Is Yorkville Toronto safe?

Very. It is busy, well lit and heavily policed at street level. Retail theft is the recurring issue; residential crime is rare. The practical annoyance is crowds and traffic on Bloor rather than anything to do with safety.

What is Yorkville known for?

Designer flagship stores along the Bloor Street Mink Mile, gallery openings, the Toronto International Film Festival spillover, and a café and patio scene on Cumberland and Yorkville Avenue. It was a hippie village in the 1960s, which is why the Victorian shopfronts survive between the towers.

Do people actually live in Yorkville or is it just shopping?

Roughly 20,000 people live in the Bloor-Yorkville area, heavily skewed to downsizers and executives in condos. It is genuinely residential, but the resident population turns over faster and skews older and smaller-household than neighbouring Annex blocks.

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Sale prices are TRREB community medians for 2026 Q1, the most recent release that reports at community rather than district level, mapped to each neighbourhood and shown in full on every card. Yorkville, King West and Liberty Village are informal areas inside a larger TRREB community, so their figures are sub-area estimates anchored to that community’s median and labelled as such. Unit-size figures are scaled from those benchmarks and are estimates, not appraisals. Rents are 2026 estimates. Walk Scores are approximate and vary within each area.

Compare Toronto prices side by side

Rank every neighbourhood on one measure at a time: typical house price, typical condo price, or rent by unit size from bachelor to three bedroom.

Rent is where the ordering changes most. A neighbourhood that looks affordable on condo price can be near the top on a three bedroom, which matters if you are renting while you save.

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Cheapest

Bayview Village

$522K

Median

Kensington Market

$675K

Most expensive

Yorkville

$1.18M

Showing 1 bed condo price. Base figures are 2026 estimates anchored to board benchmarks and adjusted by neighbourhood premium. Records carry one condo benchmark, treated as the 1 bed; other sizes are scaled using a single national size spread. Relative ranking between neighbourhoods is reliable; a figure for one specific size is an estimate, not an appraisal.

Best Toronto neighbourhoods for families

Leaside is the consensus pick, followed by High Park, Riverdale, and Leslieville. All four trade some price for school catchments, parks, and streets that are not through routes.

Leaside, about $2.1M: the most recommended family area in the city, with a planned layout, strong schools, and new Crosstown stations. Car dependent away from Bayview and Laird.
High Park, about $1.75M: four hundred acres of parkland plus Bloor West Village retail and a subway line. Cherry blossom season brings crowds residents dread.
Riverdale, about $1.65M: deep Victorian stock, skyline views from the park, and Line 2 underneath. The hill is a genuine daily factor.
Leslieville, about $1.35M: the best value of the four and excellent for young families, but there is no subway and the Queen streetcar is slow.
The Beaches, about $1.55M: a real beach lifestyle inside the city, offset by the worst commute on this list.

Best Toronto neighbourhoods for young professionals

King West for proximity and nightlife, Liberty Village for the same thing at a lower price, and The Annex if you want character housing and two subway lines instead of glass towers.

King West, condos about $760,000: walk to Bay Street, unmatched restaurant density, Walk Score 98. Weekend noise is a constant complaint.
Liberty Village, condos about $640,000: the most accessible downtown-adjacent entry point, but isolated by rail corridors and brutal at rush hour.
The Annex, condos about $780,000: Victorian semis, university energy, and Lines 1 and 2. Student turnover affects some blocks.
Cabbagetown, condos about $650,000: the largest intact Victorian streetscape in North America, fifteen minutes from Yonge and Bloor.

Worth knowing before you buy rather than rent: Toronto’s condo segment is the softest major housing market in Canada right now, which gives buyers real negotiating room in exactly these neighbourhoods. First time buyers should start with the first time home buyer in Toronto guide before treating a King West one bedroom as an investment.

Best value neighbourhoods in Toronto

The Junction and the Danforth offer the best combination of price, transit, and genuine main street character left in the old city.

Neighbourhood	Typical house	Why it is still cheaper
The Junction	About $1.25M	Rail corridors on multiple sides and an industrial legacy
Danforth	About $1.30M	Older housing stock, many homes still need major work
The Beaches	About $1.55M	Long commutes to anywhere except downtown
Cabbagetown	About $1.45M	Abrupt transitions at the Regent Park and Moss Park edges
Leslieville	About $1.35M	No subway access at all

The Danforth is the outlier worth pressing on. It is the only neighbourhood on this list with a subway line running directly beneath the main street at a price under $1.35 million, which is the best transit-to-price ratio among Toronto’s established areas.

Toronto’s most prestigious neighbourhoods

Rosedale, Lawrence Park, Forest Hill, and Yorkville, with The Bridle Path above all of them. Entry starts around $2.5 million and rises steeply.

The Bridle Path: two to four acre lots and the highest concentration of wealth in Canada. This is the answer to where Toronto's billionaires live.
Rosedale, about $3.9M: ravine lots, heritage housing, and a subway stop. The default prestige address.
Lawrence Park, about $4.1M: the highest typical price here, with ravines and strong public schools, but the lowest walkability on the list.
Forest Hill, about $3.6M: the private school decision as much as the housing one, anchored by UCC and BSS.
Yorkville, condos about $1.35M: the highest price per square foot in Canada, and small units for it.

Safest neighbourhoods in Toronto

Lawrence Park, Leaside, Forest Hill, and Bayview Village report the lowest crime rates. The pattern is consistent: low density, residential, and affluent.

Two caveats worth more than the rankings themselves. Toronto is safe by the standards of large North American cities, and the practical difference between its established neighbourhoods is small. And crime statistics track the character of an area more than they predict your experience of it: quiet suburban districts score well partly because almost nothing happens in them at all.

If safety is your first filter, weigh it against the commute and walkability costs. Lawrence Park scores well on crime and worst on this list for walkability, at 62.

Toronto neighbourhood prices compared

Tier	Neighbourhoods	Typical house price
Prestige	Lawrence Park, Yorkville, Rosedale, Forest Hill	$3.6M to $4.2M
Upper	Leaside	About $2.1M
Established	The Annex, High Park, Riverdale	$1.65M to $2.2M
Mid	The Beaches, Cabbagetown, Leslieville	$1.35M to $1.55M
Entry	Danforth, The Junction, Liberty Village	$1.10M to $1.30M

The spread from the Junction to Lawrence Park is roughly $2.85 million for a typical house inside the same city. That range is why filtering by budget before reading any neighbourhood guide saves the most time.

How to actually choose

Start with the commute, not the neighbourhood. Map your actual door to door time at 8am on a weekday, not the distance.
Decide subway or not. Toronto's streetcar neighbourhoods, Leslieville and The Beaches especially, are meaningfully cheaper for exactly this reason.
Visit on a Tuesday evening and a Saturday morning. Neighbourhoods that show well on weekends can be dead midweek, and vice versa.
Check the school catchment yourself rather than trusting the listing. Boundaries change and agents get this wrong.
Walk the edges. Toronto neighbourhoods change character within two or three blocks more sharply than almost any other Canadian city.

You can browse verified agents by area on our Toronto city page, which breaks the city down by the same districts used above.

Toronto neighbourhoods: frequently asked questions

What is the nicest neighbourhood in Toronto?

Rosedale is the most common answer, and it is the one most guides and long time residents give. Ravine lots, heritage mansions, and a subway stop that reaches the financial district in about fifteen minutes. Lawrence Park and Forest Hill are the usual runners up. If nicest means liveable rather than expensive, Leslieville and Riverdale win far more often.

What are the posh neighbourhoods in Toronto?

Rosedale, Forest Hill, Lawrence Park, Yorkville, and The Bridle Path are Toronto's established wealthy areas. The Bridle Path is the most extreme, with two to four acre lots and multi-million dollar mansions, and it is where the city's billionaires actually live. Expect entry points above $2.5 million in all of them, and well beyond that on the Bridle Path.

What is the safest neighbourhood in Toronto?

Lawrence Park, Leaside, Forest Hill, and Bayview Village consistently report the lowest crime rates in the city. All four are low density, residential, and affluent, which is the pattern that drives the statistics. Toronto is safe by global big city standards overall, and the practical differences between good neighbourhoods are smaller than the rankings suggest.

Is $60,000 enough to live in Toronto?

It is enough to rent modestly, not to buy. After tax you take home roughly $47,000, and a one bedroom averaging about $2,400 a month would consume about 60 percent of that. On $60,000 most people share accommodation, rent outside the core in areas like the Junction or Danforth, or accept a studio. Buying anything requires roughly double that income.

Which Toronto neighbourhood is best for families?

Leaside is the most consistently recommended, combining top school catchments, a planned street layout that keeps traffic off residential blocks, and now the Eglinton Crosstown. High Park and Bloor West Village win in the west end, and Leslieville and Riverdale are the top picks for families who want to stay closer to downtown.

Where should young professionals live in Toronto?

King West is the default: walk to the financial district, the densest restaurant and bar scene in the city, and deep condo inventory. Liberty Village is the more affordable version, and The Annex offers the same energy with character housing and two subway lines. Leslieville suits those who want the east end and more space.

The bottom line

There is no single best neighbourhood in Toronto, and any guide that gives you one is answering a different question than the one you are asking.

The useful framing is a trade you are choosing deliberately. Prestige costs walkability, which is why Lawrence Park sits at a Walk Score of 62. Walkability costs space, which is why King West units are small. Value costs commute, which is why Leslieville and The Beaches are cheaper than their character would suggest. Pick the constraint you are least willing to bend on and the list shortens fast.

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The 25 Best Neighbourhoods in Toronto in 2026

How we picked these twenty-five

All 25 Toronto neighbourhoods, filtered

1. Bayview Village

6. Mimico

8. St. Lawrence Market

9. Davisville Village

11. Bloor West Village

13. Kensington Market

14. Little Italy

16. Leaside

17. Roncesvalles

18. Trinity Bellwoods

21. Lawrence Park

23. The Kingsway

Compare Toronto prices side by side

Best Toronto neighbourhoods for families

Best Toronto neighbourhoods for young professionals

Best value neighbourhoods in Toronto

Toronto’s most prestigious neighbourhoods

Safest neighbourhoods in Toronto

Toronto neighbourhood prices compared

How to actually choose

Toronto neighbourhoods: frequently asked questions

What is the nicest neighbourhood in Toronto?

What are the posh neighbourhoods in Toronto?

What is the safest neighbourhood in Toronto?

Is $60,000 enough to live in Toronto?

Which Toronto neighbourhood is best for families?

Where should young professionals live in Toronto?

The bottom line

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