Rosedale, Toronto: prices, rent, and living guide

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.

LuxuryFamilies

Typical house

$4.26M

Typical condo

$790K

One bedroom rent

$2,500/mo

Walk Score

Transit 82 · Bike 58

Known for: Being the address Torontonians name when asked where the money lives. Ravine lots and heritage mansions, ten minutes from Bay Street.

Part of Midtown.

Prices and rent in Rosedale

TRREB recorded 37 sales in Rosedale-Moore Park in 2026 Q1, at an average of $2,075,091 and a median of $1,220,000. Homes sold for 96% of list price after 33 days on market.

Property type	Average sale price
Detached	$4,252,000
Semi-detached	$3,186,000
Condo townhouse	$1,143,000
Condo apartment	$782,000

TRREB Community Housing Market Report, 2026 Q1, district C09, community Rosedale-Moore Park. TRREB suppresses any property type with two or fewer sales in the quarter, so a missing row means too little activity to report, not no demand.

Estimated price by unit size

Condo	Estimate	House	Estimate
Studio	$569,000	2 bed	$3,496,000
1 bed	$790,000	3 bed	$4,263,000
2 bed	$1,074,000	4 bed	$5,243,000
3 bed	$1,406,000	5+ bed	$6,395,000

Estimated monthly rent

Unit	Monthly rent
Bachelor	$2,030
1 bedroom	$2,500
2 bedroom	$2,820
3 bedroom	$3,330

Unit-size prices and rents are scaled from one benchmark per neighbourhood and are estimates, not appraisals. Compare Rosedale with the rest of Toronto in the best neighbourhoods in Toronto guide.

Who Rosedale suits

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.

Who it is 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

Living in Rosedale

Getting around

Rosedale and Sherbourne stations, Line 1 and 2. Walk Score 78, Transit Score 82, Bike Score 58.

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

Very few inside the neighbourhood itself. Residents rely on Yonge and Summerhill for dining, with Yorkville a short walk south.

Shopping

Summerhill Market is the anchor, alongside specialty grocers and boutiques along Yonge. No general retail within the residential streets.

Within a short walk or transit hop

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

Safety text is a qualitative description of the area, not crime statistics. Scores are approximate and vary within the neighbourhood.

Renting in Rosedale

A one bedroom runs about $2,500 a month, and a two bedroom about $2,820.

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.

Where Rosedale is

Buildings near Rosedale

Condo and rental buildings within about two kilometres of the centre of Rosedale, with fees, reviews and what residents say.

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Rosedale: frequently asked questions

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.

Nearby Toronto neighbourhoods

Yorkville

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Danforth (Greektown)

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Leaside

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Forest Hill

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