Lambton Baby Point , situated on a peninsula overlooking the Humber River, is one of is one Toronto's most beautiful and pristine neighbourhoods. Marking the entrance to the neighbourhood are the stone gates at the corner of Jane Street and Baby Point Road.
Roncesvalles has become a very popular and highly sought after neighbourhood for young families. It is geographically well place neighbourhood, located just west of downtonw, walking distance to High Park, the Toronto waterfront, easy access to transit and the many shops that line Roncesvalles Avenue, it has a definite European feel.
Today, the term "The Junction" is generally applied to the area north of Annette, south of St. Clair, and between Runnymede Road and the Canadian National Railway corridor to the east which intersects with the CP Railway corridor at West Toronto Diamond. While the historical boundary lines cover a much large area, the Junction as it known today covers much less area retaining a small town charm to the area.
The area known as High Park - Swansea is made up of two distinct neighbourhoods of High Park and Swansea and most resident would claim to live in one or the other. Yet, both neighbourhoods are similar in population mix and housing mix.
The districting of Runnymede Bloor West Village is purely for municipal reasons, as the neighbourhood share a similar hilly terrain, winding roads and many mature trees among many residential streets. Similar to High Park in that it has many natural elements, easy access to public transit, walking distance to many shops and easy access to park and other recreational activities.
The Kingsway is a premier residential neighbourhood in Toronto's west end. It is located in the former City of Etobicoke, an area that became the west end of Toronto upon amalgamation in 1998.
Located between College Street on the north and Queen Street West on the south and between Bathurst and Dovercourt lays the neighbourhood of Trinity Bellwoods, which also forms part of the West-Queen-West district.
Located in the west end of Toronto's central core lies Dufferin Grove, bordered by Bloor Street West to the north, Ossington Ave to the east, College Street to the south, and Dufferin Street to the west
While the South Parkdale neighbourhood's reputation has sufferred over the last few years, it is an up and coming neighbourhood. Few people remember that South Parkdale's grandiose mansions were built between 1875 and 1895 and represented what was once Toronto's wealthiest neighbourhood.
In many ways Mimico is considered the gateway to Toronto's because of it's short commute to Downtown Toronto and the Go Transit station located on Royal York Rd. Yet this west-end waterfront neighbourhood is well established community known for it's scenic lakefront parks and excellent recreational facilities.
As the gentrification continues across the city, younge families have been buying in the Dovercourt-Wallace-Emerson-Junction area driving up prices in this up and coming area. The Dovercourt-Wallace-Emerson-Junction is actually made up of a collection of smaller neighbourhoods that includes Bloorcourt, Dovercourt, Bloordale, Wallace and Emerson.
South Riverdale is located in the south-east part of Toronto and is bounded by The Don Valley to the west, and Greenwood to the East, and lies south of Gerrard.
Yonge and Eglinton, once a part of the old Town of North Toronto, is also affectionately known as “Yonge and Eligible” thanks to the 20-something crowds that settled into the low and high-rise apartment buildings in the 70’s and 80’s.
Davisville is a bustling and amazingly diversified neighbourhood with a real sense of community. With shops and services on the three major north-south intersections: Yonge Street, Mount-Pleasant and Bayview.
With a walking score of 92 this is one of Toronto’s communities most easily accessible by foot and while there is constant discussion about lake-front revitalization projects, there’s already plenty to take advantage of down at the water’s edge and in the surrounding pockets.
The Yonge - St. Clair neighbourhood is known affectionately as Deer Park, thanks to the great number of deer that lived in the area at the turn of the century.
Riverdale is a large area in the east end of Toronto that encompasses many smaller neighbourhoods. In the broadest sense, Riverdale runs from the Don Valley Parkway east to Pape Avenue, and south from Danforth Avenue to Gerrard Avenue.
The city of Toronto divides Lawrence Park into two geographies, North and South. The Lawrence Park North encompasses the neighbourhoods better known as Bedford Park, Wanless Park and Teddington Park.
The large central neighbourhood of Palmerston–Little Italy, located between Bathurst Street to the east, Bloor Street to the north, Dovercourt Road to the west and College Street to the south, is a primarily mature downtown neighbourhood.
Located in the centre of the city lies the quiet neighbourhood of Leaside. This leafy area, first settled in the mid 1800's, is one of the city's premier areas for upper middle class families who value this established and safe community as the perfect place to raise their families.
Bounded on the west by Lansdowne Avenue, on the north by College Street, on the east by Ossington Avenue and on the south by the Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway CNR/CPR mainline railway tracks.
With its many ravines and convoluted street routes, Rosedale-Moore Park is known for its low levels of vehicular traffic. Of course that is not all that makes this one of Toronto's most sought after neighbourhoods.
Bordered by Yonge Street to the west and Bayview Avenue to the east and from Blythwood Ravine on the south to Lawrence Avenue on the north, Lawrence Park South also includes the area west of Avenue south to Eglinton Avenue.
Designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 2006, Kensington Market is one of Toronto's most distinctive multicultural neighbourhoods.
Located between University Avenue and Yonge Street and Bloor St and Front Street is one of the city’s busiest North-South arteries. The area attracts many who work in the financial district as well as those who work in the nearby hospitals and schools.
Cabbagetown, first established in the mid 1850's gets it's name from the thousands of Irish immigrants who first settled here after fleeing the potato famines of their homeland.
Davisville is a bustling and amazingly diversified neighbourhood with a real sense of community. With shops and services on the three major north-south intersections: Yonge Street, Mount-Pleasant and Bayview.
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Almost impossible to define, the sprawling neighbourhood of Waterfront communities, located south of Queen Street between Bathurst and York, encompasses the sub-areas of the King West Theatre District, The Club District, The Fashion District, and Harbourfront.
