Townhomes For Sale in Old Toronto, Toronto

Old Toronto offers property owners the choice between several means of transportation. Owing to many nearby rapid transit stations with access to the Line 2 (Bloor - Danforth) and Line 1 (Yonge-University), and over 100 nearby bus lines, the public transit service in Old Toronto is excellent. Old Toronto is also an extremely convenient part of Toronto for pedestrians; running daily errands is very convenient, and many businesses of different types can be found as well. Cycling is reasonably adopted in Old Toronto because bike-share stations are hardly ever more than a short distance away, and the bicycling infrastructure is reasonably good.

In Old Toronto, families will almost always be able to get to schools and daycares on foot. Along with public schools, there are private primary and high schools. Concerning food, it is very often an option for property owners in Old Toronto to buy general and specialty groceries on foot. In addition, there is generally a restaurant or cafe just around the corner.

Old Toronto has a character that appeals to a fairly diverse group of people. Finding things to do in this part of the city is very easy. The streets are usually busy with people, a wide variety of entertainment venues can be found nearby, and finding one of the over 250 bars is very easy because they are generally situated in especially convenient locations. St Clair Avenue is among the most active streets in this former municipality. Old Toronto is quiet overall, as the streets are reasonably peaceful, although that is not the case around one of the 3 airports (Toronto / City Centre Water Aerodrome,Toronto (Hospital For Sick Children) Heliport,Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport), Dan Leckie Way, F G Gardiner Expressway or one of the railway lines. The greenery in this area is quite prominent as many tree-lined streets are around. The majority of locations in the former municipality have good access to parks, like Humber Marshes and Lower Don Parklands, since there are over 600 of them nearby for residents to visit.

Large apartment buildings are the most common housing type, representing the majority of dwellings in Old Toronto, whereas the remainder are mainly small apartment buildings. This part of Toronto is primarily composed of two bedroom and one bedroom homes. Renters occupy roughly 55% of the units in Old Toronto and the rest are occupied by owners. Around one third of homes in this area were built before the 1960s, while the majority of the remaining buildings were constructed in the 1960s and the 2000s.