Neighbourhood guide  /  Scarborough

Birch Cliff

Above the bluffs east of the Beaches, with interwar houses and an active rebuild market.

Birch Cliff sits on the tableland above the western Scarborough Bluffs, immediately east of the Beaches, and it has drawn steady interest from buyers priced out of that neighbourhood. The housing is largely interwar and postwar — bungalows and one-and-a-half storey houses on lots that are wider than anything comparable to the west — and the rebuild and second-storey addition cycle has been running for years. Kingston Road is the commercial spine and is slowly improving. The bluffs and the lakefront parks below are the defining amenity.

Housing stock

Interwar and postwar bungalows and detached houses; a steady flow of rebuilds and additions.

Who buys here

Families moving east from the Beaches, first-time house buyers, and builders.

Transit

The 12 Kingston Road bus; Danforth and Scarborough GO stations nearby.

Worth checking

Properties near the bluff edge face erosion and setback rules. Confirm the position before buying.

Homes for sale in Birch Cliff

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