Dundas West: bakeries, bars and a steady supply of renovated rowhouses.
Written by Nick Ntoukas, Toronto realtor · Chestnut Park Real Estate · Updated August 2026
Little Portugal centres on Dundas Street West and the streets running off it, and like its neighbours it carries the name of the community that settled it while the commercial strip has shifted toward bars, galleries and restaurants. The housing is narrow Victorian rowhouses and semis on tight lots, a great many of them renovated in the last fifteen years. It sits between Trinity Bellwoods and Dufferin Grove, close enough to both parks to benefit and far enough from either to price below them. The neighbourhood still turns over steadily, which makes it one of the more available parts of the west end.
Victorian rowhouses and semis, some triplexes, a small number of new mid-rise buildings.
Young families, first-time house buyers, and renovators.
The 505 Dundas streetcar; Ossington and Dufferin stations on the Bloor line.
Many houses were converted to multiple units. Confirm the legal use and any retrofit work.
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Straight-line distances from the centre of Little Portugal. Proximity is not catchment — check the board locators or ask Nick. School locations: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Educational Facilities, adapted; contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence — Canada.
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Nick Ntoukas is a Toronto real estate agent with Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited, Brokerage — the exclusive Ontario affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate — working with buyers and sellers across the GTA, including Little Portugal. A written valuation of your Little Portugal home is free and arrives within 48 hours: call 647-208-8588 or request it online.