Neighbourhood guide  /  West End

Parkdale

Large Victorian houses, a dense rental stock, and a genuinely mixed community by the lake.

Parkdale was a wealthy lakeside suburb before the Gardiner cut it off from the water, and the evidence is still standing — some of the largest Victorian houses in the city, many divided into apartments during the decades that followed. It is now one of the most economically and culturally mixed neighbourhoods in Toronto, with a large rental population, a strong Tibetan community along Queen West, and a steady flow of buyers drawn by the housing stock. The market here rewards care: condition, legal use and tenancy status vary enormously between houses that look similar from the street.

Housing stock

Large Victorian detached and semi-detached houses, many in multiple units; low-rise apartment buildings.

Who buys here

Investors, buyers converting houses back to single use, and long-term residents.

Transit

The 501 Queen and 504 King streetcars; Dufferin station to the north.

Worth checking

Tenanted houses come with the tenants and their rights. Understand the Landlord and Tenant Board rules before you offer.

Homes for sale in Parkdale

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