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Thorncliffe Park

A dense apartment community on a bend of the Don, among the most diverse in the city.

Thorncliffe Park was built in the sixties as a planned apartment community on the site of a former racetrack, and it remains one of the densest and most diverse neighbourhoods in Toronto — a concentration of high-rise rental and condominium buildings serving a largely immigrant population, with one of the largest elementary schools in the country at its centre. The Don Valley wraps around it, giving genuine green space and a degree of physical isolation from the surrounding city. Buying here is generally an apartment purchase, and often an investment one; the market behaves differently from the house neighbourhoods nearby.

Housing stock

High-rise rental and condominium apartments; very little low-rise or freehold stock.

Who buys here

Investors, first-time apartment buyers, and families established in the community.

Transit

The 25 Don Mills and 81 Thorncliffe Park buses; the Ontario Line is planned to serve the area.

Worth checking

Older apartment buildings carry significant repair histories. Read the reserve fund study closely.

Homes for sale in Thorncliffe Park

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