One of the biggest and most important considerations when buying a home is how it will affect your daily commute. The perfect home is no use if you are never there, so you want to weigh that consideration carefully. With this in mind, we looked around the GTA to find the best municipalities for commuters. […]
Neighbourhood Profile: Yorkville
Extending northward from the ultra-trendy intersection of Yonge and Bloor, the chic neighbourhood of Yorkville – known by many GTA residents as Toronto’s go-to destination for upscale retail therapy – has also become associated with some of the finest condo inventory in the city. When one takes in the area’s glistening high-rises and sophisticated bistros, […]
Neighbourhood Profile: St. Lawrence
Equally highly regarded for its central location and impressive list of architectural landmarks, Toronto’s St. Lawrence neighbourhood is without a doubt one of the city’s most sought-after destinations for real estate. It is also one of Toronto’s most historic areas, with origins that date all the way back to 1799 – when Upper Canada’s first […]
Neighbourhood Profile: Central Willowdale
Known to most GTA residents as the northeastern terminus of the TTC’s busy Yonge University Spadina line, the busy intersection of Yonge Street and Finch Avenue has grown into more than just a transit hub since Finch Station first opened for business in 1974. The busy intersection – which is also home to affordable high-rise […]
Neighbourhood Profile: Oak Ridges
YORK REGION – Built upon a prime stretch of the glacially-sculpted Oak Ridges Moraine – one of Ontario’s most well-known watersheds – the Oak Ridges neighbourhood is the northernmost in the City of Richmond Hill, and shares its Bloomington Road boundary with the municipality of Aurora. From its humble origins as an offshoot of the […]
Neighbourhood Profile: Fort York
TORONTO – Originally plotted in 1793 by famed military leader John Graves Simcoe, the history of Fort York is strongly connected to that of Toronto. It was, after all, the very first settlement to be developed in what now constitutes the city’s downtown core. Back then, two key strategic features attracted Simcoe to the site: […]
Neighbourhood Profile: Mount Joy
While many York Region residents likely associate the proper pronoun “Mount Joy” with the eponymous GO station or community centre – both located along Highway 48 (A.K.A. Markham Rd.) between 16th Avenue and Bur Oak Boulevard – what some may not know is that the Mount Joy name and neighbourhood both date back to the […]
Neighbourhood Profile: Streetsville
MISSISSAUGA – When it comes to the history of Peel Region, few of the area’s communities are more steeped in it than Streetsville – one of Mississauga’s best-preserved communities, and a rapidly-growing real estate hotspot for young families. Named after Timothy Street, one of the community’s most prominent early landowners, Streetsville boasts a history that […]
Neighbourhood Profile: West Don Lands & Corktown
Bolstered by Pan Am prestige, an east-end enclave reinvents its image TORONTO – On a grassy lawn at the intersection of King and Trinity Streets, an inconspicuous plaque shares an impressive tale about Little Trinity Church, the Gothic Revival-style building next door. “Founded in 1842, this is the oldest surviving church in the City of Toronto,” […]
Neighbourhood Profile: Thornhill East
MARKHAM – Along with its own vibrant history and distinct sense of community, the former milling village of Thornhill has an unusual quirk: it is split, right down its middle, between the two neighbouring municipalities of Markham and Vaughan. That has a lot to do with the fact that Thornhill’s history has relied heavily on the […]