Humewood-Cedarvale

Around the Neighbourhood

Cultural landmarks: the Cedarvale Ravine and the Kay Gardner Beltline Trail run right through the neighbourhood, a continuous green spine that doubles as the area’s defining feature and its de facto community space.

Hot local spots: Phipps Bakery Cafe at 420 Eglinton West has been baking from scratch since 1986, and the St Clair West strip just south adds a long run of restaurants, cafes and groceries within easy reach.

Parks & green space: Cedarvale Park anchors the north end of the ravine, with a fenced off-leash dog area, and the Cedarvale Ravine trail threads south through cattail wetlands toward St Clair, linking into the Beltline.

Your Typical Neighbour

Humewood-Cedarvale is diverse and split by geography. Cedarvale leans toward established, higher-income families in detached houses; Humewood is younger, denser and more renter-heavy (63%), with a good share of apartments. Across the whole neighbourhood, renters slightly outnumber owners thanks to that apartment stock, and around 61% of adults hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. It’s a genuine mix of long-settled families and newer arrivals drawn by the ravine, the schools and, now, the LRT.

Source: City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profile, Humewood-Cedarvale

What We Love

The ravine, full stop. Having Cedarvale and the Beltline running through your neighbourhood means trails, trees and off-leash dog runs a few minutes from your door, which is a rare luxury this central. We also like the range: you can buy a starter semi in Humewood or a grand house on a Cedarvale street and still call the same neighbourhood home. And the new Line 5 access takes the old “how do you get anywhere from here” knock off the table.

What We Don’t Love

The two halves can feel like different worlds, and prices in Cedarvale have climbed steeply, so the “affordable” reputation really only holds in the Humewood pockets now. The St Clair and Bathurst edges get busy and parking there is tight. And after years of Crosstown construction disruption, the neighbourhood has earned a little transit fatigue, even if the payoff has finally arrived.

Real Estate

Cedarvale is detached and semi-detached houses on wide lots, some of them genuinely grand near the ravine, while Humewood mixes semis, the odd detached and low-rise apartments closer to St Clair. It’s a neighbourhood where the street matters a lot to the price… ravine-adjacent Cedarvale trades at a real premium over the busier Humewood blocks. The opening of Line 5 is likely to add development pressure near Eglinton over time. New to the market? Start with our First-Time Buyer guide.

(Current prices and days on market appear in the live statistics block below, updated quarterly.)

Schools

Some highly respected schools here, including Vaughan Road Academy that hosts special programming for students with heavy arts or sports commitments.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Humewood Community School
Cedarvale Community School
J R Wilcox Community School
É Élém Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau
Forest Hill Junior and Senior Public School

SENIOR SCHOOLS

Vaughan Road Academy
Oakwood Collegiate Institute
ÉS Toronto Ouest
Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
George Harvey Collegiate Institute

CATHOLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Robbins Hebrew Academy
Leo Baeck Day School (South Campus)
ÉÉC du Sacré-Coeur-Toronto
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
St. Alphonsus Catholic School
ÉSC Saint-Frère-André
Holy Rosary Catholic School

For school rankings and Fraser Institute scores, see our interactive Toronto school map.

Transit

Line 5 Eglinton, open since February 2026, runs along the north edge with Cedarvale station linking the LRT to the Yonge-University subway and the Allen. The 512 St Clair streetcar runs in a dedicated right-of-way to St Clair West station on Line 2. Drivers use the Allen Road for a fast run to the 401, though it backs up at rush hour.