Broadview North

Around the Neighbourhood

Cultural landmarks: Todmorden Mills Heritage Site by the Don, a former 19th-century brewery and paper mill that now holds a museum, gallery and the Papermill Theatre, plus the Chester Hill Lookout, the quiet dead-end with one of the best free skyline views in the east end.

Hot local spots: Serano Bakery on Pape for Greek pastries and bread, The Big Carrot Community Market at 348 Danforth for organic everything, and Broadview Espresso for the patio crowd.

Parks & green space: Westwood Parkette, Livingstone Park and Agnes Macphail Square sit inside the neighbourhood, with the Don Valley trails and Evergreen Brick Works a short walk or ride down Pottery Road.

Your Typical Neighbour

Broadview North is more mixed than its quiet streets suggest. There is a long Greek thread running up from the Danforth, a steady supply of young professionals and couples priced out of Riverdale proper, and young families who want the ravine and the schools. It skews renter, with over two-thirds of households renting along the Broadview apartment corridor, which keeps the area more varied than the detached side streets alone would suggest. The median age sits around 42, so it is neither a student pocket nor a retirement one.

Source: City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profile, Broadview North, 2021 Census 

What We Love

The ravine, full stop. Few Toronto neighbourhoods put you this close to Todmorden Mills, the Don trails and the Brick Works while keeping a subway within walking distance. The Greek spillover from the Danforth means good, unfussy food close by, the side streets are genuinely quiet thanks to all the dead ends, and the Chester Hill Lookout is the kind of local secret that makes you feel a bit smug for living here.

What We Don’t Love

The DVP is always humming, and on the streets closest to the valley you hear it. Rush hour on the Don Valley and the Gardiner is its own punishment if your commute runs across the city rather than into it. And while the area is well served for groceries and coffee, it is short on the kind of restaurant strip that Riverdale and the Danforth have… you walk or ride for that.

Real Estate

Broadview North is mostly detached and semi-detached houses on generous, often irregular lots, with mature trees and rear parking that the old city core can only dream of. The architecture is all over the map in a good way: minimalist new builds next to cottage-style bungalows next to solid two-storeys. Along Broadview itself you get townhomes, older high-rises and a newer condo building near Mortimer, which is where most of the area’s renters and first-time buyers land. Inventory is thin on the quiet streets, so the well-priced houses tend to move quickly. 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.)

Transit

This is one of the better-connected pockets of the east end. Broadview, Chester and Pape stations on Line 2 are all within reach, the 504 streetcar and Broadview buses fill in the gaps, and Pottery Road drops drivers onto the DVP fast. The Ontario Line is under construction and will add a Pape stop, which should shorten the downtown trip further.

Schools

There are a number of schools in Broadview North from Montessori, Catholic and public schools to even a Centennial College Campus. 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

École élémentaire La Mosaïque
Collège français secondaire
É Élém Gabrielle-Roy
Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School
Bennington Heights Elementary School
Chester Elementary School
East York Collegiate Institute
Leaside High School
William Burgess Elementary School
Westwood Middle School

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

ÉÉC du Sacré-Coeur-Toronto
ÉSC Saint-Frère-André
Holy Cross Catholic School
St. Anselm Catholic School
Holy Name Catholic School

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