Welcome To Cliffside
Cliffside sits along Kingston Road in southwest Scarborough, between Birch Cliff to the west and Cliffcrest to the east, with the Scarborough Bluffs and Lake Ontario forming its southern edge. It is mostly a postwar, family-oriented pocket of detached and semi-detached houses on real lots, plus a thin band of newer condo and townhouse stock going up along Kingston Road. The City of Toronto groups it into the official Birchcliffe-Cliffside neighbourhood (#122).
The draw is the water and the price gap. You get bluff-top parks, a beach, and a couple of working yacht clubs, then a downtown commute that is genuinely manageable by GO train. In exchange, you pay less per square foot than the Beaches a few kilometres west. The Kingston Road strip through Cliffside Village is slowly filling in with independent shops and cafés rather than chains, though it is still a work in progress rather than a finished high street.
Properties For Sale
Cliffside FAQs
Rough ranges: detached houses generally run in the high-$1M area, semi-detached homes in the $800Ks to low $900Ks, and the limited condo stock around the mid-$500Ks. Townhouses trade thinly, so they come and go. These are moving targets… check the live statistics block further down this page and the current Cliffside listings for today’s numbers.
It runs along Kingston Road in southwest Scarborough, south toward the Bluffs and Lake Ontario, between Birch Cliff to the west and Cliffcrest to the east. St. Clair Avenue East is roughly the northern edge.
Yes. It is one of the more family-heavy parts of east Toronto, with detached and semi-detached homes on usable lots, several public and Catholic elementary schools, and a string of waterfront parks within walking or short driving distance.
The GO train from Scarborough GO (Lakeshore East line) is the fast option into Union. Driving via Kingston Road and the Gardiner works but bogs down badly at rush hour. TTC bus routes along Kingston Road connect to the subway, which is slower than the GO.
It depends where you live. The Kingston Road stretch through Cliffside Village has shops and cafés you can walk to, but the residential streets toward the Bluffs are car-oriented, and the lots are big enough that errands usually mean driving.
Most houses have private driveways and many have garages, so parking is rarely the headache it is closer to downtown. Street parking on the residential streets is generally easy.
Around the Neighbourhood
Cultural landmarks: The Scarborough Bluffs and Bluffer’s Park (with the only beach along the Bluffs and the Bluffer’s Park Yacht Club), Rosetta McClain Gardens at 1919-1971 Kingston Road, and St. Augustine’s Seminary, the Catholic seminary on the hill that has anchored the area for a century.
Hot local spots: D Spot Dessert Café on Kingston Road for waffles and late-night sweets, and The Birchcliff coffee shop just west on the Kingston Road corridor for a proper flat white. The Cliffside Village strip along Kingston Road is where the independent eateries and shop-local stores cluster.
Parks & green space: Bluffer’s Park, Rosetta McClain Gardens, Scarborough Crescent Park, Scarborough Heights Park, and Midland Ravine Park… most of them sitting along or near the top of the Bluffs.
Your Typical Neighbour
The official Birchcliffe-Cliffside neighbourhood (#122) is home to roughly 23,000 people and skews a little older and a little higher-income than the Toronto average, with a strong base of established families and long-time homeowners alongside a steady inflow of younger families priced out of the west end. Ownership runs high relative to the city, reflecting the detached-and-semi housing stock, though the rental and condo share is rising as new buildings go up along Kingston Road.
Source: City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profile, Birchcliffe-Cliffside (#122), 2021 Census
What We Love
The Bluffs. The views from the top can make you forget you are still in Toronto, and Bluffer’s Park gives you a beach, a marina, and trails all in one spot. The price gap with the Beaches is the other big one… you get more house and more land for the money here.
What We Don’t Love
Getting in and out by car at rush hour. Kingston Road and the Gardiner clog up, and the residential streets toward the water are not walkable for daily errands. The Kingston Road retail strip is improving but still patchy, with gaps between the good independents.
Real Estate
The housing stock is mostly postwar detached and semi-detached, with Cape Cod, Tudor, Edwardian and Craftsman bungalows mixed in with newer infill and a growing number of condos and townhouses along Kingston Road. The premium streets are the ones with views… Fishleigh Drive to the south runs above the lake, and the forested lots on Chine Drive trade privacy for setback. Smaller homes on good lots still offer relatively attainable entry points for the area. If you are weighing Cliffside against the neighbours, compare it with Cliffcrest just east and Birch Cliff just west, then run the current Cliffside listings.
Transit
The GO train from Scarborough GO on the Lakeshore East line is the quick way into Union Station. Kingston Road and the Gardiner handle drivers but slow to a crawl at peak times, and TTC buses along Kingston Road feed the subway. The long-discussed Eglinton East LRT would add rapid transit through Scarborough, but as of 2026 it remains unfunded and is not under construction, so do not buy on the promise of it.
Schools
Separate and Public offerings aplenty. Private school will have you looking outside the ‘hood.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Cliffside Public School
John A Leslie Public School
JR H King Academy
École élémentaire La Mosaïque
École élémentaire Jeanne-Lajoie
Birch Cliff Public School
Birch Cliff Heights Public School
Blantyre Public School
Courcelette Public School
SENIOR SCHOOLS
JR H King Academy
Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute
Collège français secondaire
Malvern Collegiate Institute
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School
ÉÉC Georges-Étienne-Cartier
ÉÉC du Bon-Berger
ÉSC Père-Philippe-Lamarche
Neil McNeil Catholic High School
St. Theresa Shrine Catholic School
St. Denis Catholic School
St. John Catholic School
For school rankings and Fraser Institute scores, see our interactive Toronto school map.
Property Statistics in Cliffside
Detached Houses - Statistics
Q4 2025
$1,279,000
Average Price
95
New Listings
46
Properties Sold
24
Average Days on Market
98%
% of Asking Price
semi-detached - Statistics
Q4 2025
$878,000
Average Price
10
New Listings
11
Properties Sold
36
Average Days on Market
101%
% of Asking Price
townhome - Statistics
Q4 2025
N/A
Average Price
0
New Listings
0
Properties Sold
N/A
Average Days on Market
N/A
% of Asking Price
Condos - Statistics
Q4 2025
$566,000
Average Price
21
New Listings
6
Properties Sold
132
Average Days on Market
97%
% of Asking Price
All Properties - Statistics
Q4 2025
$1,130,515
Average Price
134
New Listings
65
Properties Sold
36
Average Days on Market
98%
% of Asking Price
Source: TRREB Statistics
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