Woodbine-Lumsden

Around the Neighbourhood

Cultural landmarks: Stan Wadlow Park is the community’s hub, home to the East York Curling Club, a skate park and a long-running roster of fields and rinks, and the revitalized Danforth small-business strip is the area’s everyday heart.

Hot local spots: Old’s Cool General Store is the beloved corner shop and cafe, The Rib House is the late-night local favourite for ribs, and Viking Bakery brings Icelandic pastries to the strip, alongside family shops like Silly Goose Kids.

Parks & green space: this is the strong suit. Stan Wadlow Park packs in six baseball diamonds, a splash pad, an outdoor pool, a skate park and an off-leash area, and Taylor Creek Park offers 10 km of walking and cycling trails that link into the Don River trail system.

Your Typical Neighbour

Woodbine-Lumsden is a settled, family-oriented East York neighbourhood of roughly 7,870 residents. It leans toward homeowners and young families drawn by the houses, parks and schools, with a steady mix of longtime East Yorkers who have been here for decades. Incomes sit around the Toronto average, the community-association culture is strong, and the vibe is practical and friendly rather than trendy. People move here to raise kids and stay.

Source: City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profile, Woodbine-Lumsden, 2021 Census 

What We Love

The parks and the value. Stan Wadlow and Taylor Creek give you ball diamonds, a pool, a skate park, an off-leash run and kilometres of ravine trails, all within the neighbourhood, which is a rare thing this close to downtown. The housing is a sensible mix of semis, detacheds and the odd mid-rise, the two subway stations make the commute painless, and the local shopkeepers and associations have given the strip a genuine small-town feel. For families, it punches above its price.

What We Don’t Love

It is quiet, and quiet cuts both ways. If you want a buzzy restaurant scene and nightlife at the door, you’ll be heading south to the Danforth or downtown. The housing stock is older East York, so many homes will want updating, and the busier edges along O’Connor, Woodbine and Main carry the usual arterial traffic and noise. This is a roll-up-your-sleeves family neighbourhood, not a scene.

Real Estate

Woodbine-Lumsden offers one of the more balanced housing mixes in the east end: modest semis, a healthy stock of detached homes, the occasional modern infill build, and mid-rise condos for singles and downsizers. The streets are established and tree-lined, prices sit below the Danforth neighbourhoods to the south, and well-kept family houses are in steady demand. It is a place buyers often land when they want more house and more green for the money. 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

Two Line 2 stations, Woodbine and Main, bracket the neighbourhood, giving a one-seat ride downtown in around 25 minutes. Buses run along O’Connor, Woodbine and Main, and drivers reach the DVP via O’Connor or the Don Valley quickly, which makes the area work for commuters in either direction.

Schools

There a ton of great schools in Woodbine-Lumsden! 7 public schools and 5 Catholic schools to be precise.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

École élémentaire La Mosaïque
Collège français secondaire
D. A. Morrison Middle School
East York Collegiate Institute
Gledhill Junior Public School
Secord Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School

CATHOLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS

St. Brigid Catholic School
ÉÉC Georges-Étienne-Cartier
Canadian Martyrs Catholic School
ÉÉC du Bon-Berger
ÉSC Père-Philippe-Lamarche

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