Welcome To Allenby
Allenby is the pocket of detached and semi-detached homes west of Avenue Road, north of Eglinton, built mostly in the 1920s through the 1940s and wrapped around one school: Allenby Public School. That school is the whole story for a lot of buyers here, and prices on the surrounding streets reflect it. The lots run wider than you find further downtown, the trees are mature, and the streets are quiet in the way that family neighbourhoods are quiet… which is to say, full of strollers and hockey nets, not silence.
People who land in Allenby tend to stay. It is not a churn-and-flip neighbourhood… families buy in, raise kids, and hang on through the school years and often well past them. The trade-off is that almost nothing comes up for sale, and when it does, it goes quickly. The other thing worth knowing up front: as of February 2026 the Eglinton Crosstown (Line 5) is finally running, with stations a short walk south, which has changed the commute math for the whole area after years of construction.
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Allenby FAQs
It sits west of Avenue Road and north of Eglinton Avenue West, roughly bounded by Latimer Avenue to the west and Briar Hill Avenue to the north. It borders Lytton Park to the north and Lawrence Park South to the east, with Forest Hill just across Avenue Road.
As a rough guide: the rare condo townhouse or low-rise unit tends to start in the high $800Ks; semi-detached houses generally run from around $1.5M into the low $2Ms; and detached homes, the bulk of the neighbourhood, typically start around $2M and climb well past $3M to $4M for renovated or larger places, with the streets closest to Allenby PS commanding a premium. See the live statistics block below for the current quarter’s exact figures, or browse current Allenby listings.
This is about as family-focused as midtown gets. The draw is Allenby PS, known for its French immersion, plus wide lots, quiet streets, Eglinton Park nearby and a community where people put down roots and stay.
Better than it has been in years. The Eglinton Crosstown (Line 5) opened in February 2026, with stations along Eglinton a short walk south, and it connects to the Yonge line at Eglinton station. By car, Avenue Road runs straight down to the core, though rush hour is rush hour.
For errands and school runs, yes… the Eglinton Way shops along Eglinton West are an easy walk, and the streets are made for it. For a full night out you will usually head to Yonge or downtown. This is a residential neighbourhood first.
Less than in the older downtown neighbourhoods. Many homes have private or mutual drives, and street parking is more manageable here than it is in Little Italy or the Annex. The mutual-drive arrangements are the thing to read carefully before you buy.
Around the Neighbourhood
Cultural landmarks: the Eglinton Grand at 400 Eglinton West, the restored 1936 art deco theatre that now runs as an event hall, anchors the south edge of the area and is the most recognizable building nearby.
Hot local spots: the Eglinton Way strip on Eglinton West does the daily shopping and eating, with 7 Numbers at 516 for southern Italian, Hotel Gelato at 532 for breakfast, lunch and dessert, and the run of boutiques and cafes between Avenue Road and Chaplin.
Parks & green space: Eglinton Park is the big one just south, with sports fields, tennis courts, a summer pool and an outdoor rink, plus the North Toronto Memorial Community Centre at 200 Eglinton West for pools and programming.
Your Typical Neighbour
Allenby is one of the three communities, with Lytton Park and Blythwood, inside the City’s Lawrence Park South neighbourhood, and it skews to the wealthier, established end of that profile: married couples and families with school-age kids, long tenures, high education levels and household incomes well above the Toronto median. It is an owner-occupied, detached-and-semi neighbourhood far more than a renter or condo one, and it is not where you go to find a one-bedroom rental. The defining feature is stability… people buy for the school and the streets and they stay.
Source: City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profile, Lawrence Park South (Neighbourhood 103), 2021 Census
What We Love
The combination is hard to find in midtown: wide lots, mature trees, quiet streets and a genuinely strong public school all in one pocket. Eglinton Park does a lot of heavy lifting for families, with fields, tennis, a pool and a rink within a short walk, and the Eglinton Way gives you a real main street for coffee, dinner and errands without driving. And now that the Crosstown is open, the long-standing knock on the area, that you were close to everything but the transit was a mess, has eased considerably.
What We Don’t Love
Two honest things. First, inventory is thin and prices are high, so getting in is hard and bidding wars are common, especially on the streets nearest Allenby PS where families compete hard for the catchment. Second, the years of Crosstown construction along Eglinton were genuinely disruptive, and while the line is now running, Eglinton West still carries heavy traffic and the streetscape is still settling back to normal. If you need a quick highway run, you are not close to one.
Real Estate
Allenby is mostly detached and semi-detached homes built in the 1920s to 1940s, a lot of it Tudor and period styles, on lots that run wider than the downtown norm, with 25 to 35 foot frontages common and many homes on private or mutual drives. Over the last decade a handful of condo townhouses have been added, but this is overwhelmingly a house neighbourhood. The pull of Allenby PS keeps demand high and supply low, so well-priced or “needs work” houses that you might expect to slip through tend to end in competition. Renovated homes and the larger detached places push well into multi-million-dollar territory. 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
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Allenby Jr Public School
Glenview Senior Public School
Cedarvale Community School
Blythwood Junior Public School
The Grove Community School
Ogden Junior Public School
Sunnybrook School
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School
North Toronto Collegiate Institute
Northern Secondary School
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Greenwood College
Havergal College
For school rankings and Fraser Institute scores, see our interactive Toronto school map.
Transit
The headline change: the Eglinton Crosstown (Line 5) opened in February 2026 after years of construction, with stations along Eglinton a short walk south and a connection to the Yonge subway line at Eglinton station. The 61 Avenue Road bus and other surface routes fill in locally. By car, Avenue Road is the main route south to downtown and Forest Hill, with the Allen Road and Highway 401 reachable to the north. For a family neighbourhood this far from a highway, the transit picture is now much stronger than it was.
Property Statistics in Allenby
Detached Houses - Statistics
Q1 2026
$3,187,000
Average Price
60
New Listings
11
Properties Sold
20
Average Days on Market
96%
% of Asking Price
semi-detached - Statistics
Q1 2026
N/A
Average Price
2
New Listings
1
Properties Sold
N/A
Average Days on Market
N/A
% of Asking Price
townhome - Statistics
Q1 2026
N/A
Average Price
6
New Listings
0
Properties Sold
N/A
Average Days on Market
N/A
% of Asking Price
Condos - Statistics
Q1 2026
$1,009,000
Average Price
24
New Listings
7
Properties Sold
47
Average Days on Market
101%
% of Asking Price
All Properties - Statistics
Q1 2026
$2,289,696
Average Price
95
New Listings
20
Properties Sold
29
Average Days on Market
97%
% of Asking Price
Source: TRREB Statistics
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