Welcome To Rosedale
Rosedale is the quiet one. It is one of Toronto’s oldest and wealthiest neighbourhoods, a maze of winding, tree-canopied streets laid out to follow the ravines rather than a grid, lined with grand detached houses on deep lots. People get lost driving through it, and that is partly the point… the curves and dead ends were designed to keep through-traffic out. What you get in return is the closest thing to country quiet you will find this near downtown.
It is also a neighbourhood that doesn’t change much, and the people who live here like it that way. There is no condo boom, no churning restaurant strip, no cranes. The action, such as it is, happens on the edges along Yonge near Summerhill, where the shops and restaurants live. Inside Rosedale proper, it is houses, gardens, ravine trails and the occasional dog walker.
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Rosedale FAQs
It sits just north and east of downtown, bordered by Yonge Street to the west near Summerhill and Yonge-St. Clair, with the ravines and the Don Valley to the east and Cabbagetown to the south.
This is one of the priciest neighbourhoods in the city, so set expectations accordingly. As a rough guide: the relatively few condos and apartments, mostly along the Yonge and St. Clair edges, generally start around $700K and run well past $2M for larger suites; the rare semi-detached and townhouse runs into the low millions; and detached homes, which are what Rosedale is really about, generally start around $2.5M and climb into the tens of millions for the grand estates on the ravine. See the live statistics block below for the current quarter’s exact figures, or browse current Rosedale listings.
If you want space, quiet, mature trees and ravine trails at your back door, and you can afford it, few neighbourhoods compete. If you want walkable nightlife and a buzzy main street, this is the wrong address… that is Summerhill or the Annex.
Very. The large homes, the parks, the ravine trails and some of the city’s strongest schools, public and private, make it a long-term family neighbourhood. People raise kids here and then their kids buy in.
Easy. Rosedale Station on Line 1 puts you at Union in well under 20 minutes, and the financial district is a short ride or a reasonable walk south. Drivers reach the Don Valley Parkway quickly via the ravine routes.
Less than most central neighbourhoods, since most homes have private driveways or garages. Street parking on the narrow winding roads is another matter, so check before you count on it.
Your Typical Neighbour
Rosedale is old money and established professionals, and the housing tells the story: large detached homes on deep lots, long-held and rarely flipped. Residents skew older and wealthier than the city as a whole, with a high share of families and homeowners and one of the highest household incomes in Toronto. It is not a transient neighbourhood… people put down roots here for decades, and turnover is slow. The Moore Park half of the official neighbourhood shares the same leafy, established character across the ravine.
Source: City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profile, Rosedale-Moore Park
What We Love
The quiet and the trees, first of all. For a neighbourhood this close to downtown, Rosedale feels remarkably removed… the winding streets keep traffic out, and the ravine system means you are minutes from a proper walk in the woods. The houses are some of the most beautiful in the city, generations of architecture on streets that were laid out with care. And the location is hard to argue with: subway access, a short hop to Yorkville and the core, and Summerhill’s shops and restaurants right on the edge.
What We Don’t Love
The price of entry, obviously. Rosedale is one of the most expensive places to buy in Toronto, and the detached stock rarely trades, so options are limited and competition for the good ones is real. The same quiet that residents love can feel isolating if you want a main street life… inside Rosedale proper there is almost nowhere to walk for a coffee, so you are heading to the edges for anything. And those winding streets that keep cars out also make it genuinely easy to get lost.
Real Estate
Rosedale is detached-house territory, and grand detached at that. The housing stock runs from century-old Georgian and Tudor homes to the occasional modern rebuild, on lots that are large by Toronto standards, many backing onto ravine. Inventory is tight and held for the long term, so when a good house comes up it draws serious interest. There are pockets of condos and apartments along the Yonge and St. Clair edges for buyers who want the address without the upkeep, and the Summerhill and Annex borders offer a slightly more attainable way in. New to the market? Start by browsing current listings.
(Current prices and days on market appear in the live statistics block below, updated quarterly.)
Schools
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Rosedale Jr Public School
Whitney Jr Public School
Bennington Heights Elementary School
Davisville Junior Public School
Rolph Road Elementary School
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Hodgson Middle School
Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
The Linden School
The York School
Arrowsmith School
Rosedale Heights School of the Arts
City Academy
Branksome Hall
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
For school rankings and Fraser Institute scores, see our interactive Toronto school map.
Transit
Rosedale Station on Line 1 (Yonge) sits on the western edge and puts you at Union in under 20 minutes, with Summerhill Station the next stop north. Buses fill in the gaps, including the 82 Rosedale that loops the winding interior streets and runs out to Chorley Park. Drivers reach the Don Valley Parkway quickly via the ravine connections, which is part of why the neighbourhood works for people who still keep a car.
Property Statistics in Rosedale
Detached Houses - Statistics
Q4 2025
$4,415,000
Average Price
33
New Listings
15
Properties Sold
37
Average Days on Market
94%
% of Asking Price
semi-detached - Statistics
Q4 2025
$3,675,000
Average Price
7
New Listings
4
Properties Sold
23
Average Days on Market
93%
% of Asking Price
townhome - Statistics
Q4 2025
N/A
Average Price
3
New Listings
1
Properties Sold
N/A
Average Days on Market
N/A
% of Asking Price
Condos - Statistics
Q4 2025
$2,468,000
Average Price
54
New Listings
22
Properties Sold
40
Average Days on Market
95%
% of Asking Price
All Properties - Statistics
Q4 2025
$2,857,481
Average Price
113
New Listings
53
Properties Sold
38
Average Days on Market
94%
% of Asking Price
Source: TRREB Statistics
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