Dovercourt Park

Your Typical Neighbour

Young families with an income below the Toronto average. Chances are about 50/50 that you have more neighbours than you’d expect in the divided house next to you.

What We Love

Momentum. Retail is improving, leaseholds are getting facelifts and even the Dufferin Station bus platform just got a makeover. Not too mention the Galleria Mall redevelopment that is currently taking place. Scheduled to be completed in 2023, the redevelopment will transform the 20 acre Galleria Mall into a high-rise mixed-use residential community.

What We Don’t Love

The lower income apartment buildings aren’t going away anytime soon. They are, of course necessary (and are the reason there is so much excellent recreational programming), but there’s no denying they create downward pressure on property value.

The Real Estate Scoop

Most of the Single-family dwelling stock that lives here was built between 1900 and 1925. The nature of the demographic here led to a good majority of these Edwardian style homes being converted into multi-unit buildings by investors who saw the opportunity in renting multiple smaller spaces. More recently these homes are being returned to single-family dwellings, as the area has grown in popularity in recent years spurred on relatively affordable purchase prices compared to some of the more popular southerly neighbourhoods. Clean streetscapes lined with mature trees and above-average neighbourhood curb appeal are changing the demographic searching here more recently as well.

There is irony in the slow and steady gentrification here. Most of the buildings along the Bloor street stretch are two and three-story mixed-use commercial and residential buildings that see storefronts on the street with office or more likely residential space above. These buildings are some of the oldest in the area, and often in varying levels of disrepair. There are also a number of low and mid-rise apartment buildings in the area that are rental-focused and address the lower and middle-income housing need that is strong here.

The bottom line? Dovercourt and neighbouring Wallace-Emerson represent the most affordable stretch along the subway anywhere close to downtown. Look east, west and south and from almost every direction there is price pressure moving this way – just look at what’s happened to formerly scruffy Junction Triangle in recent years.

Schools

While the majority of the local schools fall just outside the actual borders of the neighbourhood, there are many nearby.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Dovercourt Public School
St. Anthony Catholic School
Givins/Shaw Junior Public School
Alexander Muir/Gladstone Ave Junior and Senior Public School
Ossington/Old Orchard Junior Public School
Dewson Street Junior Public School
Regal Road Junior Public School

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS

Alexander Muir/Gladstone Ave Junior and Senior Public School
King Edward Junior and Senior Public School
Dovercourt Public School
Winona Drive Senior Public School

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Parkdale Collegiate Institute
Bloor Collegiate Institute

Transit

Subways and blue light Bus lines cross the city on Bloor at all hours of the day. Dufferin is a direct route South to the highway or North towards midtown.