Church-Wellesley, Toronto

Church-Wellesley is a dense, mostly high-rise downtown Toronto neighbourhood centred on Church Street and Wellesley Street, where condo apartment buildings, small parks and community buildings sit close together. The street grid is regular, with Church Street running north to south and Wellesley Street, Charles Street and Alexander Street crossing it. Blocks are short and walkable. Recent towers stand beside a smaller number of older low-rise buildings, and the parkettes fill gaps between them. Condo apartments made up 94% of the 296 homes sold in the last 24 months, and most of those homes were built between 2018 and 2023. The typical home sold had 1 bedroom. The median sale price over that period was $572,000, and the median time on market was 30 days. Right now 36 homes are for sale. Wellesley station is inside the area, on the subway. Yonge Street lies just to the west and Bloor Street to the north, both major roads with heavy transit service. Carlton Street and Jarvis Street are nearby routes, and the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway are the closest highways. Streetcar and bus routes run along the surrounding streets. Shops and services are concentrated along Church Street and the cross streets. They include cafes, restaurants, grocery stores and pharmacies, and most are at street level beneath residential buildings. The area has seven parks: Alexander Street Parkette, Barbara Hall Park, Charles Street Parkette, George Hislop Park, James Canning Gardens, Norman Jewison Park and Paul Kane House Parkette. Two community centres, The 519 and The Village Centre, are inside the area. The ArQuives is the library listed here. Four schools are inside the area. Church Street Junior Public School and Native Learning Centre belong to the Toronto DSB. Collège français élémentaire and Collège français secondaire belong to CS Viamonde.