Corso Italia-Davenport, Toronto

Corso Italia-Davenport is a compact, built-up residential area in west-central Toronto, made up mostly of low-rise houses on a street grid, with shops and services concentrated along its main roads. Most residential streets are lined with semi-detached and detached houses set close together, and the housing stock is dominated by early to mid-20th-century construction. Most homes sold in the last 24 months were built between 1926 and 1951. Of the 214 homes sold over that period, 50% were semi-detached houses and 39% were detached houses. The typical home had 3 bedrooms. The median sale price was $1,125,000, and the median time on the market was 11 days, so homes generally sold quickly. There are 22 homes for sale right now. No train or subway stations are on record inside the area. Getting around relies on the surrounding road and transit network, including the streetcar and bus routes along St. Clair Avenue West, Dufferin Street and Davenport Road, with Line 2 and Line 1 subway stations reachable by connecting routes. Downtown Toronto lies to the southeast, and major roads and highways beyond the neighbourhood link to the rest of the city. Day-to-day shopping and services are of the ordinary neighbourhood kind. Cafes, restaurants, grocery stores and pharmacies are found along the commercial streets, with smaller shops and services mixed in. Green space and public facilities inside the area include Earlscourt Park and Santa Chiara Parkette. The Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre is within the area, as is the Toronto Public Library - Dufferin/St. Clair branch. Three schools are located inside the area: Oakwood Collegiate Institute and Regal Road Junior Public School, both part of the Toronto DSB, and Stella Maris Catholic School, part of the Toronto CDSB.