Kensington-Chinatown, Toronto

Kensington-Chinatown is a dense, central Toronto neighbourhood of mixed-age streets, high-rise and low-rise condominiums, and a close network of parks, community centres and libraries. The street layout is a mix of a compact downtown grid and narrower lanes and short residential streets, with busy commercial avenues running through it. Density is high. Tall apartment and condo buildings sit close to older low-rise blocks, and ground-floor storefronts line many of the main streets. Most homes sold in the last 24 months were built between 2003 and 2023, so newer construction shapes much of the housing stock alongside older buildings. Condo apartments made up 75% of the homes sold in the last 24 months, freehold townhouses 9% and condo townhouses 8%. The typical home sold had 2 bedrooms. There were 209 sales in that period at a median price of $675,000, and the median time on the market was 30 days. Right now 128 homes are for sale. No train or subway stations are on record inside the area. Getting around relies on the surrounding road network, downtown streetcar and bus routes, and nearby major roads. The Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway are the main highway connections reached from the downtown core. Shops and services are concentrated along the main streets and include cafes, grocery stores, restaurants and pharmacies, many within a short walk of each other. Green space includes Alexandra Park, Bellevue Square Park, Butterfield Park, Gallery Park, Glasgow Street Parkette, Grange Park, Julius Deutsch Park and Lillian H. Smith Park. Community centres are Alexandra Park Community Centre, Cecil Community Centre, Chao Chow Association of Ontario, Scadding Court Community Centre, The University Settlement Recreation Centre and YSM Evergreen Centre. Libraries are Dorothy H. Hoover Library, Toronto Public Library - Lillian H. Smith, Toronto Public Library - Sanderson and the Toronto Seed Library. Schools inside the area, all in the Toronto DSB, are Beverley School, Contact Alternative School School, Heydon Park Secondary School, Kensington Community School School Junior, Ogden Junior Public School, Orde Street Public School and Subway Academy II.