New Toronto, Toronto

New Toronto is a lakeside neighbourhood in south Etobicoke, made up mostly of low-rise streets with a commercial strip along Lake Shore Boulevard West. Much of it follows a grid, with numbered streets running north and south toward the waterfront. Detached houses, semi-detached houses and townhouses sit on these blocks, with lower-rise buildings on the main road. Most homes sold were built between 1951 and 2023, so the housing stock is a mix of postwar and newer construction. Over the last 24 months, 179 homes sold, and 28 are for sale right now. The median sale price was $950,000, and the median home spent 21 days on the market. Detached houses made up 57% of sales, condo townhouses 24% and semi-detached houses 8%. The typical home sold had 3 bedrooms. For getting around, Lake Shore Boulevard West is the main east-west road, and the Gardiner Expressway and Queen Elizabeth Way are reached to the east and north. Islington Avenue and Kipling Avenue are nearby north-south routes. Streetcar and bus service runs along Lake Shore, and the Lakeshore West rail corridor passes close by. No stations are on record inside the area. Shops and services are concentrated along Lake Shore Boulevard West. They include cafes, restaurants, grocery stores and pharmacies, along with other everyday services. Green space is plentiful. The area has Cliff Lumsdon Park, Colonel Samuel Smith Park, Don Russell Memorial Park, Eighth Street Park, Lake Shore Teachers College Centre Island, Lakeshore Village Park, Prince of Wales Park and Rotary Park. Ken Cox Community Centre is inside the area, and so is the Toronto Public Library - New Toronto branch. Six schools are in the area. The Toronto District School Board runs Lakeshore Collegiate Institute, Second Street Junior Middle School, Seventh Street Junior School and Twentieth Street Junior School. The Toronto Catholic District School Board runs Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School and The Holy Trinity Catholic School.