Oakwood Village, Toronto

Oakwood Village is a residential area of Toronto built around a street grid of low-rise blocks, with a commercial strip running along its main road and a mix of detached and semi-detached houses on the side streets. Most blocks are lined with houses set close together, and the buildings date from a broad span, with most homes sold having been built between 1951 and 2015. Detached houses made up 56% of the 291 homes sold in the last 24 months, and semi-detached houses made up 37%. Typical homes sold have 3 bedrooms. The median sale price over that time was $1,180,000, and the median time on market was 12 days. There are currently 24 homes for sale. For getting around, Oakwood station is inside the area. Streetcar and bus routes run along nearby major roads such as Oakwood Avenue, St. Clair Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West and Vaughan Road. The St. Clair streetcar and the Eglinton Crosstown line are close, and Highway 401 can be reached by road to the north. Shops and services are mostly clustered along the main commercial streets. They include cafes, grocery stores, restaurants and pharmacies, with everyday services within a short distance of most blocks. The area has six parks: Charles Brereton Park, Cy Townsend Park, Fairbank Memorial Park, Graham Park, Roseneath Park and Senator Peter Bosa Parkette. Community centres include Associacao Migrante De Barcelos and Unison Health & Community Services. Two libraries are inside the area: Toronto Public Library - Maria A. Shchuka and Toronto Public Library - Oakwood Village. Schools inside the area are D'Arcy McGee Catholic School, St Alphonsus Catholic School, St Clare Catholic School and St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, all part of the Toronto CDSB. Fairbank Public School, J R Wilcox Community School and Rawlinson Community School are part of the Toronto DSB.