Roncesvalles, Toronto

Roncesvalles is a west-end Toronto neighbourhood of tightly built residential streets, a mix of older houses and newer condo buildings, and a busy commercial spine, with a set of small parks scattered through it. The streets are mostly laid out in a grid of short blocks, with side streets running off the main avenue. Density is moderate to high. Low-rise houses fill most of the blocks, and condo apartments sit along the busier routes. Most homes sold were built between 1926 and 2018, so early twentieth-century houses stand alongside much newer buildings. Homes come in several forms. Over the last 24 months, 242 homes sold. Condo apartments made up 34% of sales, semi-detached houses 31%, detached houses 19% and freehold townhouses 9%. The typical home sold had 3 bedrooms. The median sale price over that period was $1,296,000, and the median time on the market was 11 days. There are currently 37 homes for sale. No train or subway stations are on record inside the area. For getting around, the neighbourhood is close to major roads such as Dundas Street, Queen Street, Roncesvalles Avenue and Dufferin Street, and to the Gardiner Expressway. Streetcar and bus lines serve these corridors, and the Lakeshore West rail line passes nearby. Shops and services are concentrated along the main commercial street. They include cafes, grocery stores, restaurants and pharmacies, along with other everyday services within walking distance of the surrounding blocks. The area has eight parks: Albert Crosland Park, Charles G. Williams Park, Columbus Parkette, Dufferin Amphitheatre, Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden, Grafton Avenue Park, Pat Capponi Parkette and Ritchie Avenue Parkette. Most are small, and the group includes parkettes, a garden and an amphitheatre. Two schools are inside the area, both under the Toronto CDSB: Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School and St Vincent de Paul Catholic School.