Yonge-Doris, Toronto

Yonge-Doris is a dense, high-rise condominium neighbourhood in the North York Centre area of Toronto, built up mostly in the last two decades around Yonge Street. The area is laid out around a major arterial spine, with towers rising from podium bases and shorter side streets linking them to Doris Avenue and neighbouring blocks. Buildings are almost entirely tall or mid-rise residential and mixed-use structures. Most homes sold were built between 2003 and 2018, so the building stock is modern glass and concrete construction with shared lobbies, elevators and underground parking. Homes here are overwhelmingly condominium units. Condo apartments made up 90% of sales over the last 24 months and condo townhouses 6%. In that period 437 homes sold, with a median sale price of $645,000. The typical home sold has 2 bedrooms. Homes that sold had a median of 28 days on market, and 43 homes are for sale right now. North York Centre station is inside the area, on the Yonge subway line. Yonge Street is the main road through the neighbourhood, and Sheppard Avenue and Finch Avenue are nearby cross streets with bus service. Highway 401 lies to the south and is reached by way of Yonge Street or Avenue Road, and bus routes connect to other parts of the city and to the Sheppard subway line. Shops and services are concentrated along Yonge Street and in the ground floors and podiums of the towers. They include cafes, grocery stores, restaurants and pharmacies, along with banks and other everyday services within a short walk of most buildings. Three parks lie inside the area: McKee Parkette, Northtown Park and Princess Park. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 66 is the community centre listed within the area. No libraries are on record inside the area. Three schools are located in the area: Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts and Cardinal Carter ES, both part of the Toronto CDSB, and Claude Watson School for the Arts, part of the Toronto DSB.