Sum­mer­hill is a con­ve­nient and wealthy com­mu­nity just off the pop­u­lar Yonge Street cor­ri­dor. Its pretty houses, low crime rate, and cen­tral loca­tion make it one of Toronto’s pre­mier neigh­bour­hoods. These fea­tures, com­bined with the low turnover in its real estate stock, make homes in Sum­mer­hill highly sought after – and very valuable!

Summerhill’s turn of the cen­tury houses, wan­der­ing streets and abun­dance of mature green­ery make it one of Toronto’s most pre­ferred neigh­bour­hoods. Many of the homes are semi-detached and detached Vic­to­rian and Edwar­dian style houses, built between 1880 and 1915, or mod­ern town­houses with some low-rise lux­ury con­do­mini­ums.

Sum­mer­hill homes pro­vide many gor­geous exam­ples of both Edwar­dian and Vic­to­rian exte­rior archi­tec­ture from a cen­tury ago. The mix of detached and semi-detached houses range from two to three sto­ries and are pre­dom­i­nately brick con­structed. Although the prop­er­ties are some­times nar­row and lack park­ing – much like Yorkville and Riverdale – the homes make up for it in other ways. The charm­ing and history-laden exte­ri­ors are fre­quently matched with stun­ning mod­ern renos on the insides, often fol­low­ing serene and chic min­i­mal­ist inte­rior design themes. Round­ing out the Sum­mer­hill real estate spec­trum is a sprin­kling of newer town­homes and upscale bou­tique con­do­minium buildings.

Sum­mer­hill Map & Neighbourhood

Sum­mer­hill has a dis­tinct shop­ping area with fine shops and restau­rants, and even an orig­i­nal train sta­tion that has been con­verted into the flag­ship LCBO store. The Rose­hill Reser­voir Park fea­tures a foot­path, children’s play­ground, reflect­ing pools and is con­nected to nature trails in the Vale of Avoca Ravine. Many pri­vate and pub­lic schools are in the area. The Sum­mer­hill sub­way sta­tion, on the Yonge/University line, is within walk­ing dis­tance to any home in the area, and Yonge Street is eas­ily accessed by car.

The Sum­mer­hill neigh­bour­hood in cen­tral Toronto was named after “Sum­mer Hill” house, built in 1842 by Cana­dian trans­porta­tion baron Charles Thomp­son. Much of the area was once part of the Thomp­son estate but was sub­di­vided by his heirs in the 1880s. In the 1880s, the North Toronto Rail­way Sta­tion was estab­lished on Yonge Street and the neigh­bour­hood of Sum­mer­hill quickly devel­oped around it.

The Rail­way sta­tion was rebuilt in hon­our of a visit by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) in 1916. The neigh­bour­hood under­went very lit­tle growth after the rail­way sta­tion closed in 1931 but was again revi­tal­ized by the launch of the Sum­mer­hill Sub­way sta­tion in 1954. The old rail­way sta­tion is still there and cur­rently serves as an LCBO out­let. The sta­tion, along with the still-operational CP rail­way bridge, is the land­mark of the neighbourhood.

Sum­mer­hill LCBO

Part of Summerhill’s appeal is its close prox­im­ity to down­town, access to the Yonge sub­way line and nearby shop­ping & fine din­ing. Yorkville’s dizzy­ing array of upscale mer­chants are located just to the south, while the stretch of Yonge Street at Sum­mer­hill Avenue pro­vides excel­lent din­ing and retail options right in the neighbourhood.

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Lau­rin & Natalie Jef­frey are Toronto Real­tors with Cen­tury 21 Regal Realty.
They did not write these arti­cles, they just repro­duce them here for peo­ple
who are inter­ested in Toronto real estate. They do not work for any builders.
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