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Best Toronto neighbourhoods to downsize

The best Toronto neighbourhoods to downsize among our guides are the ones with the most smaller homes: condo apartments, condo townhouses and semi-detached houses, with April to June 2026 TRREB prices and the nearest subway or LRT station.

Downsizing is the centre of our work, and the question that decides most moves is not the price of the house you are leaving. It is whether the smaller home you want exists nearby. Some Toronto neighbourhoods are almost all houses and sell only a handful of condos a quarter. Others sell dozens.

The neighbourhoods below had the most condo apartment, condo townhouse or semi-detached sales among our eighteen guides from April to June 2026. The prices come from each guide and are split by property type, so a condo is never compared with a detached average.

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At a glance

NeighbourhoodHousingSmaller-home prices, TRREB
Yonge and Eglinton Mostly condo apartments (128 of 166 sales from April to June 2026), plus detached and semi-detached houses and a few condo townhouses. 85.7% to 89.9% of dwellings in the City's two Mount Pleasant West profiles were in apartment buildings of five or more storeys in the 2021 Census
Yonge-Eglinton, semi-detached: About $1,655,000
Yonge-Eglinton, condo apartment: About $533,000
Mount Pleasant West, condo apartment: About $603,000
Mount Pleasant West, condo townhouse: About $718,000
Mount Pleasant West, semi-detached: About $2,255,000
Willowdale Condo apartments make up most sales in both communities, with detached houses, condo townhouses and some freehold townhouses; the Yonge-Doris area was 92.3% apartments of five or more storeys and East Willowdale 52.9% single-detached (2021 Census)
Willowdale East, freehold townhouse (TRREB att/row/townhouse): About $1,463,000
Willowdale East, condo townhouse: About $1,025,000
Willowdale East, condo apartment: About $570,000
Willowdale West, condo apartment: About $628,000
Bayview Village Condo apartments make up most sales, with detached houses and condo townhouses; 66.7% of homes are in apartment buildings of five or more storeys and 19.2% are single-detached (2021 Census)
Condo townhouse: About $775,000
Condo apartment: About $535,000
Don Mills Condo apartments (50 of 90 sales from April to June 2026) and detached houses (27), plus semi-detached houses and condo townhouses. In the 2021 Census 52.6% of dwellings were in apartment buildings of five or more storeys and 28.2% were single-detached
Semi-detached: About $1,225,000
Condo townhouse: About $739,000
Condo apartment: About $638,000
Freehold townhouse (TRREB att/row/townhouse): No price reported
Islington Village Condo apartments in buildings of five or more storeys, detached houses and a smaller number of freehold and condo townhouses (TRREB sales mix and 2021 Census)
Freehold townhouse (TRREB att/row/townhouse): About $1,170,000
Condo townhouse: About $813,000
Condo apartment: About $518,000
Riverdale Semi-detached houses above all, detached houses, freehold and condo townhouses, low-rise apartment buildings and condo apartments in South Riverdale (TRREB sales mix and 2021 Census)
North Riverdale: semi-detached: About $1,780,000
South Riverdale: semi-detached: About $1,464,000
South Riverdale: freehold townhouse (TRREB att/row/townhouse): About $1,297,000
South Riverdale: condo townhouse: About $705,000
South Riverdale: condo apartment: About $605,000
Downtown Waterfront Condo apartments make up nearly all sales, with a few condo townhouses; 99.5% of homes in Harbourfront-CityPlace and 94.4% in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands are in apartment buildings of five or more storeys (2021 Census)
Waterfront Communities C1, condo apartment: About $607,000
Waterfront Communities C1, condo townhouse: About $890,000
Waterfront Communities C8, condo apartment: About $595,000
Mimico Mostly condo apartments (124 of 169 sales from April to June 2026), plus detached houses, freehold townhouses and condo townhouses. 29.7% of households lived in single-detached houses in the 2021 Census (Mimico-Queensway)
Freehold townhouse (TRREB att/row/townhouse): About $1,200,000
Condo townhouse: About $1,027,000
Condo apartment: About $609,000
Semi-detached: No sales reported
Agincourt Condo apartments and detached houses make up most sales, with condo townhouses, semi-detached houses and some other types; Agincourt North was 36.5% single-detached and Agincourt South-Malvern West 44.2% apartments of five or more storeys (2021 Census)
Agincourt North, semi-detached: About $888,000
Agincourt North, condo townhouse: About $684,000
Agincourt North, condo apartment: About $415,000
Agincourt South-Malvern West, condo apartment: About $445,000
Mount Pleasant East Mostly semi-detached and detached houses (56 of 68 sales from April to June 2026), plus condo apartments and a few condo townhouses. In the 2021 Census 29.9% of private dwellings were single-detached, 22.0% semi-detached and 30.1% in apartment buildings of five or more storeys (Mount Pleasant East)
Semi-detached: About $1,332,000
Condo townhouse: About $1,355,000
Condo apartment: About $699,000
Rosedale Detached houses (26 of 73 sales from April to June 2026) and condo apartments (23 sales), plus semi-detached houses, condo townhouses and a few other types. 24.5% of private dwellings were single-detached and 50.2% were in apartment buildings of five or more storeys in the 2021 Census (Rosedale-Moore Park)
Semi-detached: About $2,725,000
Condo townhouse: About $1,415,000
Condo apartment: About $850,000
Freehold townhouse (TRREB att/row/townhouse): No price reported
Danforth Detached and semi-detached houses above all, a few freehold townhouses and very few condo apartments (78 of 81 sales were houses from April to June 2026). Low-rise apartment buildings under five storeys are common closer to Danforth Avenue (TRREB sales mix and 2021 Census)
Danforth: semi-detached: About $1,255,000
Danforth Village-East York: semi-detached: About $1,150,000
Danforth Village-East York: freehold townhouse (TRREB att/row/townhouse): About $903,000

Prices are the TRREB community figures for April to June 2026 in each neighbourhood guide, split by TRREB community where a guide covers two. Commutes are counted in stops on the TTC map to Union station.

Yonge and Eglinton

Office towers and condos at the corner of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue in Midtown Toronto on a sunny day.
Photo: Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized

Mount Pleasant West alone recorded 114 condo apartment sales from April to June 2026, around Eglinton station where Line 1 meets Line 5.

Getting around: Line 1 from Eglinton station to Union station, 11 stops.

Read the Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood guide

Willowdale

Mel Lastman Square and the North York Civic Centre seen from above Yonge Street in Willowdale, Toronto.
Photo: PFHLai, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized

Willowdale East recorded 153 condo apartment and 22 condo townhouse sales from April to June 2026, along the Yonge subway at Finch, North York Centre and Sheppard-Yonge.

Getting around: Line 1 from Finch station to Union station, 16 stops; from North York Centre station, 15 stops.

Read the Willowdale neighbourhood guide

Bayview Village

Condo towers rising above tree-lined streets south of Sheppard Avenue East in Bayview Village, Toronto.
Photo: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain, resized

Condo apartments and condo townhouses make up most sales, beside Bayview, Bessarion and Leslie stations on Line 4 and a City community centre and library.

Getting around: Line 4 from Bayview station to Sheppard-Yonge station, 1 stop, then Line 1 to Union station, 14 stops.

Read the Bayview Village neighbourhood guide

Don Mills

A tree-lined pedestrian street at the Shops at Don Mills in Don Mills, Toronto.
Photo: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, resized

Condo apartments were 50 of 90 sales from April to June 2026, alongside semi-detached houses and condo townhouses, with Line 5 stations near the southern edge.

Getting around: 25 Don Mills bus to Don Valley station, then Line 5 to Eglinton station, 5 stops, then Line 1 to Union station, 11 stops.

Read the Don Mills neighbourhood guide

Islington Village

Aerial view of new high-rise towers and surrounding homes in Islington-City Centre West, Etobicoke.
Photo: Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0, resized

Condo apartments near Kipling station, plus freehold and condo townhouses, with Line 2 and Kipling GO connected at Kipling.

Getting around: Line 2 from Islington station to St George station, then Line 1 to Union station, 20 stops.

Read the Islington Village neighbourhood guide

Riverdale

A red TTC streetcar on tree-lined Broadview Avenue near Withrow Avenue in Riverdale, Toronto.
Photo: Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized

South Riverdale had condo apartments, condo townhouses and freehold townhouses as well as semis from April to June 2026, with four Line 2 stations.

Getting around: Line 2 from Broadview station to Bloor-Yonge station, then Line 1 to Union station, 9 stops.

Read the Riverdale neighbourhood guide

Downtown Waterfront

The CN Tower and downtown Toronto towers seen across the harbour from the water on a clear morning.
Photo: Maksim Sokolov (maxergon.com), CC BY-SA 4.0, resized

Nearly every sale is a condo apartment, with Union station and its GO trains at the northern edge.

Getting around: Union station is in the area; from St Andrew station it is 1 stop on Line 1.

Read the Downtown Waterfront neighbourhood guide

Mimico

The rocky shoreline of Mimico Waterfront Park on Lake Ontario, with condo towers along the shore behind it.
Photo: Chicken4War, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized

Mimico recorded 124 condo apartment sales at a median of about $609,000 and 5 condo townhouse sales from April to June 2026, with Mimico GO on the Lakeshore West line.

Getting around: Lakeshore West GO train from Mimico GO to Union station, 2 stops (via Exhibition GO).

Read the Mimico neighbourhood guide

Agincourt

An aerial view of Agincourt in summer, with houses, apartment towers, a main road and a rail line.
Photo: Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0, resized

Condo apartments were 52 of 107 sales across Agincourt North and Agincourt South-Malvern West from April to June 2026, at medians of about $415,000 and $445,000, with 6 condo townhouse sales in Agincourt North.

Getting around: GO train from Agincourt GO to Union Station on the Stouffville line. By TTC, the 43 Kennedy bus to Kennedy station, then Line 2 to Bloor-Yonge station and Line 1 to Union station, 19 stops.

Read the Agincourt neighbourhood guide

Mount Pleasant East

Shops, apartment buildings and traffic on Eglinton Avenue East at Mount Pleasant Road, with the Mount Pleasant station building on the corner.
Photo: Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized

Semi-detached houses were 32 of 68 sales from April to June 2026 at a median of about $1,332,000, alongside 8 condo apartment and 4 condo townhouse sales near Mount Pleasant station on Line 5.

Getting around: Line 5 from Mount Pleasant station to Eglinton station, 1 stop, then Line 1 to Union station, 11 stops.

Read the Mount Pleasant East neighbourhood guide

Rosedale

An aerial view south over the tree-covered ravines and houses of Rosedale, Toronto, with the downtown skyline behind.
Photo: Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0, resized

Rosedale-Moore Park recorded 23 condo apartment sales at a median of about $850,000 and 4 condo townhouse sales from April to June 2026, with Rosedale and Summerhill stations on Line 1.

Getting around: Line 1 from Rosedale station to Union station, 7 stops.

Read the Rosedale neighbourhood guide

Danforth

Shops along Danforth Avenue near Greenwood Avenue, looking east.
Photo: Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized

Semi-detached houses were 31 of 81 sales across Danforth and Danforth Village-East York from April to June 2026, at medians of about $1,150,000 to $1,255,000, with four freehold townhouses at about $903,000 and very few condo apartments, on Line 2.

Getting around: Line 2 from Pape station to Bloor-Yonge station, then Line 1 to Union station, 11 stops.

Read the Danforth neighbourhood guide

Where there is less to downsize into

These neighbourhoods are mostly detached houses. Selling here is rarely the difficulty. Finding a smaller home nearby usually means looking at one of the neighbourhoods above.

  • Lawrence Park: Mostly detached houses (92 of 117 sales from April to June 2026), plus semi-detached houses and condo apartments. About 58.5% of private dwellings were single-detached in both City profiles in the 2021 Census.
  • Leaside: Mostly detached houses (41 of 63 sales from April to June 2026), plus semi-detached houses and condo apartments. 55.5% of private dwellings were single-detached in the 2021 Census (Leaside-Bennington).
  • The Beaches: Detached and semi-detached houses, low-rise apartment buildings under five storeys, a few freehold townhouses and a small condo apartment market (TRREB sales mix and 2021 Census).

Choose the destination, then plan the sale

Settle where you are going first and work back from it: what the smaller home costs, including both Toronto land transfer taxes, how much time you need between two closings and when the house needs to be emptied. Our Toronto downsizing guide covers each step and the downsizing costs post puts figures on them.

Every neighbourhood is open to every buyer. These pages group them by the homes and commutes people in each situation ask us about. Talk to us about your own list.

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