May 2016: Massive Surge in Luxury Real Estate Demand in Georgina
Continuing the conclusions from last month’s report, higher-end and luxurious properties have played a consistent role in Georgina’s Spring Market....
Station Gallery
In 1967, a group of passionate arts enthusiasts in Whitby started a community gallery, operating under the name Whitby Arts...
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A Quaker Heritage
Named for Uxbridge, England, a name which was originally derived from "Wixan's Bridge". The Wixan were a 7th-century Saxon tribe...
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St. Andrew's
Formerly known as St. Andrew’s, Thistletown was largely a rural, farming area throughout most of its history. It was named...
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The Centre of Hippy Culture
Yorkville has a very interesting and unique history. Yorkville was founded in 1830 and it was annexed by the City...
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The Big Five
This neighbourhood of Toronto became known as the Financial District in the later half of the 20th century when the...
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Garment District
In the early 1900s, the Entertainment District was primarily an industrial area of Toronto. It was an area that was...
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Student Housing
Many Europeans families moving to Canada in the 1790’s first settled in the Annex. This area slowly started to grow...
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Where the wild roses grow
Rosedale was first settled in the 1820’s by Sheriff William Jarvis and his wife, Mary. Mary loved riding her horse...
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Mosaic Community
Throughout most of the 20th century, Queen Street West was a neighbourhood of Toronto that was known mostly for its...
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A Down Hill View
The area is named for the farm settled by John Perkins Bull called Downs View in 1842 near Keele Street...
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Gore Vale
In the early 1800's, Trinity-Bellwoods was part of a tract of land belonging to Captain Samuel Smith. Smith named his...
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A Unique Summer Playground
West Rouge was primarily farmland in 1926, when real estate developer Cecil White created the "Rouge Hills" subdivision. This development...
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The History of Gerrard Street
Gerrard is named for Samuel Gerrard (1767-1792), an Anglo-Irish businessman in Lower Canada and a personal friend of the Honourable...
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An Involved Community
During the 60s and 70s Baldwin Village experienced drastic changes in its demographic and neighbourhood characteristic. As the Jewish community...
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Eastern European Flare
Bloor West Village is a neighbourhood of Toronto that has a very unique eastern Europeans flare. Many of the first...
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