Corso Italia – Earlscourt

Average sold price freehold (2009): $426,710; (2010): $459,576 (2011): $482,777; (2012): $486,367

Boundaries: Rogers Rd – Davenport Rd, Dufferin St – GO train tracks

Closest Subway Stations: St. Clair West, Dufferin, and Lansdowne

Corso Italia is known as Toronto’s second Italian community, following Little Italy, although the neighbourhood has a much stronger Italian presence. Corso Italia is designated as a Business Improvement Area, the residents and independent business owners collaborate to stimulate the neighbourhood economy. The annual Corso Italia street festival draws in a large crowd every year, and all the shops and cafes along St Clair West keep people coming back.

Real Estate: Not only is there a large inventory on the market each year, but the neighbourhood has an incredibly wide range of mismatched architecture —  post war, early 20^th century two story semis, modernist, and there are practically as many semi detached homes as there are semi detached homes.

Many of the outdated homes have been bought by flippers looking to make a profit.

Parks: Earlscourt Park is at Caledonia Road and St. Clair Avenue West. This park feature a lighted atrificial turf soccer field, a lighted mutil-purpose sports field and track, a ball diamond, four tennis courts, basketball court, volley ball court, an off leash dog park, a children’s playground, a wading pool and many walking paths.

Hot Spots:

Ecoexistence — 21 Vaughan Rd.
Ecoexistence is an eco-friendly life-style store, focusing on products to help consumers make healthier choices.

Ferro Bar and Café — 769 St. Clair Ave. W.
Since 1993, Ferro has grown from a local residential favorite, to being one of the city’s favorite hip Italian eateries.

Twice as Nice — 683 St. Clair Ave. W.
A must-stop for new parents, Twice as Nice specializes in new and used baby equipment at reduced prices.