I am moving with my family (kids 18,7,5) to Toronto for 2 years. Can u recommend a nice area to rent a house?

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angelhimm

Best and cheapest place to live near Toronto is around Unionville or Woodbridge. Highway 400 and 7 north of Toronto. Living right in Toronto would be too expensive for a whole family. Good luck!!

Soozann

Are you planning to sent the 5 and 7 year-olds to public elementary schools? Double-check any information the real estate agents give you about schools for the areas you're investigating. There is a rather complex attendance area policy in Toronto. The Toronto District School Board (www.tdsb.on.ca) has an excellent website which has a link that shows schools for specific addresses. It will also give you "profiles" for each of the schools.

Harbour Square is at the far south end of the city and Ryerson University is also in the downtown area. York University is at the far northwest corner. If you and your university-age daughter don't want to spend too much time commuting, I recommend you do take a look at the High Park area (as recommended by another question answerer) because it's right on the Bloor subway which connects to the Yonge/University subway.

Housing prices in Toronto are not cheap. If price is going to be a major consideration then you might want to look at living north or west (York Region or Peel Region) of the city but then you'll spend more time and money on commuting.

Good luck!

dtstuff9

west side, in the High Park area. very nice neighbourhood and great schools

leslie_ed123

I would suggest going through a real estate agent for the home rental.

they will direct you to the best area, and find what you need in the price range you like.

If you are near union station, there are many options to get there...subway, Go Train, buses.

There is lots to choose from, and I think going through a realtor, will ensure you get the proper things, and have the security of knowing that the deal (to rent the home) is a safe transaction.

eg: there have been some scams out there where people will give first & last months rent to "rent a home" and when you show up to move in, your money & person you dealt with is gone, and there are "other people" in the same scam that have also given first & last $$ planning the same move to the same home.

aim_a_tola_3

Generally Toronto is nice, however I would not recommend Scarborough or the Jane/Finch area, as it is a little rough. Good luck!

dale m

If you are looking to rent a house stay to the West or North of the city. Areas such as Etobicoke(south) are built up and stable,low crime and good schools. Mississauga, Brampton(a little further out) are also very good for renting although both are in the process of growing and developing. North of the city look at Vaughan, Thornhill, Woodbridge and Richmond hill. Each of them are further out of the city if you don't mind the commute and the housing market in each one is exploding. Although each one is known to contain a high percentage of a certain community(re:Woodbridge is very highly populated by Italians, Vaughan is populated by mainly East Indian) but still has diversity.

Stay away from Scarborough and North Etobicoke as these areas tend to be a little higher in crime.

Downtown(closer to your work) is fine but can be more expensive and the homes are not as big or are older.

Overall you will enjoy living in this city. I could not imagine living anywhere else. Yes we do have our issues that a big city would have but it is still a safe one to be in.

2eighty8

Anywhere north of a street called "Steeles". As for university, you got three to pick from: University of Toronto, Ryerson, and York. Ryerson is an arts-ie school, York is too political in the sense that they have too many Jewish holidays (less value for your dollar basically), so your best bet is UofT. I'm not sure where you're from, but sometimes it's better to do a two-year college course (like at Seneca or Humber) and then go to university. Trust me, the grades'll be much better that way (for me anyways).

Ryan

highpark, royal york ..

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