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Living in Yorkville, Toronto

Designer shops on Bloor, Victorian rowhouses turned into galleries, and condo towers above two subway lines. Here is what renting in Yorkville is actually like, how you get around, and the trade-offs locals talk about.
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Luxury shopping Condo towers Two subway lines Museums and libraries
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What's it like to live in Yorkville?

Yorkville covers the blocks between Bloor Street and Davenport Road, from Avenue Road to Yonge Street. It was a village of its own until Toronto annexed it in 1883, the centre of the city's coffee house and folk music scene in the 1960s, and is now its luxury shopping district, with designer flagships along Bloor between Yonge and Avenue Road.Two kinds of building make up the neighbourhood. Hazelton Avenue, Scollard Street and the lanes around them are Victorian rowhouses, many of them now galleries, shops and offices. Around them, along Bloor, Bay, Cumberland and Avenue Road, are the towers, mostly condos, where nearly all of Yorkville's rentals are. Units first lived in after November 15, 2018 are exempt from Ontario's rent increase guideline, so ask when the building opened.No public figure isolates Yorkville's population or rents. The City's census map counts it inside its Annex neighbourhood, and CMHC's nearest survey zone covers all of downtown, so the live listings on this page are the best guide to what a unit costs. Expect to pay among the highest rents in the city.Daily life is easy on foot. Whole Foods and Eataly are a few minutes away, along with an Orchards market and a Longo's near Yonge. The Yorkville library branch and the Toronto Reference Library are both on the east side of the neighbourhood, the Royal Ontario Museum is at Bloor and Avenue Road, and Village of Yorkville Park, with its block of Canadian Shield granite, sits in the middle of it all.Bay Station on Line 2 is two minutes from Yorkville Avenue and Bellair Street, and Bloor-Yonge, where it meets Line 1, is about seven. From there Union Station is about eight minutes south and Yonge and Eglinton about nine minutes north. The trade-off is cost and crowds: Bloor and Yorkville Avenue fill with shoppers and visitors at weekends.

Best suited for

  • Professionals with a downtown commute
  • Renters without a car
  • Museum and library regulars
  • University of Toronto staff
  • –Renters on a tight budget
  • –Families wanting a yard

Quick facts

  • Nearest stationBay, Line 2
  • Subway lines nearbyLines 1 and 2
  • Census neighbourhoodAnnex
  • Library branches nearby2

Getting around

Line 2 under Bloor, Line 1 a few minutes east at Bloor-Yonge, and most of downtown within a walk.

97/100

WalkabilityGroceries, museums and libraries all on foot

95/100

Transit accessBay Station in the neighbourhood, Bloor-Yonge next door

76/100

CyclingCentral, though Bloor and Avenue Road are busy
Bay Station, Line 22 min walk
Royal Ontario Museum7 min walk
Yonge and Eglinton, from Bloor-Yonge9 min by subway
Bloor-Yonge Station, Lines 1 and 27 min walk
Union Station, from Bloor-Yonge8 min by subway
U of T, Robarts Library16 min walk
Line 2 Bloor-Danforth
Line 1 Yonge-University
19 Bay
13 Avenue Rd
97 Yonge

Yorkville on the map

The places listed further down the page, around Yorkville Avenue and Bellair Street.

Schools and childcare

Jesse Ketchum is the one public school inside Yorkville; the nearest public secondary is Jarvis Collegiate, east of Yonge. Which school serves an address is set by the board, so check the TDSB and TCDSB school locators. Walk times are measured from Yorkville Avenue and Bellair Street.
SchoolTypeWalk time
Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School
Public · Elementary3 min
Huron Street Junior Public School
Public · Elementary14 min
Cottingham Junior Public School
Public · Elementary17 min
Jarvis Collegiate Institute
Public · Secondary19 min
St. Joseph's College School
Catholic · Girls secondary12 min
Rosedale Day School
Independent · Elementary4 min
Branksome Hall
Independent · Girls16 min

Around the neighbourhood

Walk times from Yorkville Avenue and Bellair Street. The museum sits on Yorkville's southwest corner, just across Bloor.

Groceries

  • Eataly Toronto4 min
  • Whole Foods Market5 min
  • Orchards Marketplace5 min
  • Longo's8 min

Coffee and bakeries

  • Zaza Espresso Bar1 min
  • Amadeus Patisserie1 min
  • Sorry Coffee Co.2 min
  • Balzac's Coffee5 min

Food and drink

  • Trattoria Nervosa1 min
  • Chabrol1 min
  • Sassafraz1 min
  • Miznon2 min

Parks

  • Village of Yorkville Park2 min
  • Jesse Ketchum Park2 min
  • Town Hall Square4 min
  • Ramsden Park9 min

Fitness

  • Rumble Boxing2 min
  • GoodLife Fitness3 min
  • The Yorkville Club5 min
  • 889 Yoga7 min

Libraries and everyday services

  • Kingsway Drugs2 min
  • TPL: Yorkville Branch4 min
  • Toronto Reference Library6 min
  • Royal Ontario Museum7 min

Rent with confidence in Yorkville

What Ontario tenancy rules protect, and how liv.rent keeps the process safe from first message to signed lease.

Deposits are limited

A landlord in Ontario can ask for a rent deposit of up to one month of rent, and it can only be used for your last month. Damage and pet deposits are not allowed, and the landlord owes you interest on the rent deposit every year.

Rent increases are limited

Most rents can go up once every 12 months, by no more than the provincial guideline, with 90 days of written notice. Units first lived in after November 15, 2018 are exempt from the guideline, though the landlord still has to give that notice.

Every listing is verified

Landlords complete ID verification before they can post, and you can sign the lease and pay rent through liv.rent, so there is no e-transfer to a stranger.
High rents attract scams too: a luxury unit at a price well under the rest of the building is a warning sign, not a find. Confirm who owns the unit, or that the person showing it is authorized to lease it, before you pay anything, and never pay outside a platform that keeps a record. The tenancy points above are general information about renting in Ontario, not legal or financial advice. For guidance on your own tenancy, contact the Landlord and Tenant Board.How liv.rent verification works

Yorkville rental questions

How expensive is it to rent in Yorkville?

Among the most expensive in Toronto, though no public figure isolates it. The City's census counts Yorkville inside its larger Annex neighbourhood, and CMHC's nearest zone covers all of downtown, so the live listings on this page are the most direct guide. For comparison, CMHC's October 2025 average for an occupied purpose built apartment across the whole City of Toronto was $1,916, and anything listed today, in Yorkville especially, asks well above that.

What is the difference between Yorkville and the Annex?

Avenue Road is the usual dividing line: Yorkville is east of it, toward Yonge, and the Annex is west, toward Bathurst. Yorkville is the shopping district and its towers, while the Annex is mostly Victorian houses divided into flats. The City groups both, with Seaton Village, into a single census neighbourhood called the Annex.

Which subway stations serve Yorkville?

Bay Station on Line 2 is in the middle of the neighbourhood, about two minutes from Yorkville Avenue and Bellair Street. Bloor-Yonge, where Line 2 meets Line 1, is about seven minutes east on foot, and Museum and St George stations are just southwest across Bloor.

Are Yorkville condos covered by rent control?

It depends on when the unit was first lived in. Units first occupied after November 15, 2018 are exempt from the provincial guideline, so the owner can raise the rent by any amount with 90 days of written notice. Several of Yorkville's newest towers opened after that date, so ask before you sign.

Is Yorkville a good neighbourhood for families?

For families happy in a condo, it can be. Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School is inside the neighbourhood, Ramsden Park is just north of Davenport, and the museum and two libraries are on the doorstep. Family sized units are rare and expensive, though.

Is parking included with Yorkville rentals?

Sometimes. Many towers have underground parking, but a space is often rented separately, and visitor and street parking is expensive. With Bay and Bloor-Yonge stations so close, many renters here do without a car.
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Methodology

Places, parks, schools and transit routes on this page come from OpenStreetMap. Walk times are approximate. Rent and vacancy come from CMHC's Rental Market Survey for October 2025, for the City of Toronto. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.Listing counts and prices come from liv.rent, so they show what's on the platform rather than the whole city.OpenStreetMap, CMHC, Open Government Licence – Toronto. Last updated October 2026.