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Originally posted by ariesrising
Sounds like Vancouver real estate lol.
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I recently heard that Van is the most expensive place in Canada and fifteenth in a list of selected countries. I don't know where Toronto ranks in the world list, but the average home is slightly over $300K in the "416." (inner "suburbs" (the old North York, Etobicoke, etc...) and the city)
ETA: I grew up in North York, Ontario, which until 1998 (when it amalgamated with the City of Toronto), was a separate municipality.
Population: 650,000
Demographics:
White: 53.2 %
Chinese: 11.4 %
South Asian: 9.0 %
Black: 8.7 %
Filipino: 3.4 %
Latin American: 3.2 %
All Others: 11.1 %
North York does not give the cost of an average single family home or average family income, but I would guess that it is slightly higher than the average in all of Toronto. I checked the )
Multiple Listing Services site and most of the homes were at least in the 350Ks. North York is also home to
Jane and Finch an area of the Greater Toronto Area that has a reputation of being underprivileged and violent and
The Bridle Path , where homes are in the millions (this area is reputed to be "nouveaux riche" opposed to the "older" money of
Rosedale .
Schools in North York include: A.Y. Jackson Secondary (Grades 10-12); Earl Haig Secondary (9-12); Claude Watson School for the Arts (Grades 4-12, with the high school division (Grades 9-12) located in the same building as Earl Haig); The Crescent School (all boys' day school); Highland Junior High (Grades 7-9); Zion Heights Jr. High (7-9...both Highland and Zion Heights have ranked high in the Grade 9 standardized math tests); Cummer Valley Middle School (6-8), St. Joseph Morrow Park High School (girls' Catholic high school, Grades 9-12), Brebeuf College (boys' Catholic high school, 9-12) St. Agnes Catholic School (elementary, JK-8) and Blessed Trinity School (JK-8). Public schools in North York are usually JK-5/JK-6 for elementary schools, 6-8 or 7-9 for intermediate and 9 or 10-12 for high schools. There are some JK-8 schools (aka "elementary and middle schools") in areas where there aren't many tweens. All public schools are now under the
Toronto District School Board (North York, like the other cities that eventually amalgamated, had its own board. They were allowed to keep the school division system rather than change to the JK-6/7&8/9-12 system that is used in other parts of Toronto). With the exception of one or two, Catholic schools in North York are funded the same way as public schools. The school are all JK-8 for elementary and 9-12 for high schools. Elementary schools choose whether they want their students to wear uniforms, but all high schools require them (AFAIK, anyway). The schools are under the
Toronto Catholic District School Board (formerly the Metropolitan Separate School Board.