Toronto's Best Neighbourhood? THE BEACHES Explored

I would love to see a series like this of other neighbourhoods in Toronto! Your videos are really well done, great work

I've lived in Toronto for 2 years and somehow have not gone to The Beaches yet (other than History). Will definitely be checking it out this weekend!

I was just there for the Jazz Festival! Wonderful neighbourhood with friendlier than normal people, your mention about the community aspect can certainly be felt.

fun and insightful video! definitely one of my favourite neighborhoods in and around Toronto.

The colour work in your videos is so pleasing

It's refreshing to see someone do a high quality video breakdown of Toronto neighbourhoods. Keep it up :)

Love your vids, man! Stoked for the next one!

Thanks so much. You have great knowledge of Toronto. The Beach community looks so charming. The Beach Looks great. I had no idea and I have been to your wonderful city many times. Greetings From🌴 San Diego.

I lived in the area just above Kingston Road in the '70s. Of course we'd never think to call that area The Beaches even though real estate agents do. Glad to see you cut it off at Kingston Road. Back in my day, it was a bit more down market except for the houses down by the water. Everyone called it The Beaches expert for pretentious goofs who lived in the fancy houses who fancied themselves our betters, who call it The Beach. This continues to this day. The area is marked by super NIMBYs who resist all efforts to build higher density, such as 8-storey buildings on Queen Street. Many of the cool local shops along Queen have been replaced by chains and the area is overly pricey for nearly anything. Beach and boardwalk and the parks are nice.

fun fact about the Fox Theatre....Joey Jerimiah took Caitlyn out on a date there :)

wow i didnt even know that area was nice like that. I always thought the further east you go on queen st, the worse and more unsafe it gets

Lol the only place in Toronto that doesn’t make me feel miserable, and is somewhat liveable. I’ve never lived there (Scarborough/Pickering), yet I always try to spend my weekends there

Please make this a series!

Great video! Thanks for posting! I lived on Queen just east of Woodbine back in the '80s and '90s, what a great neighbourhood! Here's some home video of the area back then... youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-taphl4m69KxtEIzqmS85A…

more toronto content!!!!

You did a good job with this video of The Beaches. You did not mention that the public primary and secondary schools are ranked as some of the best in the GTA. Which is a reflection of the demographic being mostly professionals. I would also point out that the mix of housing from apartments, to low rose, to semis to stand-alone large lot homes is exceptionally well thought out. We moved to the Beaches in 2022... because of the schools and the trees, which I understand are unique to the GTA. Very large leafy Oaks. Housing here is in demand, with days on market less than a few weeks and selling for way over asking. I bought in the Beaches because I believe it is an undervalued and has potential for growth. It is very WASPy but that is starting to change with younger affluent tech an finance families buying and renovating over 2m. Beaches has a major problem, and it is because of the established older residents. It can be easily summed up with the Beaches Club, which was once a beautiful lake house-style wooden structure that reflected Gatsby's turn-of-the-century elegance. It is now little more than a cinderblock bunker. The locals here have absolutely no ambition for the upmarket potential, they are satisfied with mediocre. They can eat bacon and eggs their entire lives and be satisfied. Which is weird because the locals are very much global travelers. I've lived in some of the finest cities in the world, so I speak from experience. And the Beaches area, which is affluent... is practically a ghetto in comparison to neighborhoods with similar income /asset demographics. I asked Counselor Brad about this, and his only focus is everything low-income above Dundas. There is no vision for the Beaches area. No ambition. No plan. It just exists in a dull lackluster purgatory. It's a real shame because the Beaches neighborhood has the potential to be as great as Kitsilano, Vancouver, or Manly Beach in Sydney. The foundations for a true world-class high-end neighborhood exist, but the ambition and vision don't. PS. Beches was once the go to place for live Jazz and music in the 1960's. But the Karens complained about the music and noise, killing a once vibrant nightlife.

The Beach.