Richview

Home

>

>

>

Richview
Click the image to see more of our gallery!
Click the photos to see more of our gallery!

      History:

      The Richview name originated in 1852 when a post office called “Richview” opened in this area. By the 1870’s, Richview had its own school, church, and tavern. The Richview neighbourhood was more clearly defined in the 1880’s when it was designated as school section number four in the former Township of Etobicoke.

      Richview had a proud farming tradition that dated back to the 1850’s, when Richview farmers participated in the Etobicoke Agricultural Society Fair and the Provincial Exhibition. Richview farmers sold their produce at the St. Lawrence Market in Toronto and their surplus beef cattle to the former Union Stockyards on St. Clair Avenue.

      In the early 1900’s, Richview farmers shifted their focus from agriculture to dairy farms to satisfy the demand for milk in the burgeoning City of Toronto. In 1956, Richview’s last dairy farm was sold to developers. This brought to a close a tradition of farming in Richview that endured for over one hundred years.

      The former Dixon homestead, located at 1671 Kipling Avenue, and the former La Rose homestead, located at 322 La Rose Avenue, are reminders of Richview’s rural past.

      Overview:

      Richview is a large, diverse neighbourhood that is home to people of a wide range of incomes and cultural backgrounds. This neighbourhood includes a multitude of parks, shopping plazas and excellent transportation routes. Richview is located just minutes from Pearson International Airport.

      Real estate agents will sometimes refer to the area between Royal York Road and Islington Avenue as “Royal York Gardens” and the area between Islington Avenue and Kipling Avenue as “Richmond Gardens” although these two pockets are historically part of the greater Richview community.

      Lifestyle:

      Richview Square, located on the south-west corner of Eglinton Avenue and Wincott Drive, is a medium-size shopping plaza that includes fashion boutiques, a bakery and deli, a gift shop, a bank, a jeweller, a photo shop, a drug store, a travel agency, a health food store, a florist, an animal hospital, beer and liquor stores and professional and medical offices. Our Walk iN Closet Inc., is a unique upscale Ladies Consignment Boutique located at Richview Square plaza.

      Martingrove Plaza, located at the south-east corner of Martingrove Road and The Westway, is anchored by a supermarket and also includes a drug store, hardware store, discount store, florist, bakery and deli, video store, travel agency, an ice cream shop, a liquor store, a post office and professional and medical offices.

      Westway Centre, located at the south-east corner of Kipling Avenue and Dixon Road, features a large supermarket, fast food restaurants, a hardware store, professional and medical offices and a bowling alley.

      The shopping plaza known simply as 1500 Royal York Road is more exciting than its name might imply. This large retail complex features a bicycle and ski shop, a bulk food store, a bowling alley and billiards hall, an indoor children’s playground and a wide selection of shops that serve the everyday needs of the local residents.

      Homes:

      Richview’s housing stock consists primarily of ranch and contemporary style bungalows, split-level homes, and Georgian Revival style houses built during the 1950’s and 1960’s. The typical Richview property features forty, fifty, or sixty foot plus frontages with most properties having a private drive and garages. Many Richview properties back onto prime ravine or parkland.

      Richview also includes a handful of new townhouse and condominium projects currently being developed along its main streets. There are also a number of rental apartment buildings and row-houses located on the periphery of this neighbourhood.

      Neighbourhood Real Estate Update 2016
      Looking for a neighbourhood where the sky is the limit and your child could grow up to be the Prime Minister of Canada?

      Look no further than Toronto’s Richview neighbourhood –

      childhood home of former Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper.

      Re/Max Professionals Inc, Brokerage, Sales Representatives Nancy Pierce and Dave Duncan are Richview neighbourhood experts and they think the sky is the limit for Richview real estate. “Richview has not received the same hype as some of the other Toronto neighbourhoods, but it certainly deserves accolades as a tremendous neighbourhood to raise a family,” say Pierce and Duncan.

      There have been just sixteen Richview homes sold thus far in 2016. This is strictly due to a lack of inventory, albeit still early in the year with the spring market yet to come. Having said that there are early indicators that Richview real estate is going to continue trending upwards this year. Pierce and Duncan confirm that the very low listing inventory in Richview is also contributing to many homes selling in multiple offers – trend we are now seeing cit-wide. The average list to sale price this year in Richview is 102% with houses selling on average in just 23 days.”The Buyers are coming from everywhere. Across the Greater Toronto Area and from around the world” say Pierce and Duncan, who are regularly fielding real estate inquiries about their neighbourhood.

      The average home sale price this year in Richview is $692,000. The entry level prices start in the low to high $500,000’s for semi-detached homes. Bungalows on nice size lots are selling in the $600,000-$700,000 range while detached 2-storey homes are selling mostly in the $800,000-$900,000 range. Pierce and Duncan confirm that “there is a great variety of homes in Richview in many different price ranges.”

      Pierce and Duncan explain that the Richview appeal for homebuyers is largely family based. “We have great schools in Richview and fabulous parks and greenspace. Richview is also convenient to two of our major shopping malls (Sherway Gardens and Yorkdale) and we are well served by public transit. It is convenient to the highways providing easy access to the Toronto Pearson International Airport and downtown Toronto. “Richview is just a very safe, pretty, and convenient place to live and raise a family”. And if you are lucky, one day your child may even grow up to be Prime Minister of Canada!

      Richview neighbourhood Toronto real estate update provided by Nancy Pierce and Dave Duncan, Sales Representatives, Remax Professionals Inc., Brokerage. Nancy can be contacted at (C) 416-985-1486, and you can reach Dave at 416-894-4079 or contact them at their office (O) 416-236-1241. Also be sure to visit their personal website: www.pierceduncan.com
      Nancy and Dave are also real estate sponsors for the Thorncrest Village neighbourhood.

      ** The information provided herein is compiled from source data obtained from the Toronto Real Estate Board. It is presented here for information purpose only. All data are subject to updates and revisions. The publisher assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information shown.

      Recreation:

      Richview Park, located next to the Richview Water Reservoir at Eglinton Avenue and Martin Grove Road is the largest recreational park in this neighbourhood. This wide open green space contains sports fields, baseball diamonds, tennis courts and a children’s playground. The smaller West Grove, Martin Grove, Valley Field and Silver Creek Parks each have tennis courts, a baseball diamond and a children’s playground. West Grove Park also has an outdoor swimming pool and an artificial ice rink.

      Sun Row Park, located in the north-east part of Richview, features an interpretive nature trail along the Humber River Watershed. Here hikers can explore fish habitats, wildflowers and a variety of wildlife. Richview residents can also enjoy the bicycle trail along Eglinton Avenue that merges with the Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park and the paved South Humber trail which winds it’s way down to Toronto’s waterfront.

      Transportation:

      Bus service along Eglinton Avenue, The Westway, and Dixon Road connects passengers to the Eglinton station on the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line. The Islington bus connects to Islington Station on the Bloor-Danforth subway line. This station also provides a connecting route to the Mississauga Transit system as well as providing an express bus service to the Pearson International Airport. The Kipling Avenue bus connects to the Kipling station which is the westernmost station on the Bloor-Danforth subway line. This station also provides service to the Go Transit line.

      Motorists can access Toronto’s network of commuter highways off Eglinton Avenue west of Martingrove Road or Islington Avenue.

          Featured Listings

          Richview Stats

          Walkability:

          Low

          Bikeability:

          Low

          Public Transit:

          Low

          Affordability:

          Medium

          Greenspace:

          Medium

          Recreation:

          High

           

          Legend: Low, Medium, High

          Commute Times

          Time to Closest Shopping Mall:
          20 Minutes
          Time To TTC Station:
          15 Minutes
          Time to GO Bus or Train Station:
          25 Minutes
          Time To Hospital:
          20 Minutes
          Time to Toronto Pearson International Airport
          15 Minutes
          Time to Closest Highway:
          5 Minutes

          * All commuting times provided are approximate times only. Commute times may increase or decrease depending on where you live within the neighbourhood and the time of day i.e rush hour versus off hour commutes. Time estimates to public transit are based on walking distance or bus line connection whichever is quicker. All other commute times on the chart above are based on drive times.

          School Guide

          No Records Found

          Sorry, no records were found. Please adjust your search criteria and try again.

          Google Map Not Loaded

          Sorry, unable to load Google Maps API.

          Toronto School Resources

          Editor’s Note. BEFORE MOVING INTO, BUYING OR RENTING A HOME, PLEASE CONTACT THE SCHOOL YOU ARE CONSIDERING BY PHONE to ensure your home is within the designated boundaries and that your child is age appropriate. WE CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISINFORMATION REGARDING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SO DO NOT ASSUME that your child can automatically attend a specific school or specialized program until you have official confirmation from that school. Please visit the school board web sites for more information.