Clairlea Area - A Suitable Place for your Future Home

Clairlea is located just East of North York region. It is a neighbourhood of Scarborough, in the city of Toronto, Ontario and part of the amalgamated Greater Toronto Area. This neighbourhood is located in the west most part of Scarborough just east of Victoria Park Avenue. Toward its north it is bounded by Eglinton Avenue and towards the south by Taylor-Massey Creek and the railway tracks, both for the cargo rail and the TTC.

During the 19th century period, the intersection of St. Clair and Victoria Park was home to a small village known as Moffat's Corners while the rest of the region was rural. Clairlea was one of the first parts of Scarborough to be developed as a Toronto suburb wherein the hard working class families settled their homes thus transforming the area in the early to mid 1950s. Today it is a middle income neighbourhood, which features many affordable homes and mature streets. You can also find pockets of expensive houses where the old houses used to stand. The Warden Woods ravine is the landmark of the neighbourhood, offering some downtown nature and ambiance suitable for many.

There is a large Filipino community in this neighbourhood, at least compared to the rest of the city (8%) and a correspondingly good number of residents who speak Tagalog. Filipino born individuals accounted for 2% of this census tract population in 2006, in 2011 Filipino born dwellers made up 9.9 % of the total CT population. This is not surprising as in 2011, Philippines went from third most common Place of Birth in Canada to first most common (Census Canada, 2006, NHS, 2011). The neighbourhood is quite diverse from languages spoken to religions practiced which is typical in the city of Toronto. English language is spoken in 62 per cent of local homes. In 2011, the most common non-official languages spoken were Bengali (5%, Tagalog (3%), Urdu (2.1%) and Cantonese (2%.) [source: wikipedia]

Recreation in Clairlea

Warden Woods Park is a heavily wooded ravine valley containing a paved trail frequented by nature enthusiasts, joggers and cyclists. Access points to this park are located off St. Clair and Pharmacy Avenues. To the south of Warden Woods Park is Byng Park and the West Scarborough N.C.C., which features a bocce club and horseshoe pits.

The Detonia Park Golf Course, located on the east side of Victoria Park Avenue, just north of Danforth Avenue, is a challenging scenic course that is ideal for beginners and advanced players looking to practice their short game.

The Warden Woods Power Centre situated off Warden Avenue, has a Cineplex movie theatre with eight screens that feature all the latest movie releases.

The new Warden Hilltop Community Centre is the first public building in Toronto to be LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certified featuring a geothermal heating and cooling system, green roof and solar power. The centre includes a double gym, weight room, teaching kitchen and preschool area. [source: torontoneighbourhoods.net]

In 2011, the area contained 3,190 detached homes, including many bungalows, but also 1,770 apartments in buildings of more than five storeys and 1,205 apartments in low rises. Townhouse developments have lately been springing up, particularly close to Warden Station on St. Clair.

Next to Warden Woods Park on Firvalley Court, the Warden Woods Community Centre, a United Way member agency, provides support and programs for the community, as does the West Scarborough Neighbourhood Centre on Pharmacy Avenue, founded in 1956 as the area boys and girls club.

A major employer and landmark is Providence Healthcare, established on St. Clair in 1962. Today, it consists of a hospital specializing in rehabilitation and complex continuing care, a nursing home called the Cardinal Ambrozic Houses of Providence, and Providence Community Centre, which offers clinics and support programs for seniors and caregivers.

A large portion of Clairlea-Birchmount is taken up by shopping centres, the Eglinton Square indoor shopping centre, Eglinton Town Center, which consists of brand name outlets, movie theatre and restaurants. It also has other large retail developments along what was once Scarborough’s old Golden Mile of Industry on Eglinton. It’s thought construction of the Eglinton Crosstown light-rail line will bring residential and mixed-use development to that area. [source: toronto.com]

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Featured Home

Elegant Home in Prime Location of Clairlea area that shows pride of ownership with lots of updates. It has a great corner lot and a side yard excellent for entertainment and for kids’ playground. It has 3 bedrooms (1 in the main floor and 2 upstairs) and prides itself with hardwood floors in the main floor with beautiful updated and modern kitchen having new Quartz countertop, stainless steels appliances. It has updated bathrooms and newly painted walls. It has a finished basement with kitchen and bathroom, suitable as in-law suit. It has updated Electrical panel, new laminate floors on second floor and roof has been changed very recently.

It can accommodate four cars for parking and has concrete front walkway having access from the parking lot to the side yard and deck. It has two sheds and a patio area. Walk To Pharmacy Line, Mins To Victoria Park Station, Walk To Future O'connor Lrt Stn & Pharmacy LRT Stop, Near Park, French Immersion School, Near Groceries/Theatre and many other places. TTC is steps from the property.

Included in the purchase are very nice stainless steel kitchen appliances In main kitchen, stove, fridge in basement, washer, dryer and portable dishwasher. Hot Water tank is rental.

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