The Beaches: 90 Mapped Amenities Define Local Infrastructure

Key facts and reporting periods

Market summary

The Beaches features 90 mapped amenities, with 43 transit stops and 22 recreation facilities. These static counts define the neighbourhood's physical infrastructure without indicating current market conditions.

Central finding

The Beaches contains 90 mapped amenity points, led by 43 transit stops and 22 recreation facilities. Sources: [Avalon Children's Montessori School]

Physical Infrastructure Density

The Beaches contains 90 mapped amenity points across seven distinct categories. This total includes 10 schools, 6 parks, and 2 dog parks, establishing a baseline for daily living infrastructure within the neighbourhood boundary. The concentration of these points reflects the physical layout rather than current demand levels.

Recreation facilities account for 22 of the total mapped points, alongside 5 grocery stores and 2 childcare providers. These specific counts identify the available services but do not measure their operational status or capacity. The data provides a static snapshot of the built environment as recorded in the source dataset. Sources: [Avalon Children's Montessori School]

Transit and Educational Presence

Forty-three transit stops are mapped within The Beaches, representing the largest single category of amenities. This high count indicates multiple access points along streets such as Queen Street East and Woodbine Avenue. The presence of these stops does not confirm route frequency or connectivity to other parts of the city.

Ten schools are identified, ranging from Avalon Children's Montessori School to Claremont School. Two childcare facilities, BrightPath Academy and Ma Première École, are also included in the mapped set. These educational points mark locations only, without providing information on enrollment, quality, or household composition. Sources: [Avalon Children's Montessori School]

The strongest counter-case

The local evidence consists solely of static point counts from OpenStreetMap, lacking any data on market activity, service quality, or temporal trends. Sources: [Avalon Children's Montessori School]

City market context

From the Toronto market article, 22 September 2026:

Toronto's housing market exhibits a sharp divergence in supply conditions, with semi-detached inventory tightening to 2.4 months while condominium apartments remain at 5 months. This segment-specific pressure contrasts with a city-wide sales-to-new-listings ratio of 41.9%, signaling that buyer leverage varies significantly by property type. Toronto's resale market shows divergent supply tightness by property type, with semi-detached homes falling to 2.4 months of inventory and condominium apartments dropping from 7 to 5 months between Q2 2025 and Q2 2026. This segment-specific absorption outpaces the broader city-wide sales-to-new-listings ratio of 41.9%, indicating that buyer competition is concentrated in lower-inventory freehold and mid-tier condo segments rather than across the entire market.