Leaside or Lawrence Park: Two House Neighbourhoods Side by Side

The short answer

Leaside vs Lawrence Park is a comparison between two midtown Toronto neighbourhoods built mainly around detached houses. Detached houses were 41 of Leaside’s 63 sales from April to June 2026 and 92 of Lawrence Park’s 117 (TRREB).

The clearest difference is transit. Leaside sits along Line 5 Eglinton, which opened on February 8, 2026. Riders change to Line 1 at Eglinton station. Lawrence Park has Lawrence station on Line 1, with a direct ride to Union.

On price, TRREB splits Lawrence Park into two communities. Leaside’s detached median falls between them. The rest of this post sets the figures side by side. Our full guides to Leaside and Lawrence Park cover each area in more depth.

What homes cost, by property type

TRREB reports Lawrence Park North and Lawrence Park South as separate communities, so they have separate columns. Figures are medians for April to June 2026, from TRREB’s Toronto Central community report. Prices by type are rounded in TRREB’s charts, so they read as “about”.

Property type	Leaside	Lawrence Park North	Lawrence Park South
All property types	$1,850,000 (63 sales)	$1,922,500 (52 sales)	$2,550,000 (65 sales)
Detached	About $2,500,000 (41)	About $2,091,000 (40)	About $2,728,000 (52)
Semi-detached	About $1,455,000 (10)	About $1,700,000 (10)	2 sales, not reported
Condo apartment	About $560,000 (11)	2 sales, not reported	About $1,100,000 (9)
Freehold townhouse	1 sale, not reported	No sales	1 sale, not reported
Condo townhouse	No sales	No sales	1 sale, not reported

TRREB notes that some statistics are not reported when there are two or fewer transactions, which explains the blank prices.

Three things stand out. Lawrence Park South had the highest detached median of the three communities and Lawrence Park North the lowest. Semi-detached houses traded in similar numbers in Leaside and Lawrence Park North, about $245,000 apart at the median. The condo apartment gap is the widest: about $560,000 in Leaside against about $1,100,000 in Lawrence Park South.

With 52 to 65 sales per community in a quarter, one quarter moves around. Compare several quarters and recent sales on the same street before you settle on a price.

Housing stock in the 2021 Census

The City of Toronto’s Neighbourhood Profiles cover Leaside under the name Leaside-Bennington. Lawrence Park appears under the same two names TRREB uses. The boundaries are the City’s, not TRREB’s.

2021 Census	Leaside-Bennington	Lawrence Park North	Lawrence Park South
Population	16,535	14,675	14,960
Private dwellings	6,435	5,460	5,785
Single-detached	55.5%	58.5%	58.7%
Apartments of five or more storeys	8.0%	3.4%	18.3%
Owned	72.4%	75.2%	68.5%

The single-detached share is close across all three, between 55.5% and 58.7%. The apartment share is where they part. Lawrence Park North has almost no high-rise stock, Leaside a little and Lawrence Park South the most, which matches the condo sales in the price table.

Heritage rules differ too. The City’s list of heritage conservation districts has no district in Leaside. It includes Blythwood Road, designated in 2005, which our Lawrence Park guide covers. Whether a house falls inside that district depends on the exact address, so check with the City before you buy or plan an addition.

Transit: Line 5 stations or Line 1 at Lawrence

Leaside

Leaside has three Line 5 Eglinton stations along Eglinton Avenue East. Leaside station is at 615 Eglinton Avenue East, at Bayview Avenue. Laird station is at 811 Eglinton Avenue East and Sunnybrook Park station is near Leslie Street. Mount Pleasant station sits at the west edge.

For a trip downtown, ride Line 5 west 2 stops from Leaside station to Eglinton station at 2190 Yonge Street, which serves both Line 1 and Line 5. Change to Line 1 and ride 11 stops south to Union. TTC bus routes in the area include 11 Bayview, 51 Leslie, 88 South Leaside and 124 Sunnybrook.

Lawrence Park

Lawrence station is at 3101 Yonge Street on Line 1. From there it is 12 stops to Union with no transfer. At the south edge, Eglinton station connects to Line 5 and Avenue station on Line 5 is at 340 Eglinton Avenue West. Bus routes include 97 Yonge, 61 Avenue Rd North and 103 Mount Pleasant North.

The practical difference is the transfer. A Leaside commute to Union involves a change at Eglinton, while much of Lawrence Park can reach Union on one train. For trips across the city along Eglinton, Leaside has the more direct line. We set out the same comparison for all twelve of our areas in the Toronto subway commute by neighbourhood.

Parks, recreation and libraries

Leaside’s green space is a mix of neighbourhood parks and larger valley parks to the north. Leaside Park on Leaside Park Drive and Trace Manes Park on Rumsey Road are City parks. Trace Manes Park also has a City community centre at 110 Rumsey Road. Leaside Memorial Community Gardens at 1073 Millwood Road has an arena and the Leaside Gardens Swimming Pool. Sunnybrook Park on Leslie Street and Serena Gundy Park on Rykert Crescent lie to the north. The Toronto Public Library’s Leaside branch is at 165 McRae Drive.

Lawrence Park’s green space is shaped by its ravines. Lawrence Park Ravine is listed at 61 Alexander Muir Road, Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens at 2901 Yonge Street and Blythwood Ravine Park at 1200 Mount Pleasant Road. Sherwood Park on Sherwood Avenue and Wanless Park on Wanless Avenue are also City parks. The North Toronto Memorial Community Centre is at 200 Eglinton Avenue West, in Eglinton Park. The library’s Locke branch is at 3083 Yonge Street, at Yonge and Lawrence.

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre at 2075 Bayview Avenue is named in both of our guides.

Smaller homes in each area

For owners thinking about a smaller home without leaving the area, both markets are thin. Leaside had 10 semi-detached and 11 condo apartment sales in the quarter. Lawrence Park had 12 semi-detached and 11 condo apartment sales across its two communities, most of the condo sales in Lawrence Park South.

The price of that smaller home differs a great deal. A Leaside condo apartment had a median of about $560,000, against about $1,100,000 in Lawrence Park South. Our comparison of Toronto neighbourhoods for downsizing shows where larger condo markets sit along the same transit lines. Our downsizing guide covers the sale and purchase.

How the two compare at a glance

Factor	Leaside	Lawrence Park
Detached median, April to June 2026	About $2,500,000	About $2,091,000 North, about $2,728,000 South
Main rapid transit	Line 5 Eglinton, three stations	Line 1 at Lawrence station
Stops to Union	2 on Line 5, then 11 on Line 1	12 on Line 1
Apartments of five or more storeys, 2021	8.0%	3.4% North, 18.3% South
Heritage conservation district	None listed	Blythwood Road (2005)
Library branch	Leaside, 165 McRae Drive	Locke, 3083 Yonge Street

What to check before you choose

1. Decide which home type you are buying and compare that row of the price table, not the headline median.
2. Walk from the house to the station you would use, Line 5 in Leaside or Line 1 at Lawrence, at the hour you would travel.
3. Check whether the address falls inside a heritage conservation district.
4. Confirm school boundaries for the exact address with the TDSB or TCDSB.
5. Pull recent sales on the street itself, since each community had 52 to 65 sales from April to June 2026.

Our buyer’s guide covers the purchase from offer to closing. If you own in either area and want a number first, start with a home valuation. For a walk through specific streets in Leaside or Lawrence Park, contact us.