Weston & Finch · Humbermede, North York

The corner of the city that is about to get a train.

Weston and Finch sits where the Humber valley meets northwest Toronto: a working, genuinely mixed neighbourhood with a new light-rail line running through it, a river on its western edge, and some of the best-value cooking in the city along one avenue.

Getting out of here

Six ways off this corner.

Finch West LRT — Line 6The new light-rail line runs 18 stops between Keele Street and Humber College with a stop at Weston Road5 min walk
36 Finch West busEast along Finch Avenue to Finch Station on Line 1, for Yonge Street and downtown4 min walk
89 Weston busSouth down Weston Road to Weston GO and UP Express, and on to Keele Station on Line 26 min walk
UP Express — Weston stationNon-stop rail to Union Station downtown, and the other way to Pearson Terminal 118 min to Union
Toronto Pearson AirportBy UP Express from Weston, or a short drive up Highway 427≈25 min
Highway 400 and 401Both within four kilometres, which is why so many residents here keep a car5 min drive

Campuses and hospitals

Where residents actually go each morning.

York University — Keele campusTTC bus east on Finch, or the Line 6 LRT once you are on it≈20 min
Humber College — North campusWest on Finch Avenue; the LRT terminates at the campus door≈20 min
Seneca Polytechnic — York campusShares the York University site at Keele and Finch≈20 min
University of Toronto — St. GeorgeWeston Road bus, then UP Express from Weston to Union≈45 min
Toronto Metropolitan UniversityUP Express to Union, then Line 1 north two stops≈45 min
Humber River HospitalStraight down Keele Street, or the 84 bus≈15 min

On the ground

What it is like to live here.

The valley is the point

The Humber River valley starts a few hundred metres from the front door and runs most of the way to Lake Ontario. There is a paved 5.5-kilometre trail through West Humber parkland, wide enough to run two abreast, and it connects into the wider Toronto trail network. In spring it fills with birdsong and, in summer, with people running it at six in the morning before the heat arrives.

Eat like you live here

Finch Avenue West is one of the best-value eating streets in Toronto and almost nobody outside the neighbourhood knows it. Regina Noodle makes its pasta on site. Las Fronteras does Ecuadorian. Bun Bo Hue Pho is the Vietnamese place people come up from downtown for. Beyond those there is Caribbean, Colombian, Korean, West African and Bengali cooking within a fifteen-minute walk, most of it under twenty dollars.

Everything else on the avenue

Groceries, pharmacies, a bank, phone shops, barbers and a large furniture retailer are all along Finch Avenue West, so a weekly shop does not require a car. The Woodview Park branch of the Toronto Public Library, a community centre and an ice rink are within walking distance, and Humber Valley Golf Course is on the far side of the parkland.

What it is actually like

Humbermede — the neighbourhood on the map — is working, diverse and residential. It is not a nightlife district and it does not pretend to be. What it is: quiet at night, genuinely mixed, cheaper than anywhere with a subway stop, and about to be much better connected than it is today.

Trailhead sign at the edge of the Humber Valley parkland — The trail network starts a few hundred metres west of the front door.

Aerial view of the towers and low-rise blocks at Weston and Finch — Weston and Finch from above, with the valley on the western edge.

Walk it before you decide.

We will meet you at the door, show you the room, and point you at the trail head and the best of the avenue on the way out.

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