
Intellectuals, Victorians, and Bloor St.
The Annex was Toronto's first wealthy suburb, developed in the 1880s when the city's elite moved north of Bloor. Today it retains its intellectual character, anchored by the University of Toronto campus to the south and a long-standing tradition of writers, academics, and artists calling it home. The housing stock is remarkable — block after block of well-preserved Victorian and Edwardian semis, with the occasional mansion on Spadina Road.
Bloor Street West between Spadina and Bathurst is one of Toronto's best commercial streets: the Fox Theatre, BMV Books, a dozen independent restaurants, and transit access via the Bloor-Danforth subway line. Koreatown begins just west at Christie, giving the area excellent diversity in its food scene. Residents are fiercely attached to their neighbourhood — turnover is low and demand consistently high.
There are 212 homes for sale in The Annex today, with a median asking price of $1.08M. Most are asking between $580K and $4M, so the range a buyer actually shops here is about $3.42M wide.
The most common thing on the market is condo apartments, at 71 of the 212 listings, asking a median of $900K. The Annex also has 7 detached houses, 6 semi-detached houses, 5 townhouses, 4 condo townhouses available, which is worth knowing before you fix on one type.
On the rental side there are 159 places available in The Annex, with a median asking rent of $3,400 a month. Against a $1.08M median asking price, that is the comparison worth running before deciding whether to buy here or rent first.
Figures are taken from active TRREB listings and were last updated 2026-10-27.
| Property type | For sale | Median asking |
|---|---|---|
| Condo Apartment | 71 | $900K |
| Detached | 7 | $3.18M |
| Semi-Detached | 6 | $2.64M |
| Att/Row/Townhouse | 5 | $2M |
| Condo Townhouse | 4 | $2.51M |
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