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Author name: Jatin Dua

Jatin Dua is a Realtor with RE/MAX Quantum Realty serving Toronto and the GTA — helping buyers, sellers and investors across Etobicoke, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan and beyond.

Parkdale, Toronto - neighbourhood guide by local real estate expert Jatin Dua
Toronto Neighbourhoods

Top 10 things no one will tell you about Parkdale, Toronto — except your local real estate expert

There is a definition of a rooming house written into the Toronto Municipal Code that applies to Parkdale and to no other part of the city. The licence it requires cannot be transferred on a sale, and the by-law wants 90 days’ notice before the operator changes. Parkdale holds 112 of the 403 licensed multi-tenant house records in the City’s file.

Princess Gardens and Humber Valley Village, Etobicoke - neighbourhood guide by local real estate expert Jatin Dua
Toronto Neighbourhoods

Top 10 things no one will tell you about Princess Gardens and Humber Valley Village — except your local real estate expert

In 1998 the City tripled the minimum lot size on a block of Islington Avenue for the express purpose of stopping severances, and said so in writing. That zoning is still on the books. A provincial statute in force since 2 June 2026 can void it without a Council vote. Meanwhile the two golf clubs are the reverse of their names, Hurricane Hazel’s deadliest street is inside these boundaries, and the City’s own dataset drops a 40-storey tower into a neighbourhood it is not in.

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