Living In Little Portugal
Here, Old World traditions meet 21st-century styles: you’ll find charming European bakeries, sophisticated art galleries, colourful boutiques, and exciting restaurants and nightspots.
Many Portuguese immigrants settled between the 1950s and early 1970s in this area of Toronto and although the neighbourhood is changing in demographic and style a little more every year you can still walk the streets and hear people speaking Portuguese and you can still get rotisserie chicken in churrasqueiras, traditional Portuguese barbecue-grill restaurants.
Schools In Little Portugal
- Shirley Street Public School
- Alexander Muir/Gladstone Avenue Public
- St.Helen’s Catholic School- Catholic Elementary School
- Ossington/Old Orchard Junior Public School
- Walk Score: 88
- Transit Score: 97
The area is well-served by the TTC. There are the 505 and 506 streetcar lines along Dundas and College. There are north-south bus lines on Lansdowne, Dufferin, and Ossington.
Real Estate In Little Portugal
Modest lot sizes predominate Little Portugal, mainly housing townhomes that have been renovated or offer the opportunity to do so. There are Victorian-era detached homes as well.