The Bluffs & Birchcliffe

Birch Cliff is an established, family-oriented neighborhood set against the picturesque backdrop of the Scarborough Bluffs and Lake Ontario. Kingston Road, a major thoroughfare, winds through the center of this community. Each May, the annual Birch Cliff community parade takes place along Kingston Road. Within the greater Birch Cliff area, there are two distinct residential pockets: the exclusive “Fallingbrook” community, located west of the Toronto Hunt Club and south of Kingston Road, and the “Birch Cliff Heights” community, situated north of Kingston Road between Birchmount and Kennedy Roads. The retail corridor along Kingston Rd offers a blend of boutiques, coffee shops, restaurants, and other convenient retail stores.

History

Birchcliffe, or Birch Cliff, was first developed in 1895, when the Toronto Hunt Club laid its roots in the area. At the time, it was still predominantly occupied by farms and forests. People began building cottages surrounding the club, one of which was named "Birch Cliff," after the many birch trees surrounding the property and along the Scarborough Bluffs. This Victorian-style home was originally built for John Stark on Springbank Ave The name was inevitably adopted by the local post office and eventually became the name for the neighbourhood itself.

  • The CN Railway to the north, Kennedy Ave to the east, Lake Ontario to the south, and Victoria Park Ave to the west.

  • Birch Cliff has a large selection of detached bungalows, one-and-a-half storey, and two-storey homes featuring Tudor, Edwardian, and Cape Cod styles. The neighborhood's original housing stock dates from the 1910s to the 1950s. Birch Cliff also includes a substantial number of modern homes built in the 1980s through to today.

    • K-8

      • Blantyre Public School

      • Courcelette Public School

      • Birch Cliff Public School

      • Birch Cliff Heights Public School

      • Cliffside Public School

      • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School

    • Grade 9-12

      • Birchmount Park Collegiate High School

      • Neil McNeil Catholic High School

  • The eroding cliffs of the Scarborough Bluffs formed the Toronto Islands. Over thousands of years, wind and water currents carried sand off the Bluffs, depositing it into the bay and inevitably forming what we now know as the Toronto Islands.

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