Canada · Ontario · Toronto
The Beaches, Toronto — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Beaches is a Toronto neighbourhood named for its four beaches on Lake Ontario, bounded inland by Kingston Road and Dundas Street.
Hotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Where to stay in The Beaches
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Two edges decide it. The Beaches runs from Victoria Park Avenue across to Coxwell Avenue, and where a room sits between those two matters less than whether it faces the Lake Ontario shore or the Kingston Road side of the neighbourhood. Dundas Street marks the turn.
Anyone here for the water should take the blocks below Kingston Road, while the larger hotel stock of Toronto sits beyond Coxwell Avenue toward downtown, a short run in either direction.
Find hotels in The Beaches
Direct booking searches for these neighbourhoods.
The Lake Ontario shore
The strip where The Beaches ends at the Lake Ontario water, below the residential blocks. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in The Lake Ontario shoreGuests who want the boundary road and the run out toward Victoria Park AvenueThe Kingston Road rim
The inland edge along Kingston Road, set back from the four beaches on Lake Ontario. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in The Kingston Road rimTravellers weighing The Beaches against a downtown Toronto bedThe Coxwell Avenue end
The boundary corner at Coxwell Avenue and Dundas Street, the quickest side for the run into TorontoFind hotels in The Coxwell Avenue endHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About The Beaches
What are the main landmarks in The Beaches?
The list runs small. George Davis House, the Church of Corpus Christi and Scarboro Beach Amusement Park are the three names the record fixes to The Beaches, one house, one parish building and one stretch of shore given over to amusement. Lake Ontario supplies the rest.
Four beaches line the water boundary, and they do more to mark the neighbourhood than any single building between Victoria Park Avenue and Coxwell Avenue.
What is the history of The Beaches?
Records give The Beaches no founding date. What the record keeps is the shape of the place, the four beaches that gave the neighbourhood its name and its position inside the "Old" City of Toronto, east of downtown. Scarboro Beach Amusement Park belongs to that older shore.
George Davis House is the other name the register carries from the same ground, and the two together tie The Beaches to a Lake Ontario frontage the city has long put to leisure.
Where is The Beaches?
The Beaches takes in the Lake Ontario frontage of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, between Victoria Park Avenue, Kingston Road, Dundas Street and Coxwell Avenue.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in The Beaches?
The Lake Ontario shore: Stays that want the four beaches at the foot of the street. The Kingston Road rim: Guests who want the boundary road and the run out toward Victoria Park Avenue. The Coxwell Avenue end: Travellers weighing The Beaches against a downtown Toronto bed.
Good for
More areas in Toronto
Updated October 2026