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West Hill, Toronto — Area Guide & Where to Stay
West Hill sits high above Highland Creek. The name marks its elevated ground on the ravine's west side, inside Toronto's former suburb of Scarborough.
About West Hill
Where to stay in West Hill
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Hotel rooms are scarce. West Hill's options split between the Scarborough Golf Club Road edge on the western boundary and the low strip south of the CNR tracks, where the ground runs down to Lake Ontario. The Highland Creek ravine sits between them.
Anyone booking for central Toronto is better off downtown, since this is house-lined ground in the eastern end of the city rather than a hotel quarter.
About West Hill
What are the main landmarks in West Hill?
Highland Creek is the set piece here. Deep glacial cutting gave the ravine its walls, and West Hill takes its name from the high ground standing on the western side of that trench. Scarborough Golf Club Road traces the western boundary.
The CNR tracks run below. South of them the ground gives out at Lake Ontario, the neighbourhood's southern limit within Scarborough.
What is the history of West Hill?
Naming came from the land itself. The high ground on the west bank of Highland Creek gave the neighbourhood its name, and that description has outlasted the administrative labels layered over it since. Scarborough governed itself as a separate suburb.
Toronto absorbed it, and West Hill passed into the larger city along with the rest of that old Ontario municipality.
Where is West Hill?
Highland Creek bounds the north-east, Scarborough Golf Club Road the west, and the CNR tracks the south. Steep ravine walls throughout.
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Updated September 2026