Swansea Village is quite a unique neighbourhood. It is the only Toronto neighbourhood that has its own community run Town Hall. It plays host to local meetings, antique festivals and craft sales. Swansea is also the only Toronto neighbourhood to have a lake, a river, and a pond as it's natural boundaries.
High Park-Swansea is home to a concentration of easter European residents. Kids play in the streets, and neighbours become fast friends for life. Friendly and warm, this neighbourhood always feels like “home.” The majority of residents are of working age, being couples with children, and the next main age group being 65 or older.
Swansea’s hilly terrain, winding roads, beautiful homes, and generously tree-lined streets, make it a storybook area to live in. Many of its higher-end homes line the Western edge of Grenadier pond, High Park.
The luxury of having the city's grandest park (High Park), Toronto's waterfront, and an eclectic blend of restaurants, bars, and shops within walking distance is one of the advantages of living in this neighbourhood.
Swansea Village's housing mix expresses character vintage architecture with grass-roots grit - the impetus of change for the up-and-coming. Moreover, a marriage of the old and new is evident, with new condo developments interspersed with merchant class housing.