Ajax Ontario is a great town that is close to plenty of amenities and attractions. It's near the city of Toronto Ontario, so if you’re working inside Toronto and need to commute to work then Ajax would be great for you. You also get to enjoy the affordable real estate and lots of family friendly activities in Ajax.
Today, I’ll take you inside Google Maps and show you where Ajax Ontario sits on the map and what types of food, fun, and housing you can enjoy inside the town. Let’s explore Ajax Ontario today!
Watch this video to learn what you need to know before moving to Ajax Ontario.
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Hey in this video, we're gonna talk about everything you need to know about AJAX Ontario. And I'm gonna walk you through on a map because that way you can see the proximity to downtown Toronto, the airport, and you can see all of the sight and sounds of everything there is to do in AJAX Ontario, and we're gonna get into it right n
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My name is Rochelle Manguino for the last seven years I've been helping people just like you make the move to Toronto, Ontario. And I absolutely love it. As a real estate agent here, I wanna help you do that. So whether you're moving in nine days or 90 days, be sure to give me a call, shoot me a text, send me an email, or even schedule a zoom call and I'd be happy to help you make a smooth move to Toronto, Ontario.
So in this video, as I mentioned, I'm gonna be walking you through Ajax, Ontario on a map so that you get an idea of what's nearby things to do, and let's get after it. We'll jump into my computer and we will go from there. All right. So here, we're taking a look at Ajax, which you can see is highlighted right over here.
So right off the bat, the highest or the biggest highlights of Ajax is that it is a lakefront town. You are sitting on the shores of lake Ontario. So a lot of points of interest will be along the water. And then if I zoom out, you can see that Ajax is just about, um, east of Toronto, about 45 kilometers from the 401.
So if you actually take the 401 to the DVP, but at first glance it might make more sense to take Kingston road here all the way to Toronto, but be fair warned that there is a lot of traffic on this road. It is a major road, but it isn't the highway. So you are gonna get a lot of traffic lights and whatever Google map search that you do
it is gonna tell you that the 401 is the way to go. Now when you are on the 401 here you are gonna pass by Pickering and Scarborough. So a lot of people do ask, is Ajax a suburb of Toronto? Yes, it is. So Ajax is officially part of the greater Toronto area. So once you pass Scarborough, Scarborough is part of Toronto, then you've got Pickering.
So that's your neighboring city to the east. And then just east of Pickering is where you've got Ajax. But starting from Pickering, when you move outward all the way up to Clarington, which is just past Oshawa, then all that is part of The Durham region D for Durham. So yes, Ajax is part of the GTA. It's about half the size of Whitby, which is its neighboring city to the east.
And then about a third of the size of Pickering, which is its neighboring city to the west. Now, most people, when they are in Ajax, they pretty much stay in Ajax. Pre pandemic it was a bedroom community so to speak where a lot of people, a lot of the residents in Ajax, they were commuting to the city of Toronto for work.
Um, but now with the pandemic and everyone working from home and everything's gone virtual, you know, they're, um, it's not so much a commuter town these days, but if you are wanting to travel into Toronto, and you'll wanna avoid all of the traffic on the 401, then your best bet would actually be the go station right over here.
So Ajax does have a go station right there, which is at westney road here. There's the go. And then if you wanted to travel even further out to the airport specifically, that would be here. That's the closest international airport it's Pearson, which is in mississaga. So that would be a 60 kilometer commute, um, or 40 minute drive, just along the 401 to the 427 and then boom, you can fly out somewhere sunny and take me with you now.
Road transportation in Ajax is pretty much dominated by highway 401, which you can see runs straight through Ajax pretty much dividing it in half now. Not completely in half, because if you actually look at Taunton road here, north of Taunton road, this is all rural.
Now along the 401, there are three exits that bring you into Ajax. So here's a 401 lake Ridge. You can only exit, um, if you're heading east on the 401, but Westney road and Salem, these are your major roads that you can access both from the east and west. Now here, if we're focusing on Salem road, this is where you're gonna see a lot of bottleneck traffic eastbound on the 401, because the lanes actually narrow down to three lanes.
So just keep that in mind, if you're commuting along the 4 0 1 during rush hour. Now, if we just go a little further down, On hardwood road here, this is what's considered sort of your downtown area of Ajax. Now, the thing is, is that Ajax doesn't actually have a downtown, so you don't have a downtown in the traditional sense where you think of, um,youknow, a lot of shops and restaurants where people can walk to.
Um, but there is a lot to do in the central part of Ajax. So here along Harwood avenue. If I just zoom in, you can see a whole bunch of different, um, you know, shops and restaurants. So I've got Bam bam Korean fried chicken here, pita delights, Mexico Lindo, youknow, uh, let's see here, chia Indian cuisine.
So all along Ajax or harwood road here. And then if I just go further up here, Along Kingston road here specifically, then you've got just over here. This is durham center this is your typical power center where you've got your big box stores like home Depot, Canadians higher. There's a Costco over here, a Walmart actually over here.
And then you get a ton of restaurants to shoes from. Let me just zoom in a little bit more. And then, so you can see I've got the keg. I've got Boston pizza Applebees. Uh, let's see, what else? So, funny thing is, there's actually a Cineplex Odeon Ajax cinemas here. I actually had this conversation with someone not too long ago.
I don't know, it might be a dying industry. I haven't been to the movie theaters in a very long time, youknow, because of Netflix and with streaming services that, uh, they offer these days. I just, I don't know. Let me know what you think in the comments below are movie theaters, a dying industry. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
But,you know, if you are into movies, then you've got the Cineplex theaters right over there. And then let's head on south over here to the water. This area is really interesting because like I mentioned, a lot of your main interest points in Ajax are going to be along the waterfront because you are along lake Ontario.
Now Ajax's waterfront trail is actually part of the waterfront trail. The one that stretches all the way from Hamilton to Bellville. Now, Ajax's part of that is actually seven kilometers and they're actually the only community or the first community to have their entire waterfront trail beginning to end off road.
Now, so that's really interesting. And I know that a lot of people, when they do wanna hit up the waterfront park, they're probably gonna head on over to Pickering, um, Frenchman's bay or even Scarborough Bluffs in Scarborough, which is about a half hour drive from Ajax. But it is a lot, um, or it is worth it to a lot of people because.
You know, they don't know about Ajax's waterfront trail. It's really clean. There's always parking. It's never too crowded. And you've got a lot of large open spaces here, which is really nice for families because you're gonna see a lot of families with their kids, youknow, their soccer balls. having picnics with their kids and just enjoying the weather.
Now, the nice thing about the waterfront trail is that it is paved. And you're gonna see a lot of, um, benches along the trail so that you can rest in the summertime. You're gonna see a lot of butterflies and a wide variety of flowers, like roses and hibiscus. Um, so it is really pretty now to get to the entrance.
Of the waterfront park. Um, you are going to see veterans point gardens, which is along the base of hardwood avenue. Here. You can just park your car here and then you can walk to this Memorial site for world war II vets. So veterans point gardens. This is where you're gonna see a lot of, you know, Memorial plaques pictures.
There's a nice display dedicated to the HMS Ajax so that was actually a battleship for the Royal Navy during world war II. And that's actually how AJAX got its name. It was, uh, named after this battle ship. So,you know, you've got a beautiful setting along lake Ontario. You can walk around and it's sort of an unexpected surprise because you think you're going for a nice walk.
And then all of a sudden it's a history lesson. And then if you just walk a little bit further down, uh, walk or drive a long lake driveway, it's about two and a half kilometers is you can get to rotary park. So this is one of your. Bigger parks. I think it's actually the biggest park in Ajax. It's really popular with young families because anytime you go, you are gonna see rotary park full of kids at the playground.
There's also a splash pad. There you get a really nice view of the lake. And then right over here, I believe this is where you can get, um, access to the water. They have a really small ramp there where you can bring your kayak or your canoe. Now this part of the water. It's really calm the water and shallow.
So you're gonna see a lot of, you know, blue Heron and swans. You're gonna see a lot of people fishing along with lake as well. Uh, this is my picture of a fish. Now, if you are into fishing Greenwood conservation area, that's just up here that entire green section there. Let me just zoom in it's about 700 acres or so of Greenland and it is along Duffins Creek.
So this is a cold Creek. Um, where you can find a lot of rainbow trouts and a bunch of other fish here. Now, this Creek does run along the new Seaton valley, but along the Creek, you can also hike the hiking trails here. They are very well groomed. And along the area, you've got a good mix of field and forests.
So it's a nice place for a walk. You could probably come along a picnic shelter probably once every 10 minutes or so. So nice place to hang out, walk around, be close to nature. Now, if you are looking for a little more action, then. The Ajax casino right over here. And the Ajax downs racetrack are right over here in the Northeast section of Ajax.
It's only one of three casinos in the GTA. Um, it's temporarily closed right now just because we are in the middle of a lockdown, but, um, they will be open as soon as this is over. Now, the thing is, is that there is another Casino just next door in Pickering where it's going to be huge. They're developing it right now.
There's a film studio, um, concert venue, huge casino, like I said, uh, five star boutique hotel. Now they are moving a lot of their machines from the casino, Ajax over to the new one, Durham live it's called in Pickering. Um, you can even see a lot of the machines right now. They have tags on them saying that they're no longer in use because they're moving them over to Durham live.
But the race track here, Ajax downs. Our current Ontario premier Doug Ford. He actually said that he is going to keep that open, which is really nice because you can actually bet as little as $5 to get in on the racetrack action. Now, this grounds, they also host, um,you know, a lot of, um, events like Canada day.
They have a lot of food rock festivals there, so they really try and keep the community engaged. Now, speaking of Pickering, this area here. Which is Pickering village, which oddly enough is part of Ajax. Don't get it confused. It used to be part of Pickering, but when the Durham region actually was first formed, then Pickering village became part of Ajax.
So this community, it actually has a lot of history to it. There is this huge building right here. Kingston and church. It actually used to be part of a Quaker settlement back in the 18 hundreds, but now it's home to a bunch of shopping, which I'll zoom in on and a bunch of, you know, local mom and pop type restaurants.
Um, there are a lot of established businesses in that complex that have been running for a long time. And then a lot of the homes in this area, you actually get a good mix of, uh,well, so first of all, on the Southern part here, you're gonna get a lot of older homes. So ranch, style, bungalows, Victorian homes.
And then on the Northern side, this is where you're gonna get a lot of new builds. So newer subdivisions, mostly, um, single family homes that have built more recently, but that's the thing about Ajax is that wherever you go, you're gonna get a good mix of housing. So everything from apartments, condos, and high rises to executive single detached homes.
So if you're thinking of moving to Ajax Ontario, then you've got a good, a range of different price points and options that you can choose from. Now the average price of a home in Ajax is 1.1 million. So I do get asked a lot. Is it expensive to live in Ajax? Well, it depends. I mean, I think we can all agree that anywhere in the GTA it's gonna be expensive.
But in relative terms, if you are comparing Ajax to their parts of the GTA, then you will find lower price points in Ajax. Um, Ajax is considered relatively more affordable. So central Southwest Ajax here, this area has the lowest price point of homes in Ajax. The medium price points of a home here is about $810,000 with condo apartments sitting at around the $620,000 mark.
On average, it is an older community. You are going to find a lot of housing built in the early 1940s or so here. And this is where you're also gonna find most of ajax's low and medium rise apartment buildings as well as a lot of small bungalows, you know, two bedroom homes. So this area is perfect for smaller families downsizers or retirees, but you.
You know, it is nice because you are close to a lot of amenities here, um, along harwood, the different shops and plazas that I showed you earlier. And then just up the road here is the hospital lake Ridge health here. Now when you do move closer to the water, to this neck of town, um, the prices do pick up almost dramatically.
Now, Pickering beach here. Now don't be fooled because this is part of AJAX again. Um, but back in the day, this used to be part of, uh, or when people started to first move into ajax you had a lot of cottages here. Um, but now it's being filled with a lot of infills and newer homes. And because it is along the water, this is where you're going to see homes at the upper price points in Ajax, where you're gonna see a lot of home selling for anywhere between one and a half to north of $2 million.
So real estate is not cheap in this neighborhood, but if money is not an issue for you, then this is probably one of the best areas in AJAX to buy a home. So all in all a nice part of town, if you wanna check out this neighborhood a bit more in detail, then I do have another video that you can check out.
Um, it gives you a good breakdown of all the top neighborhoods in Ajax. So not just this one, but, uh, that people are moving to you get drive-bys of the street so that you can see the homes up close and personal. We go through neighborhood demographics schools in the area, how safe it is to live here.
That's a question that I get asked a lot, but all just so that you get a good picture of what it's like to live in Ajax. A lot of young people so millennials, gen X, gen Z, even they've been moving out of Toronto and into the suburbs like AJAX lately, which makes sense when you consider what Ajax has to offer, it's economically booming.
There's been a lot of residential and commercial development, um, here in the last 10 or 15 years or so. And it's a great place to raise a family because it is a lot less hectic than Toronto, but you do still get a lot of cultural flavor because it is ethnically diverse. And so all in all a great place to live, work and play.
And so if you're considering moving to Ajax, Ontario, then whether you're moving in nine days or 90 days, give me a shout. I would love to help you out. Give me a call, shoot me a text, send me an email, or even schedule a zoom call down in description below. We can jump on a zoom, just like this. I'll show you the areas that interest you kind of walk you through those as well, just so that you can get a better idea.
And hopefully I do get a chance to work with you and help you out. Any way that I can. It's what I love doing. I would love to help you make a smooth move to Toronto until then don't forget to subscribe to my channel and check out this video about the pros and cons of living in Ajax until then I'll see you guys around town.
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