Four Underground Transit Stations Are Coming to Etobicoke: What the Crosstown West Extension Means for Homeowners

Market Insight Dave Dubbin July 15, 2026

Digging is officially underway on four new underground transit stations in Etobicoke. On July 10, the federal government confirmed that excavation has started on station boxes at Royal York Road, Islington Avenue, Kipling Avenue and Martin Grove Road, all along Eglinton Avenue West. For homeowners in central Etobicoke, this is the clearest sign yet that the Crosstown West Extension is really happening, and it puts a handful of quiet neighbourhoods on the map for rapid transit.

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What was actually announced

The announcement covers the start of excavation on four underground stations for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension. The extension takes the Eglinton Crosstown line 9.2 kilometres farther west from Mount Dennis, most of it running through Etobicoke, and connects into roughly 30 kilometres of continuous rapid transit across Eglinton when everything is complete. Ottawa has put about $1.87 billion into this piece of the project, and construction is expected to support around 4,600 jobs a year. You can read the full release on the Government of Canada website.

Station boxes are the big underground structures that form the main body of each station. Once you see excavation, the project has moved from planning and utility work into the part you can actually watch happen.

Where the stations are going

The four stations sit at Royal York, Islington, Kipling and Martin Grove, all on Eglinton West. If you live in Humber Valley, Richview, Willowridge, Princess Rosethorn or Kingsview Village, you are looking at a future where a station is a short drive, bus ride or even a walk away. These are neighbourhoods that have never had rapid transit close by. That changes the math for a lot of households, especially commuters who currently drive to Kipling or Islington subway stations on the Bloor line.

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What transit usually means for nearby home values

We will be straight with you: nobody can promise that a transit station adds a specific dollar figure to your home. What we can say is that homes with convenient access to rapid transit tend to attract a wider pool of buyers, and that demand is what supports value over time. We saw it along the Bloor line decades ago. Buyers consistently ask us about transit access, and "walk to the subway" has sold a lot of Etobicoke houses over the years.

Two honest caveats. Construction takes years, and living next to an active dig site is nobody's idea of a good time, so any benefit is a long game. And the value effect is strongest closest to the stations. A home a 25 minute walk from Martin Grove station is a different story than one five minutes away.

What homeowners near the corridor should do

Nothing urgent. This is a slow moving story, and the smart move is simply to know where you stand. If you own near Eglinton West and you are thinking on a five to ten year horizon, it is worth understanding your current value so you can track how the corridor develops. If you have been thinking about renovating or holding a property as a rental, the extension is one more point in favour of patience.

We watch this corridor closely because so many of our clients live in the neighbourhoods around it. When station construction starts changing the market in measurable ways, we will write about it here.

Want to talk through what the Crosstown West Extension could mean for your street specifically? Get in touch, we are happy to chat, no strings attached.

Dave Dubbin & Associates
Etobicoke Real Estate Experts
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