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Toro Canyon, California
CDP
About Toro Canyon
Toro Canyon is a small unincorporated community in southern California.
Toro Canyon holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 9.39 square miles.
📰 Toro Canyon News Today
- Black Bears Make Themselves at Home in Santa Barbara County Yards | Local News Noozhawk · Aug 5
- Rare Coastal Ranch With Six-Stall Stable and a Vineyard in Carpinteria Returns to Market After $5 Million Price Cut Realtor.com · Dec 22
- Update: Santa Barbara County Lifts Evacuation Warnings Triggered by Major Storm independent.com · Oct 13
- Eerily Close Encounter With SoCal Mountain Lion Has Many People Scratching Their Heads (Video) BroBible · May 11
- Jane Russell’s Former Creekside Idyll in Santa Barbara Just Listed for $8.25 Million Robb Report · Nov 19
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Toro Canyon Unique
- The only place in America named Toro Canyon — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Toro Canyon
- Toro Canyon Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateCalifornia
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area9.39 sq mi
Coordinates34.4230, -119.5607