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Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by building permits

Name: Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by building permits
Creator: City of Toronto
License: https://open.toronto.ca/open-data-license/

Yonge-Bay Corridor had the most building permits of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods: 1,172 in 12 months. Elms-Old Rexdale had the fewest, at 30 in 12 months. The typical neighbourhood had 187 in 12 months.

City of Toronto, Building Permits · Data as of Nov 10, 2026 · How it’s measured

Most building permits

Area

Typical neighbourhood: 187· building permits issued in the last 12 months

Rank	Neighbourhood
1	Yonge-Bay Corridor	1,172
2	Annex	797
3	South Riverdale	643
4	Rosedale-Moore Park	559
5	Stonegate-Queensway	535
6	The Beaches	473
7	Trinity-Bellwoods	460
8	Kensington-Chinatown	455
9	Downtown Yonge East	447
10	Wellington Place	439
11	Wexford/Maryvale	423
12	Banbury-Don Mills	420
13	West Humber-Clairville	418
14	Birchcliffe-Cliffside	408
15	Oakwood Village	407
16	St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands	406
17	Etobicoke City Centre	379
18	High Park-Swansea	376
19	Junction-Wallace Emerson	376
20	Leaside-Bennington	375
21	Palmerston-Little Italy	374
22	Yorkdale-Glen Park	371
23	Mount Pleasant East	368
24	Mimico-Queensway	367
25	Danforth East York	366
26	Newtonbrook West	363
27	Roncesvalles	362
28	North Riverdale	358
29	Islington	353
30	Clairlea-Birchmount	331
31	Junction Area	331
32	Lawrence Park North	323
33	Greenwood-Coxwell	322
34	Bedford Park-Nortown	318
35	St.Andrew-Windfields	318
36	East End-Danforth	310
37	Corso Italia-Davenport	307
38	High Park North	302
39	Runnymede-Bloor West Village	295
40	Lawrence Park South	294
41	Dufferin Grove	290
42	Englemount-Lawrence	288
43	Dovercourt Village	285
44	University	276
45	Yonge-Eglinton	276
46	Cliffcrest	259
47	Humewood-Cedarvale	257
48	Lansing-Westgate	254
49	West Hill	251
50	Rockcliffe-Smythe	250
51	O'Connor-Parkview	246
52	Caledonia-Fairbank	245
53	Alderwood	241
54	Little Portugal	239
55	Clanton Park	236
56	Milliken	228
57	Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills	226
58	Old East York	224
59	New Toronto	221
60	York University Heights	220
61	Wychwood	218
62	Danforth	215
63	Agincourt South-Malvern West	210
64	Briar Hill-Belgravia	210
65	Woburn North	210
66	West Queen West	206
67	Willowdale West	206
68	Woodbine-Lumsden	205
69	Highland Creek	204
70	Yonge-St.Clair	200
71	Harbourfront-CityPlace	199
72	East Willowdale	198
73	South Parkdale	198
74	Kingsway South	197
75	Moss Park	196
76	Forest Hill South	192
77	Bay-Cloverhill	190
78	Bayview Village	190
79	Morningside Heights	189
80	Bendale-Glen Andrew	184
81	Downsview	180
82	South Eglinton-Davisville	180
83	Woodbine Corridor	180
84	Blake-Jones	177
85	Newtonbrook East	176
86	Oakdale-Beverley Heights	172
87	Princess-Rosethorn	168
88	Casa Loma	165
89	Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn	164
90	Long Branch	164
91	Pelmo Park-Humberlea	163
92	Hillcrest Village	160
93	Oakridge	159
94	Edenbridge-Humber Valley	155
95	Dorset Park	151
96	Victoria Village	149
97	Keelesdale-Eglinton West	146
98	Playter Estates-Danforth	144
99	Malvern East	140
100	Bathurst Manor	139
101	Eringate-Centennial-West Deane	138
102	Forest Hill North	137
103	Fort York-Liberty Village	137
104	Mount Dennis	137
105	Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan	137
106	Brookhaven-Amesbury	134
107	Centennial Scarborough	130
108	Humber Summit	127
109	Cabbagetown-South St.James Town	126
110	Kennedy Park	124
111	Broadview North	123
112	Bendale South	121
113	Weston-Pelham Park	121
114	Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills	119
115	Weston	118
116	Don Valley Village	116
117	Thorncliffe Park	116
118	Scarborough Village	115
119	West Rouge	115
120	Yonge-Doris	114
121	Henry Farm	113
122	Guildwood	112
123	Taylor-Massey	112
124	Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview	112
125	Maple Leaf	111
126	Kingsview Village-The Westway	108
127	Morningside	101
128	Church-Wellesley	98
129	Markland Wood	94
130	Agincourt North	90
131	Humber Heights-Westmount	89
132	Lambton Baby Point	87
133	North Toronto	87
134	Avondale	83
135	Eglinton East	83
136	L'Amoreaux West	81
137	Westminster-Branson	80
138	East L'Amoreaux	74
139	Malvern West	74
140	Pleasant View	74
141	Regent Park	74
142	Flemingdon Park	72
143	Thistletown-Beaumond Heights	72
144	Ionview	70
145	Fenside-Parkwoods	69
146	Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown	67
147	Rexdale-Kipling	64
148	Steeles	62
149	Humbermede	61
150	Glenfield-Jane Heights	60
151	Beechborough-Greenbrook	53
152	Black Creek	52
153	North St.James Town	48
154	Rustic	43
155	Bayview Woods-Steeles	36
156	Humber Bay Shores	35
157	Etobicoke West Mall	32
158	Elms-Old Rexdale	30

Map: building permits by neighbourhood

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Numbers match the ranks in the table. Shades split the neighbourhoods into groups of similar size.

Questions about building permits in Toronto

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the most building permits?

Yonge-Bay Corridor, with 1,172 in 12 months. Annex (797) and South Riverdale (643) were next.

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the fewest building permits?

Elms-Old Rexdale, with 30 in 12 months. Etobicoke West Mall (32) and Humber Bay Shores (35) were next lowest.

What is typical for a Toronto neighbourhood?

The typical (median) neighbourhood had 187 in 12 months: half are above it and half below.

How is this measured?

Building permits issued by the City in the last 12 months, counted at each address in the neighbourhood. One renovation can need several permits (building, plumbing, heating). Source: City of Toronto, Building Permits.