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Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by garden and laneway suites

Name: Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by garden and laneway suites
Creator: City of Toronto
License: https://open.toronto.ca/open-data-license/

Palmerston-Little Italy had the most garden and laneway suites of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods: 111 since 2021. 12 neighbourhoods had none. The typical neighbourhood had 26 since 2021.

City of Toronto, Building Permits · Data as of Nov 12, 2026 · How it’s measured

Most garden and laneway suites

Area

Typical neighbourhood: 26· garden and laneway suites permitted since 2021

Rank	Neighbourhood
1	Palmerston-Little Italy	111
2	West Humber-Clairville	105
3	Highland Creek	101
4	Trinity-Bellwoods	101
5	Junction-Wallace Emerson	100
6	Wexford/Maryvale	100
7	Dovercourt Village	96
8	Newtonbrook West	87
9	South Riverdale	87
10	Clairlea-Birchmount	80
11	Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn	80
12	Birchcliffe-Cliffside	79
13	West Hill	77
14	Morningside Heights	75
15	Corso Italia-Davenport	73
16	Cliffcrest	70
17	Oakwood Village	70
18	Annex	68
19	Little Portugal	65
20	Caledonia-Fairbank	64
21	Bendale-Glen Andrew	63
22	Junction Area	62
23	Bendale South	61
24	High Park-Swansea	58
25	Rockcliffe-Smythe	58
26	Danforth East York	57
27	Woburn North	57
28	Dufferin Grove	56
29	Alderwood	53
30	East End-Danforth	52
31	Stonegate-Queensway	51
32	Kennedy Park	50
33	Agincourt South-Malvern West	49
34	Islington	49
35	University	48
36	Dorset Park	47
37	West Rouge	47
38	Greenwood-Coxwell	46
39	Morningside	46
40	Briar Hill-Belgravia	45
41	Eringate-Centennial-West Deane	45
42	Kensington-Chinatown	45
43	Roncesvalles	45
44	Wychwood	45
45	Downsview	44
46	Eglinton East	44
47	High Park North	44
48	Pelmo Park-Humberlea	42
49	The Beaches	42
50	York University Heights	42
51	Centennial Scarborough	41
52	North Riverdale	39
53	Pleasant View	38
54	Rexdale-Kipling	36
55	Runnymede-Bloor West Village	36
56	Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview	36
57	Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown	35
58	Newtonbrook East	35
59	Thistletown-Beaumond Heights	35
60	Mimico-Queensway	34
61	East Willowdale	33
62	O'Connor-Parkview	33
63	Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan	33
64	Kingsview Village-The Westway	32
65	Malvern East	32
66	Weston-Pelham Park	32
67	Mount Pleasant East	31
68	Blake-Jones	30
69	Long Branch	30
70	Woodbine-Lumsden	30
71	Yorkdale-Glen Park	30
72	Danforth	29
73	Keelesdale-Eglinton West	29
74	Oakridge	29
75	Agincourt North	28
76	Oakdale-Beverley Heights	28
77	Hillcrest Village	27
78	Willowdale West	27
79	Humber Summit	26
80	Lawrence Park North	26
81	Ionview	24
82	Bathurst Manor	23
83	Elms-Old Rexdale	23
84	Leaside-Bennington	23
85	Playter Estates-Danforth	23
86	Taylor-Massey	23
87	Weston	23
88	Humewood-Cedarvale	22
89	Brookhaven-Amesbury	21
90	Don Valley Village	21
91	Guildwood	21
92	Old East York	21
93	Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills	21
94	Scarborough Village	21
95	Lawrence Park South	20
96	Victoria Village	20
97	Casa Loma	19
98	L'Amoreaux West	19
99	New Toronto	19
100	Woodbine Corridor	19
101	Broadview North	18
102	Clanton Park	18
103	Humbermede	18
104	Lansing-Westgate	18
105	Rosedale-Moore Park	18
106	Westminster-Branson	18
107	East L'Amoreaux	17
108	Maple Leaf	17
109	Princess-Rosethorn	17
110	Steeles	16
111	Humber Heights-Westmount	15
112	Malvern West	15
113	Beechborough-Greenbrook	14
114	Cabbagetown-South St.James Town	14
115	Englemount-Lawrence	14
116	Etobicoke City Centre	14
117	Fenside-Parkwoods	14
118	Moss Park	13
119	West Queen West	13
120	Banbury-Don Mills	12
121	South Parkdale	12
122	Avondale	11
123	Bayview Woods-Steeles	11
124	Rustic	11
125	Etobicoke West Mall	10
126	Markland Wood	10
127	Mount Dennis	10
128	Yonge-St.Clair	10
129	Bedford Park-Nortown	9
130	Glenfield-Jane Heights	9
131	St.Andrew-Windfields	9
132	Forest Hill South	8
133	South Eglinton-Davisville	8
134	Bayview Village	7
135	Kingsway South	7
136	Lambton Baby Point	7
137	Black Creek	6
138	Forest Hill North	6
139	Milliken	6
140	Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills	5
141	Edenbridge-Humber Valley	4
142	Wellington Place	3
143	Yonge-Eglinton	3
144	Flemingdon Park	2
145	Henry Farm	1
146	Regent Park	1
147	Bay-Cloverhill	0
148	Church-Wellesley	0
149	Downtown Yonge East	0
150	Fort York-Liberty Village	0
151	Harbourfront-CityPlace	0
152	Humber Bay Shores	0
153	North St.James Town	0
154	North Toronto	0
155	St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands	0
156	Thorncliffe Park	0
157	Yonge-Bay Corridor	0
158	Yonge-Doris	0

Map: garden and laneway suites by neighbourhood

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

Questions about garden and laneway suites in Toronto

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the most garden and laneway suites?

Palmerston-Little Italy, with 111 since 2021. West Humber-Clairville (105) and Highland Creek (101) were next.

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the fewest garden and laneway suites?

12 neighbourhoods have none, including Yonge-Doris and Yonge-Bay Corridor.

What is typical for a Toronto neighbourhood?

The typical (median) neighbourhood had 26 since 2021: half are above it and half below.

How is this measured?

Building permits for new garden suites and laneway suites (small homes behind a house) issued since 2021. Source: City of Toronto, Building Permits.