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Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by rent burden

Name: Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by rent burden, 2021 Census
Creator: Statistics Canada
License: https://open.toronto.ca/open-data-license/

Bay-Cloverhill had the most renters paying 30%+ on housing of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods: 61.7%. Kennedy Park had the fewest, at 23.9%. The typical neighbourhood had 39.0%.

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, via City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles · Data as of Nov 12, 2026 · How it’s measured

Most renters paying 30%+ on housing

Area

Typical neighbourhood: 39.0%· renters paying 30% or more on housing

Rank	Neighbourhood
1	Bay-Cloverhill	61.7%
2	Yonge-Bay Corridor	55.9%
3	Yonge-Doris	55.1%
4	Bayview Village	53.3%
5	Bayview Woods-Steeles	51.6%
6	Newtonbrook East	51.2%
7	Church-Wellesley	50.6%
8	Avondale	49.9%
9	Willowdale West	49.7%
10	Downtown Yonge East	49.3%
11	Kingsway South	48.8%
12	Rosedale-Moore Park	48.1%
13	Wellington Place	47.7%
14	Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills	46.8%
15	North Toronto	46.7%
16	Newtonbrook West	46.6%
17	The Beaches	46.4%
18	Yonge-Eglinton	46.2%
19	Yonge-St.Clair	46.2%
20	Annex	46.1%
21	Casa Loma	45.8%
22	Henry Farm	45.8%
23	Forest Hill South	45.7%
24	South Eglinton-Davisville	45.7%
25	Humber Bay Shores	45.4%
26	University	45.2%
27	Banbury-Don Mills	44.7%
28	Guildwood	44.7%
29	St.Andrew-Windfields	44.6%
30	Lansing-Westgate	44.3%
31	Little Portugal	44.2%
32	North Riverdale	44.2%
33	Lawrence Park South	44.1%
34	Kensington-Chinatown	43.9%
35	Fort York-Liberty Village	43.6%
36	Harbourfront-CityPlace	43.6%
37	Leaside-Bennington	43.4%
38	Weston	43.3%
39	Humewood-Cedarvale	43.1%
40	Palmerston-Little Italy	42.9%
41	Dufferin Grove	42.7%
42	East Willowdale	42.6%
43	Dovercourt Village	42.3%
44	Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview	42.2%
45	Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills	41.8%
46	South Parkdale	41.8%
47	Trinity-Bellwoods	41.7%
48	Wexford/Maryvale	41.7%
49	High Park North	41.6%
50	Oakwood Village	41.6%
51	Broadview North	41.4%
52	Runnymede-Bloor West Village	41.4%
53	Junction-Wallace Emerson	41.2%
54	Clanton Park	41.0%
55	Pelmo Park-Humberlea	41.0%
56	Humber Summit	40.9%
57	Agincourt South-Malvern West	40.6%
58	Centennial Scarborough	40.6%
59	Greenwood-Coxwell	40.4%
60	O'Connor-Parkview	40.4%
61	Alderwood	40.3%
62	Mount Pleasant East	40.3%
63	Stonegate-Queensway	40.3%
64	Danforth East York	40.2%
65	Long Branch	40.2%
66	Steeles	40.2%
67	Eringate-Centennial-West Deane	40.1%
68	Birchcliffe-Cliffside	39.9%
69	Mimico-Queensway	39.9%
70	Corso Italia-Davenport	39.8%
71	Lawrence Park North	39.8%
72	Playter Estates-Danforth	39.7%
73	Bendale-Glen Andrew	39.5%
74	Moss Park	39.5%
75	Caledonia-Fairbank	39.4%
76	Edenbridge-Humber Valley	39.4%
77	Don Valley Village	39.3%
78	Forest Hill North	39.2%
79	St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands	39.1%
80	Humber Heights-Westmount	39.0%
81	Clairlea-Birchmount	38.9%
82	Etobicoke City Centre	38.8%
83	Islington	38.8%
84	Cabbagetown-South St.James Town	38.6%
85	West Queen West	38.5%
86	Kingsview Village-The Westway	38.1%
87	High Park-Swansea	38.0%
88	New Toronto	38.0%
89	Victoria Village	38.0%
90	Wychwood	38.0%
91	Mount Dennis	37.8%
92	Etobicoke West Mall	37.7%
93	Westminster-Branson	37.7%
94	Taylor-Massey	37.4%
95	Yorkdale-Glen Park	37.4%
96	Cliffcrest	37.2%
97	Markland Wood	37.2%
98	Roncesvalles	37.1%
99	East End-Danforth	37.0%
100	Junction Area	37.0%
101	Woodbine Corridor	36.9%
102	Fenside-Parkwoods	36.7%
103	Rexdale-Kipling	36.7%
104	Bedford Park-Nortown	36.3%
105	Downsview	36.3%
106	Keelesdale-Eglinton West	36.3%
107	North St.James Town	36.2%
108	Thorncliffe Park	36.0%
109	Woodbine-Lumsden	36.0%
110	York University Heights	35.7%
111	Briar Hill-Belgravia	35.1%
112	Agincourt North	35.0%
113	Danforth	34.9%
114	Bendale South	34.7%
115	Oakdale-Beverley Heights	34.5%
116	L'Amoreaux West	34.4%
117	South Riverdale	34.4%
118	Humbermede	34.3%
119	Maple Leaf	34.3%
120	West Humber-Clairville	34.1%
121	Malvern East	33.9%
122	Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan	33.9%
123	Dorset Park	33.5%
124	Milliken	33.3%
125	Pleasant View	33.0%
126	Rockcliffe-Smythe	32.9%
127	Bathurst Manor	32.8%
128	Flemingdon Park	32.8%
129	Malvern West	32.7%
130	East L'Amoreaux	32.6%
131	Morningside	32.3%
132	Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown	32.3%
133	West Rouge	32.3%
134	Regent Park	32.2%
135	Woburn North	32.1%
136	Eglinton East	32.0%
137	Brookhaven-Amesbury	31.4%
138	Highland Creek	31.1%
139	Thistletown-Beaumond Heights	30.9%
140	Morningside Heights	30.8%
141	Englemount-Lawrence	30.6%
142	Old East York	30.6%
143	Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn	30.5%
144	Lambton Baby Point	30.4%
145	Glenfield-Jane Heights	29.9%
146	Beechborough-Greenbrook	29.6%
147	Blake-Jones	29.3%
148	Elms-Old Rexdale	29.3%
149	West Hill	29.0%
150	Weston-Pelham Park	29.0%
151	Oakridge	28.8%
152	Scarborough Village	28.3%
153	Black Creek	28.2%
154	Ionview	27.8%
155	Princess-Rosethorn	27.8%
156	Hillcrest Village	26.4%
157	Rustic	25.1%
158	Kennedy Park	23.9%

Map: rent burden by neighbourhood

Up to 32.8%32.8%–37.4%37.4%–40.2%40.2%–44.2%Over 44.2%1Top five158Bottom five

Numbers match the ranks in the table. Shades split the neighbourhoods into groups of similar size. 2021 Census.

Questions about rent burden in Toronto

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the most renters paying 30%+ on housing?

Bay-Cloverhill, with 61.7% (2021 Census). Yonge-Bay Corridor (55.9%) and Yonge-Doris (55.1%) were next.

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the fewest renters paying 30%+ on housing?

Kennedy Park, with 23.9%. Rustic (25.1%) and Hillcrest Village (26.4%) were next lowest.

What is typical for a Toronto neighbourhood?

The typical (median) neighbourhood had 39.0%: half are above it and half below.

How is this measured?

Share of renter households spending 30% or more of their income on shelter costs (2021 Census), a common measure of unaffordable housing. Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, via City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles.