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Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by share of renters

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

North St.James Town had the highest share of renters of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods: 88.9%. Centennial Scarborough had the lowest, at 7.9%. The typical neighbourhood had 45.5%.

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, via City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles · Data as of Nov 9, 2026 · How it’s measured

Highest share of renters

Area

Typical neighbourhood: 45.5%· households that rent

Rank	Neighbourhood
1	North St.James Town	88.9%
2	Thorncliffe Park	85.9%
3	South Parkdale	84.9%
4	North Toronto	81.4%
5	Church-Wellesley	75.7%
6	Regent Park	70.5%
7	Bay-Cloverhill	69.7%
8	South Eglinton-Davisville	69.5%
9	Oakridge	69.2%
10	Broadview North	69.1%
11	Kensington-Chinatown	68.4%
12	Yonge-Bay Corridor	67.7%
13	Black Creek	67.4%
14	Beechborough-Greenbrook	66.7%
15	High Park North	66.6%
16	Fenside-Parkwoods	66.4%
17	Taylor-Massey	66.3%
18	Forest Hill North	65.0%
19	Moss Park	64.9%
20	Weston	64.5%
21	Downtown Yonge East	63.9%
22	Humewood-Cedarvale	63.3%
23	Yonge-Eglinton	62.7%
24	Rustic	62.4%
25	Ionview	61.6%
26	Wellington Place	61.6%
27	University	61.1%
28	Henry Farm	60.8%
29	Yonge-St.Clair	60.4%
30	St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands	60.3%
31	Westminster-Branson	60.2%
32	Harbourfront-CityPlace	60.0%
33	Annex	59.1%
34	Brookhaven-Amesbury	59.0%
35	Victoria Village	58.8%
36	Palmerston-Little Italy	58.6%
37	Dufferin Grove	58.5%
38	Little Portugal	57.2%
39	Oakdale-Beverley Heights	56.8%
40	Englemount-Lawrence	56.7%
41	Flemingdon Park	56.6%
42	New Toronto	56.2%
43	Casa Loma	56.1%
44	Scarborough Village	55.0%
45	Cabbagetown-South St.James Town	54.9%
46	O'Connor-Parkview	54.2%
47	Humbermede	54.1%
48	Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown	54.0%
49	Eglinton East	53.5%
50	York University Heights	53.5%
51	Fort York-Liberty Village	53.4%
52	Roncesvalles	53.4%
53	Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills	52.7%
54	Mount Dennis	52.5%
55	Playter Estates-Danforth	52.1%
56	Briar Hill-Belgravia	52.0%
57	Forest Hill South	51.4%
58	Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn	50.2%
59	Etobicoke City Centre	50.0%
60	Junction-Wallace Emerson	49.9%
61	Newtonbrook West	49.9%
62	Long Branch	49.7%
63	Oakwood Village	49.6%
64	Rexdale-Kipling	49.6%
65	Wychwood	49.5%
66	Don Valley Village	49.3%
67	Glenfield-Jane Heights	48.2%
68	Kennedy Park	47.8%
69	Downsview	47.3%
70	Kingsview Village-The Westway	47.0%
71	Mimico-Queensway	46.9%
72	Yorkdale-Glen Park	46.3%
73	Woburn North	46.1%
74	Blake-Jones	46.0%
75	Humber Bay Shores	45.9%
76	Bathurst Manor	45.8%
77	L'Amoreaux West	45.7%
78	Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview	45.7%
79	Clanton Park	45.5%
80	West Queen West	45.5%
81	Dovercourt Village	45.4%
82	East End-Danforth	45.4%
83	Maple Leaf	45.4%
84	Mount Pleasant East	44.9%
85	Elms-Old Rexdale	44.8%
86	Trinity-Bellwoods	44.4%
87	Yonge-Doris	44.4%
88	Bayview Woods-Steeles	44.3%
89	Etobicoke West Mall	44.0%
90	Rockcliffe-Smythe	43.8%
91	Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan	43.8%
92	Edenbridge-Humber Valley	43.5%
93	Lansing-Westgate	43.4%
94	South Riverdale	42.8%
95	Avondale	42.5%
96	Rosedale-Moore Park	42.4%
97	Junction Area	42.0%
98	North Riverdale	41.7%
99	Lambton Baby Point	41.1%
100	Wexford/Maryvale	41.1%
101	Greenwood-Coxwell	40.9%
102	Keelesdale-Eglinton West	40.7%
103	West Hill	40.7%
104	Weston-Pelham Park	40.6%
105	Bayview Village	40.5%
106	Morningside	40.5%
107	Willowdale West	40.5%
108	High Park-Swansea	40.3%
109	Banbury-Don Mills	40.2%
110	Woodbine Corridor	40.1%
111	Dorset Park	39.7%
112	Humber Heights-Westmount	39.5%
113	Bendale-Glen Andrew	39.4%
114	Newtonbrook East	38.0%
115	Thistletown-Beaumond Heights	37.6%
116	Stonegate-Queensway	37.2%
117	Caledonia-Fairbank	37.1%
118	Corso Italia-Davenport	36.7%
119	Danforth	36.7%
120	Cliffcrest	36.6%
121	The Beaches	36.6%
122	Clairlea-Birchmount	36.2%
123	St.Andrew-Windfields	36.2%
124	West Humber-Clairville	34.6%
125	Birchcliffe-Cliffside	34.4%
126	Old East York	34.2%
127	Woodbine-Lumsden	33.6%
128	Bendale South	33.2%
129	Bedford Park-Nortown	31.9%
130	Islington	31.6%
131	Lawrence Park South	31.5%
132	Danforth East York	30.9%
133	Agincourt South-Malvern West	30.4%
134	East Willowdale	30.2%
135	Malvern East	29.9%
136	Humber Summit	28.0%
137	Leaside-Bennington	27.7%
138	Hillcrest Village	27.5%
139	Pleasant View	27.2%
140	Markland Wood	26.7%
141	Malvern West	26.3%
142	East L'Amoreaux	25.1%
143	Lawrence Park North	24.8%
144	Alderwood	23.2%
145	Runnymede-Bloor West Village	22.0%
146	Guildwood	21.9%
147	Agincourt North	21.5%
148	West Rouge	20.5%
149	Kingsway South	18.7%
150	Pelmo Park-Humberlea	18.6%
151	Steeles	17.0%
152	Eringate-Centennial-West Deane	16.1%
153	Morningside Heights	15.5%
154	Princess-Rosethorn	15.1%
155	Highland Creek	13.7%
156	Milliken	12.0%
157	Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills	11.5%
158	Centennial Scarborough	7.9%

Map: renters by neighbourhood

Up to 33.6%33.6%–42.5%42.5%–49.6%49.6%–60.0%Over 60.0%1Top five158Bottom five

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

Questions about renters in Toronto

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the highest share of renters?

North St.James Town, with 88.9% (2021 Census). Thorncliffe Park (85.9%) and South Parkdale (84.9%) were next.

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the lowest share of renters?

Centennial Scarborough, with 7.9%. Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills (11.5%) and Milliken (12.0%) were next lowest.

What is typical for a Toronto neighbourhood?

The typical (median) neighbourhood had 45.5%: half are above it and half below.

How is this measured?

Share of households that rent their home (2021 Census). Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, via City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles.