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Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by transit commuting

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

North St.James Town had the most transit commuters of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods: 46.1%. Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills had the fewest, at 8.0%. The typical neighbourhood had 25.8%.

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

Most transit commuters

Area

Typical neighbourhood: 25.8%· workers who commute by transit

Rank	Neighbourhood
1	North St.James Town	46.1%
2	Taylor-Massey	45.5%
3	South Eglinton-Davisville	43.8%
4	North Toronto	43.0%
5	South Parkdale	41.9%
6	Oakridge	40.8%
7	Broadview North	38.7%
8	Oakwood Village	38.6%
9	Ionview	38.1%
10	High Park North	37.6%
11	Danforth	36.9%
12	Kennedy Park	36.7%
13	Newtonbrook West	36.6%
14	Beechborough-Greenbrook	36.2%
15	Briar Hill-Belgravia	35.9%
16	Henry Farm	35.8%
17	Regent Park	35.3%
18	Humewood-Cedarvale	35.2%
19	Westminster-Branson	35.1%
20	Eglinton East	34.6%
21	York University Heights	34.4%
22	Englemount-Lawrence	34.0%
23	Yonge-Doris	33.3%
24	Clairlea-Birchmount	33.1%
25	Junction-Wallace Emerson	32.9%
26	Church-Wellesley	32.8%
27	Flemingdon Park	32.7%
28	Scarborough Village	32.7%
29	Blake-Jones	32.6%
30	Yonge-Eglinton	31.4%
31	Mount Dennis	31.0%
32	Dorset Park	30.9%
33	Etobicoke City Centre	30.7%
34	Caledonia-Fairbank	30.6%
35	Forest Hill North	30.4%
36	Clanton Park	30.0%
37	Wychwood	30.0%
38	East End-Danforth	29.8%
39	Thorncliffe Park	29.5%
40	Weston	29.5%
41	Weston-Pelham Park	29.4%
42	Black Creek	29.3%
43	Don Valley Village	29.2%
44	Rustic	29.2%
45	Woodbine-Lumsden	29.2%
46	Yorkdale-Glen Park	29.1%
47	Avondale	29.0%
48	Oakdale-Beverley Heights	29.0%
49	Little Portugal	28.7%
50	Corso Italia-Davenport	28.5%
51	Downsview	28.5%
52	Brookhaven-Amesbury	28.3%
53	Woburn North	28.3%
54	Newtonbrook East	28.1%
55	Woodbine Corridor	28.0%
56	Danforth East York	27.8%
57	Dufferin Grove	27.8%
58	Keelesdale-Eglinton West	27.8%
59	Yonge-St.Clair	27.8%
60	Victoria Village	27.7%
61	Dovercourt Village	27.6%
62	Glenfield-Jane Heights	27.6%
63	Lansing-Westgate	27.4%
64	Moss Park	27.3%
65	Rockcliffe-Smythe	27.1%
66	University	27.1%
67	Downtown Yonge East	26.7%
68	Cabbagetown-South St.James Town	26.6%
69	West Hill	26.6%
70	O'Connor-Parkview	26.5%
71	Bendale South	26.4%
72	Willowdale West	26.3%
73	Bathurst Manor	26.1%
74	Bendale-Glen Andrew	26.0%
75	Junction Area	26.0%
76	Rosedale-Moore Park	26.0%
77	Fenside-Parkwoods	25.9%
78	Greenwood-Coxwell	25.9%
79	Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn	25.8%
80	High Park-Swansea	25.8%
81	Morningside	25.8%
82	Maple Leaf	25.3%
83	Playter Estates-Danforth	24.9%
84	South Riverdale	24.9%
85	New Toronto	24.8%
86	Roncesvalles	24.8%
87	Wexford/Maryvale	24.6%
88	Annex	24.5%
89	Casa Loma	24.5%
90	Malvern West	24.3%
91	Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan	24.3%
92	Palmerston-Little Italy	24.2%
93	Harbourfront-CityPlace	24.1%
94	West Humber-Clairville	24.1%
95	West Queen West	24.1%
96	Kensington-Chinatown	24.0%
97	Malvern East	23.8%
98	East L'Amoreaux	23.7%
99	Fort York-Liberty Village	23.7%
100	North Riverdale	23.7%
101	Bay-Cloverhill	23.6%
102	East Willowdale	23.6%
103	Humbermede	23.5%
104	Bayview Village	23.4%
105	Cliffcrest	23.4%
106	Runnymede-Bloor West Village	23.1%
107	Trinity-Bellwoods	23.1%
108	Lawrence Park South	22.9%
109	Lambton Baby Point	22.6%
110	Rexdale-Kipling	22.6%
111	Mount Pleasant East	22.5%
112	Lawrence Park North	22.4%
113	Pleasant View	22.2%
114	Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown	22.1%
115	Mimico-Queensway	22.0%
116	St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands	22.0%
117	Agincourt South-Malvern West	21.7%
118	Long Branch	21.5%
119	L'Amoreaux West	21.4%
120	Forest Hill South	21.3%
121	Old East York	21.3%
122	Yonge-Bay Corridor	21.1%
123	Kingsview Village-The Westway	21.0%
124	Bayview Woods-Steeles	20.9%
125	Wellington Place	20.9%
126	Elms-Old Rexdale	20.7%
127	Hillcrest Village	20.4%
128	Guildwood	20.1%
129	Thistletown-Beaumond Heights	19.6%
130	West Rouge	19.5%
131	Etobicoke West Mall	19.4%
132	Humber Summit	19.1%
133	Stonegate-Queensway	19.1%
134	Birchcliffe-Cliffside	18.7%
135	Agincourt North	18.6%
136	Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills	18.6%
137	Islington	18.3%
138	Bedford Park-Nortown	18.2%
139	Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview	18.1%
140	Humber Bay Shores	17.9%
141	The Beaches	17.8%
142	Humber Heights-Westmount	17.0%
143	Banbury-Don Mills	16.8%
144	Edenbridge-Humber Valley	16.7%
145	St.Andrew-Windfields	16.5%
146	Highland Creek	15.7%
147	Morningside Heights	15.5%
148	Pelmo Park-Humberlea	15.4%
149	Centennial Scarborough	14.9%
150	Milliken	14.7%
151	Kingsway South	14.6%
152	Eringate-Centennial-West Deane	13.6%
153	Steeles	13.6%
154	Alderwood	12.5%
155	Leaside-Bennington	12.4%
156	Markland Wood	12.2%
157	Princess-Rosethorn	9.9%
158	Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills	8.0%

Map: transit commute by neighbourhood

Up to 20.4%20.4%–24.1%24.1%–27.3%27.3%–30.9%Over 30.9%1Top five158Bottom five

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

Questions about transit commute in Toronto

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the most transit commuters?

North St.James Town, with 46.1% (2021 Census). Taylor-Massey (45.5%) and South Eglinton-Davisville (43.8%) were next.

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the fewest transit commuters?

Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills, with 8.0%. Princess-Rosethorn (9.9%) and Markland Wood (12.2%) were next lowest.

What is typical for a Toronto neighbourhood?

The typical (median) neighbourhood had 25.8%: half are above it and half below.

How is this measured?

Share of commuting workers who usually take public transit to work (2021 Census, taken during the pandemic, when many people worked from home). Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, via City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles.