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Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by walking and cycling to work

Name: Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by walking and cycling to work, 2021 Census
Creator: Statistics Canada
License: https://open.toronto.ca/open-data-license/

Yonge-Bay Corridor had the most people walking or cycling to work of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods: 55.6%. Morningside Heights had the fewest, at 1.1%. The typical neighbourhood had 5.3%.

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

Most people walking or cycling to work

Area

Typical neighbourhood: 5.3%· workers who walk or cycle to work

Rank	Neighbourhood
1	Yonge-Bay Corridor	55.6%
2	Kensington-Chinatown	50.0%
3	Bay-Cloverhill	44.0%
4	Wellington Place	43.4%
5	Downtown Yonge East	42.9%
6	Cabbagetown-South St.James Town	38.1%
7	St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands	37.1%
8	Moss Park	37.0%
9	Church-Wellesley	36.6%
10	University	33.6%
11	Palmerston-Little Italy	32.8%
12	Harbourfront-CityPlace	32.6%
13	Annex	32.5%
14	Trinity-Bellwoods	30.8%
15	North Riverdale	28.3%
16	West Queen West	27.7%
17	Little Portugal	26.3%
18	Roncesvalles	25.0%
19	Regent Park	24.0%
20	North St.James Town	23.5%
21	Dufferin Grove	23.1%
22	Dovercourt Village	22.5%
23	South Riverdale	22.2%
24	Playter Estates-Danforth	21.7%
25	Casa Loma	20.5%
26	Rosedale-Moore Park	20.4%
27	South Parkdale	20.4%
28	Fort York-Liberty Village	19.8%
29	Yonge-St.Clair	19.1%
30	Junction Area	17.7%
31	Wychwood	17.6%
32	Blake-Jones	17.1%
33	The Beaches	16.7%
34	Greenwood-Coxwell	15.8%
35	North Toronto	15.3%
36	Leaside-Bennington	15.2%
37	Mount Pleasant East	15.1%
38	Woodbine Corridor	14.5%
39	Danforth East York	14.3%
40	East End-Danforth	14.2%
41	Junction-Wallace Emerson	13.9%
42	High Park-Swansea	13.7%
43	Runnymede-Bloor West Village	13.6%
44	High Park North	13.5%
45	Yonge-Eglinton	13.4%
46	South Eglinton-Davisville	12.8%
47	Woodbine-Lumsden	12.2%
48	Humewood-Cedarvale	11.8%
49	Lawrence Park North	11.8%
50	Corso Italia-Davenport	11.4%
51	Danforth	11.3%
52	Forest Hill South	11.2%
53	Lambton Baby Point	10.9%
54	Lawrence Park South	10.7%
55	Yonge-Doris	10.5%
56	Willowdale West	10.3%
57	Broadview North	10.1%
58	Forest Hill North	9.4%
59	Old East York	9.1%
60	Thorncliffe Park	9.0%
61	Englemount-Lawrence	8.9%
62	Weston-Pelham Park	8.7%
63	Bedford Park-Nortown	8.5%
64	New Toronto	8.3%
65	Oakwood Village	7.7%
66	Avondale	7.5%
67	Alderwood	7.2%
68	Stonegate-Queensway	6.9%
69	Newtonbrook West	6.6%
70	O'Connor-Parkview	6.5%
71	Birchcliffe-Cliffside	6.4%
72	Banbury-Don Mills	5.9%
73	Taylor-Massey	5.9%
74	Yorkdale-Glen Park	5.9%
75	Briar Hill-Belgravia	5.8%
76	Humber Bay Shores	5.6%
77	Kingsway South	5.6%
78	Newtonbrook East	5.6%
79	Mimico-Queensway	5.4%
80	Lansing-Westgate	5.2%
81	Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills	4.9%
82	Victoria Village	4.9%
83	Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills	4.8%
84	Islington	4.8%
85	Clanton Park	4.7%
86	Wexford/Maryvale	4.7%
87	Dorset Park	4.6%
88	Long Branch	4.6%
89	Etobicoke City Centre	4.5%
90	Flemingdon Park	4.5%
91	Keelesdale-Eglinton West	4.5%
92	Oakridge	4.5%
93	Rockcliffe-Smythe	4.5%
94	Steeles	4.3%
95	Clairlea-Birchmount	4.2%
96	Mount Dennis	4.2%
97	York University Heights	4.2%
98	Bayview Village	4.1%
99	Edenbridge-Humber Valley	4.1%
100	Ionview	4.1%
101	Westminster-Branson	4.1%
102	Cliffcrest	4.0%
103	East Willowdale	4.0%
104	Henry Farm	4.0%
105	Don Valley Village	3.9%
106	Fenside-Parkwoods	3.9%
107	Guildwood	3.9%
108	Scarborough Village	3.9%
109	Beechborough-Greenbrook	3.8%
110	Bendale-Glen Andrew	3.8%
111	Eglinton East	3.8%
112	Downsview	3.7%
113	Humbermede	3.7%
114	Princess-Rosethorn	3.7%
115	St.Andrew-Windfields	3.7%
116	Caledonia-Fairbank	3.6%
117	Markland Wood	3.6%
118	Woburn North	3.6%
119	Bathurst Manor	3.5%
120	Bayview Woods-Steeles	3.5%
121	Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan	3.5%
122	Weston	3.5%
123	Eringate-Centennial-West Deane	3.4%
124	Rustic	3.4%
125	Black Creek	3.3%
126	West Hill	3.3%
127	Pleasant View	3.2%
128	Agincourt North	3.1%
129	Bendale South	3.1%
130	Etobicoke West Mall	3.1%
131	Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn	3.1%
132	L'Amoreaux West	3.1%
133	Rexdale-Kipling	3.1%
134	Elms-Old Rexdale	2.9%
135	Humber Heights-Westmount	2.8%
136	Malvern West	2.8%
137	East L'Amoreaux	2.7%
138	Kennedy Park	2.7%
139	Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown	2.6%
140	West Humber-Clairville	2.6%
141	Kingsview Village-The Westway	2.5%
142	Maple Leaf	2.5%
143	Morningside	2.5%
144	Malvern East	2.4%
145	Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview	2.4%
146	Agincourt South-Malvern West	2.3%
147	Brookhaven-Amesbury	2.3%
148	Oakdale-Beverley Heights	2.3%
149	Milliken	2.2%
150	Glenfield-Jane Heights	2.1%
151	Humber Summit	1.9%
152	Thistletown-Beaumond Heights	1.9%
153	Highland Creek	1.8%
154	Hillcrest Village	1.8%
155	West Rouge	1.6%
156	Pelmo Park-Humberlea	1.4%
157	Centennial Scarborough	1.1%
158	Morningside Heights	1.1%

Map: walk or cycle by neighbourhood

Up to 3.2%3.2%–4.2%4.2%–8.3%8.3%–17.1%Over 17.1%1Top five158Bottom five

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

Questions about walk or cycle in Toronto

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the most people walking or cycling to work?

Yonge-Bay Corridor, with 55.6% (2021 Census). Kensington-Chinatown (50.0%) and Bay-Cloverhill (44.0%) were next.

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the fewest people walking or cycling to work?

Morningside Heights, with 1.1%. Centennial Scarborough (1.1%) and Pelmo Park-Humberlea (1.4%) were next lowest.

What is typical for a Toronto neighbourhood?

The typical (median) neighbourhood had 5.3%: half are above it and half below.

How is this measured?

Share of commuting workers who usually walk or cycle to work (2021 Census). Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, via City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles.