Alderwood
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #20
Former city: Etobicoke
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About Etobicoke
Former City of Etobicoke, incorporated as a city in 1983.
What stands out
- Among the most detached houses in Etobicoke (61% of homes)
- Among the oldest housing in Etobicoke (54% built 1960 or before)
Living here
- Housing
- Middle housing cost. Median home $1M · renters pay $1,450/mo2021 Census figures, not current prices. Rent is what renting households paid, utilities included, counting long-time tenants, subsidized homes and basement suites, so it sits below what a new lease costs. Use them to compare neighbourhoods, not to budget.
- To Union
- 45–60 min. About 52 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 78% drive · 13% transit · 7% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly owners. 23% rent
- Tree canopy
- 15–30%. 24% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 61% · Semi & row 14% · Low-rise 18% · Towers 8%
- Built
- 1960 or before 54% · 1961–80 23% · 1981–2000 9% · 2001–21 13%
- Ages
- Under 15 16% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 28% · 45–64 29% · 65+ 18%
- Language at home
- English 77% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 6% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 3% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Alderwood. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.