Avondale
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #153
Former city: North York
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About North York
Former City of North York, incorporated as a city in 1979.
What stands out
- Among the highest rents in Toronto (median $2,100/mo)
- Newest housing in North York (82% built 2001–21)
- Among the most affordable homes in North York (median $680K)
Living here
- Housing
- Middle housing cost. Median home $680K · renters pay $2,100/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 46 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 61% drive · 29% transit · 7% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 43% rent
- Tree canopy
- 30–45%. 31% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 7% · Semi & row 6% · Low-rise 10% · Towers 78%
- Built
- 1960 or before 6% · 1961–80 6% · 1981–2000 7% · 2001–21 82%
- Ages
- Under 15 11% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 49% · 45–64 21% · 65+ 10%
- Language at home
- English 52% · Mandarin 9% · Persian (Farsi) 8%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 9% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 15% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Avondale. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.