Bedford Park-Nortown
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #39
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 most detached houses in North York (57% of homes)
- Among the oldest housing in North York (33% built 1960 or before)
- Among the highest home values in North York (median $2.3M)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $2.3M · renters pay $1,480/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
- Mostly car. 69% drive · 18% transit · 9% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly owners. 32% rent
- Tree canopy
- 30–45%. 36% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 57% · Semi & row 1% · Low-rise 18% · Towers 23%
- Built
- 1960 or before 33% · 1961–80 19% · 1981–2000 25% · 2001–21 24%
- Ages
- Under 15 18% · 15–24 13% · 25–44 20% · 45–64 29% · 65+ 20%
- Language at home
- English 86% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 4% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 4% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Bedford Park-Nortown. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.