Black Creek
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #24
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
- Highest share of renters in North York (67% rent)
- Among the most affordable rents in North York (median $1,200/mo)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $700K · renters pay $1,200/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
- Over an hour. About 65 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 66% drive · 29% transit · 3% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 67% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 15%. 12% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 9% · Semi & row 25% · Low-rise 11% · Towers 55%
- Built
- 1960 or before 19% · 1961–80 62% · 1981–2000 16% · 2001–21 3%
- Ages
- Under 15 19% · 15–24 15% · 25–44 26% · 45–64 26% · 65+ 14%
- Language at home
- English 58% · Vietnamese 6%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 10% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 9% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Black Creek. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.