Blake-Jones
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #69
Former city: Old Toronto · Area: East End
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About East End
Old Toronto east of the Don: Riverdale, Leslieville, the Danforth, the Beaches.
What stands out
- Among the most affordable rents in Toronto (median $940/mo)
- Among the likeliest to take transit to work in the East End (33% of commuters)
Living here
- Housing
- Middle housing cost. Median home $1.1M · renters pay $940/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
- 30–45 min. About 42 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 47% drive · 33% transit · 17% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 46% rent
- Tree canopy
- 15–30%. 29% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 15% · Semi & row 38% · Low-rise 29% · Towers 16%
- Built
- 1960 or before 66% · 1961–80 20% · 1981–2000 10% · 2001–21 4%
- Ages
- Under 15 17% · 15–24 11% · 25–44 31% · 45–64 28% · 65+ 14%
- Language at home
- English 80% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 4% 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, Blake-Jones. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.