Danforth
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #66
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 oldest housing in Toronto (76% built 1960 or before)
- Among the most affordable rents in Old Toronto (median $1,120/mo)
- Among the highest shares of homeowners in Old Toronto (37% rent)
Living here
- Housing
- Middle housing cost. Median home $1.2M · renters pay $1,120/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 37 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 46% drive · 37% transit · 11% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 37% rent
- Tree canopy
- 15–30%. 21% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 18% · Semi & row 34% · Low-rise 39% · Towers 10%
- Built
- 1960 or before 76% · 1961–80 13% · 1981–2000 7% · 2001–21 4%
- Ages
- Under 15 16% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 30% · 45–64 27% · 65+ 18%
- Language at home
- English 83% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 4% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 2% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Danforth. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.