East End-Danforth
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #62
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.
Names you’ll hear here
- Upper Beaches
What stands out
- Among the most homes in large apartment buildings in the East End (24% of homes)
- Among the newest housing in the East End (16% built 2001–21)
Living here
- Housing
- Middle housing cost. Median home $1M · renters pay $1,210/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 36 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 52% drive · 30% transit · 14% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 45% rent
- Tree canopy
- 30–45%. 32% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 19% · Semi & row 27% · Low-rise 30% · Towers 24%
- Built
- 1960 or before 54% · 1961–80 19% · 1981–2000 11% · 2001–21 16%
- Ages
- Under 15 17% · 15–24 10% · 25–44 30% · 45–64 29% · 65+ 14%
- 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, East End-Danforth. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.