East Willowdale
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #152
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 highest rents in North York (median $2,000/mo)
- Among the most detached houses in North York (53% of homes)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $2M · renters pay $2,000/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 55 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 70% drive · 24% transit · 4% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly owners. 30% rent
- Tree canopy
- 30–45%. 34% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 53% · Semi & row 8% · Low-rise 12% · Towers 27%
- Built
- 1960 or before 15% · 1961–80 17% · 1981–2000 32% · 2001–21 37%
- Ages
- Under 15 14% · 15–24 13% · 25–44 27% · 45–64 28% · 65+ 18%
- Language at home
- English 50% · Mandarin 16% · Cantonese 7%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 8% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 8% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, East Willowdale. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.