Eglinton East
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #138
Former city: Scarborough
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About Scarborough
Former City of Scarborough, incorporated as a city in 1983.
What stands out
- Among the most homes in large apartment buildings in Scarborough (64% of homes)
- Among the quickest transit trips to Union in Scarborough (about 49 min)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $700K · renters pay $1,230/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 49 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 59% drive · 35% transit · 4% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 54% rent
- Tree canopy
- 15–30%. 28% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 19% · Semi & row 8% · Low-rise 9% · Towers 64%
- Built
- 1960 or before 23% · 1961–80 42% · 1981–2000 26% · 2001–21 9%
- Ages
- Under 15 17% · 15–24 14% · 25–44 27% · 45–64 27% · 65+ 16%
- Language at home
- English 60% · Tamil 7% · Tagalog (Filipino) 5%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, Eglinton East. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.