North Riverdale
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #68
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
- Riverdale
Landmarks:
- Danforth Music Hall
- Riverdale Park East
What stands out
- Among the oldest housing in Toronto (77% built 1960 or before)
- Among the highest home values in the East End (median $1.5M)
- Most likely to walk or bike to work in the East End (28% of commuters)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $1.5M · renters pay $1,440/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 39 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 44% drive · 24% transit · 28% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 42% rent
- Tree canopy
- 30–45%. 42% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 16% · Semi & row 36% · Low-rise 34% · Towers 14%
- Built
- 1960 or before 77% · 1961–80 16% · 1981–2000 4% · 2001–21 3%
- Ages
- Under 15 16% · 15–24 10% · 25–44 27% · 45–64 30% · 65+ 17%
- Language at home
- English 89% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 2% 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, North Riverdale. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.