Oakridge
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #121
Former city: Scarborough
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About Scarborough
Former City of Scarborough, incorporated as a city in 1983.
What stands out
- Highest share of renters in Scarborough (69% rent)
- Most likely to take transit to work in Scarborough (41% of commuters)
- Among the quickest transit trips to Union in Scarborough (about 48 min)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $800K · renters pay $1,100/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 48 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 52% drive · 41% transit · 4% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 69% rent
- Tree canopy
- 30–45%. 37% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 20% · Semi & row 7% · Low-rise 13% · Towers 59%
- Built
- 1960 or before 33% · 1961–80 42% · 1981–2000 18% · 2001–21 8%
- Ages
- Under 15 19% · 15–24 13% · 25–44 29% · 45–64 27% · 65+ 12%
- Language at home
- English 58% · Bengali 12%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 12% 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, Oakridge. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.