South Parkdale
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #85
Former city: Old Toronto · Area: West End
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About West End
Old Toronto west of Bathurst: Parkdale, the Junction, Roncesvalles, Little Italy.
Names you’ll hear here
- Parkdale
What stands out
- Among the highest shares of renters in Toronto (85% rent)
- Most likely to take transit to work in the West End (42% of commuters)
- Among the most affordable rents in the West End (median $1,200/mo)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $800K · renters pay $1,200/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 42 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 34% drive · 42% transit · 20% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 85% rent
- Tree canopy
- 15–30%. 21% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 2% · Semi & row 5% · Low-rise 29% · Towers 64%
- Built
- 1960 or before 37% · 1961–80 32% · 1981–2000 13% · 2001–21 18%
- Ages
- Under 15 9% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 45% · 45–64 25% · 65+ 12%
- Language at home
- English 71% · Tibetan 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 7% 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, South Parkdale. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.