South Riverdale
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #70
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
- East Chinatown
- Leslieville
- Port Lands
- Riverside
Landmarks:
- Woodbine Beach
What stands out
- Newest housing in the East End (28% built 2001–21)
- Among the highest rents in the East End (median $1,510/mo)
- Among the likeliest to walk or bike to work in the East End (22% of commuters)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $1.1M · renters pay $1,510/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 40 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 49% drive · 25% transit · 22% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 43% rent
- Tree canopy
- 15–30%. 24% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 7% · Semi & row 33% · Low-rise 38% · Towers 23%
- Built
- 1960 or before 52% · 1961–80 11% · 1981–2000 9% · 2001–21 28%
- Ages
- Under 15 14% · 15–24 7% · 25–44 39% · 45–64 27% · 65+ 12%
- Language at home
- English 81% · Cantonese 6%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 4% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 3% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, South Riverdale. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.