West Hill
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #136
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 affordable rents in Toronto (median $940/mo)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $800K · renters pay $940/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
- Over an hour. About 70 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 68% drive · 27% transit · 3% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 41% rent
- Tree canopy
- 45% or more. 47% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 32% · Semi & row 20% · Low-rise 13% · Towers 34%
- Built
- 1960 or before 21% · 1961–80 49% · 1981–2000 18% · 2001–21 12%
- Ages
- Under 15 16% · 15–24 14% · 25–44 26% · 45–64 28% · 65+ 16%
- Language at home
- English 69% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 8% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 5% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, West Hill. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.