York University Heights
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #27
Former city: North York
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About North York
Former City of North York, incorporated as a city in 1979.
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $700K · renters pay $1,300/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 56 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 59% drive · 34% transit · 4% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 53% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 15%. 12% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 13% · Semi & row 22% · Low-rise 13% · Towers 52%
- Built
- 1960 or before 13% · 1961–80 46% · 1981–2000 18% · 2001–21 23%
- Ages
- Under 15 14% · 15–24 17% · 25–44 32% · 45–64 25% · 65+ 13%
- Language at home
- English 58% · Tagalog (Filipino) 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 11% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 10% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, York University Heights. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.