Beechborough-Greenbrook
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #112
Former city: York
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About York
Former City of York (a township until 1967, a borough until 1983).
What stands out
- Highest share of renters in York (67% rent)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $900K · renters pay $1,060/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 43 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 56% drive · 36% transit · 4% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 67% rent
- Tree canopy
- 15–30%. 22% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 26% · Semi & row 4% · Low-rise 45% · Towers 25%
- Built
- 1960 or before 42% · 1961–80 27% · 1981–2000 27% · 2001–21 5%
- Ages
- Under 15 16% · 15–24 13% · 25–44 28% · 45–64 28% · 65+ 15%
- Language at home
- English 68% · Portuguese 10%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 6% 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, Beechborough-Greenbrook. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.