Cabbagetown-South St.James Town
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #71
Former city: Old Toronto · Area: Downtown
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About Downtown
The central core: Financial District, waterfront and the dense grid south of Bloor.
Names you’ll hear here
- Cabbagetown
What stands out
- Among the leafiest in Old Toronto (56% tree canopy)
- Among the highest home values in Downtown (median $950K)
- Among the oldest housing in Downtown (41% built 1960 or before)
Living here
- Housing
- Middle housing cost. Median home $950K · renters pay $1,330/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 32 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 31% drive · 27% transit · 38% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 55% rent
- Tree canopy
- 45% or more. 56% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 3% · Semi & row 18% · Low-rise 28% · Towers 52%
- Built
- 1960 or before 41% · 1961–80 27% · 1981–2000 23% · 2001–21 9%
- Ages
- Under 15 8% · 15–24 8% · 25–44 34% · 45–64 31% · 65+ 19%
- Language at home
- English 84% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 3% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 4% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Cabbagetown-South St.James Town. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.