High Park-Swansea
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #87
Former city: Old Toronto · Area: West End
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About West End
Old Toronto west of Bathurst: Parkdale, the Junction, Roncesvalles, Little Italy.
Names you’ll hear here
- Swansea
Landmarks:
- High Park
What stands out
- Among the leafiest in Old Toronto (61% tree canopy)
- Among the most detached houses in the West End (25% of homes)
- Among the longest transit trips to Union in Old Toronto (about 46 min)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $1.2M · renters pay $1,530/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 46 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 56% drive · 26% transit · 14% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 40% rent
- Tree canopy
- 45% or more. 61% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 25% · Semi & row 8% · Low-rise 34% · Towers 33%
- Built
- 1960 or before 54% · 1961–80 17% · 1981–2000 9% · 2001–21 20%
- Ages
- Under 15 15% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 32% · 45–64 28% · 65+ 16%
- Language at home
- English 85% · 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, High Park-Swansea. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.