Little Portugal
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #84
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
- Little Portugal
What stands out
- Among the newest housing in the West End (44% built 2001–21)
- Among the highest rents in the West End (median $1,800/mo)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $1M · renters pay $1,800/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 36 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 40% drive · 29% transit · 26% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 57% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 15%. 9% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 3% · Semi & row 14% · Low-rise 37% · Towers 45%
- Built
- 1960 or before 40% · 1961–80 9% · 1981–2000 7% · 2001–21 44%
- Ages
- Under 15 10% · 15–24 8% · 25–44 52% · 45–64 19% · 65+ 12%
- Language at home
- English 80% · Portuguese 8%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 4% 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, Little Portugal. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.