North St.James Town
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #74
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
- St. James Town
What stands out
- Highest share of renters in Toronto (89% rent)
- Among the likeliest to take transit to work in Toronto (46% of commuters)
- Among the most affordable rents in Downtown (median $1,300/mo)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $750K · 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
- Under 30 min. About 28 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 27% drive · 46% transit · 24% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 89% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 15%. 14% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Semi & row 1% · Low-rise 6% · Towers 93%
- Built
- 1960 or before 19% · 1961–80 47% · 1981–2000 12% · 2001–21 22%
- Ages
- Under 15 12% · 15–24 10% · 25–44 43% · 45–64 25% · 65+ 10%
- Language at home
- English 59% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 13% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 14% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, North St.James Town. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.