Oakwood Village
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #107
Former city: York
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About York
Former City of York (a township until 1967, a borough until 1983).
Names you’ll hear here
- Little Jamaica
What stands out
- Most likely to take transit to work in York (39% of commuters)
- Among the oldest housing in York (60% built 1960 or before)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $1M · renters pay $1,210/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 42 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 51% drive · 39% transit · 8% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 50% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 15%. 11% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 32% · Semi & row 15% · Low-rise 35% · Towers 18%
- Built
- 1960 or before 60% · 1961–80 22% · 1981–2000 11% · 2001–21 7%
- Ages
- Under 15 15% · 15–24 10% · 25–44 31% · 45–64 27% · 65+ 18%
- Language at home
- English 70% · Portuguese 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 5% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 6% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Oakwood Village. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.