Playter Estates-Danforth
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #67
Former city: Old Toronto · Area: East End
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About East End
Old Toronto east of the Don: Riverdale, Leslieville, the Danforth, the Beaches.
Names you’ll hear here
- Greektown
What stands out
- Among the highest home values in the East End (median $1.5M)
- Highest share of renters in the East End (52% rent)
- Most homes in large apartment buildings in the East End (30% of homes)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $1.5M · renters pay $1,400/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 34 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 47% drive · 25% transit · 22% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 52% rent
- Tree canopy
- 30–45%. 38% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 17% · Semi & row 19% · Low-rise 34% · Towers 30%
- Built
- 1960 or before 60% · 1961–80 30% · 1981–2000 8% · 2001–21 2%
- Ages
- Under 15 14% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 29% · 45–64 28% · 65+ 19%
- Language at home
- English 87% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 4% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 3% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Playter Estates-Danforth. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.