Regent Park
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #72
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.
What stands out
- Among the most affordable rents in Downtown (median $1,180/mo)
- Most likely to drive to work in Downtown (38% of commuters)
- Among the likeliest to take transit to work in Downtown (35% of commuters)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $700K · renters pay $1,180/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. 38% drive · 35% transit · 24% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 71% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 15%. 12% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Semi & row 10% · Low-rise 10% · Towers 79%
- Built
- 1960 or before 13% · 1961–80 15% · 1981–2000 8% · 2001–21 64%
- Ages
- Under 15 14% · 15–24 13% · 25–44 39% · 45–64 24% · 65+ 10%
- Language at home
- English 63% · Bengali 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 10% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 7% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Regent Park. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.