The Beaches
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #63
Former city: Old Toronto · Area: East End
Open The Beaches on the mapThe map shows every boundary here, from wards and ridings to school boards, with what’s nearby. Tap any address in it for its own card.
About East End
Old Toronto east of the Don: Riverdale, Leslieville, the Danforth, the Beaches.
Names you’ll hear here
- The Beaches
Landmarks:
- History
What stands out
- Among the likeliest to drive to work in Old Toronto (61% of commuters)
- Among the highest shares of homeowners in Old Toronto (37% rent)
- Longest transit trip to Union in Old Toronto (about 49 min)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $1.5M · renters pay $1,580/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
- 45–60 min. About 49 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 61% drive · 18% transit · 17% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 37% rent
- Tree canopy
- 45% or more. 46% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 28% · Semi & row 19% · Low-rise 46% · Towers 8%
- Built
- 1960 or before 65% · 1961–80 11% · 1981–2000 10% · 2001–21 14%
- Ages
- Under 15 17% · 15–24 10% · 25–44 25% · 45–64 31% · 65+ 17%
- Language at home
- English 94% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 1% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 2% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, The Beaches. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.