Thorncliffe Park
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #55
Former city: East York
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About East York
Former Borough of East York, the only borough until amalgamation.
Names you’ll hear here
- Thorncliffe Park
What stands out
- Among the most affordable homes in Toronto (median $500K)
- Among the highest shares of renters in Toronto (86% rent)
- Most homes in large apartment buildings in East York (93% of homes)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $500K · renters pay $1,370/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 54 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 58% drive · 30% transit · 9% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 86% rent
- Tree canopy
- 15–30%. 29% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Semi & row 1% · Low-rise 5% · Towers 93%
- Built
- 1960 or before 21% · 1961–80 44% · 1981–2000 20% · 2001–21 15%
- Ages
- Under 15 24% · 15–24 12% · 25–44 30% · 45–64 22% · 65+ 11%
- Language at home
- English 39% · Urdu 15% · Pashto 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 16% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 15% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Thorncliffe Park. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.