Wellington Place
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #164
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.
Names you’ll hear here
- Entertainment District
- Fashion District
- King West
Landmarks:
- Roy Thomson Hall
What stands out
- Newest housing in Toronto (92% built 2001–21)
- Highest rents in Old Toronto (median $2,060/mo)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $740K · renters pay $2,060/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 21 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 30% drive · 21% transit · 43% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 62% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 15%. 2% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Semi & row 1% · Low-rise 2% · Towers 97%
- Built
- 1960 or before 2% · 1961–80 1% · 1981–2000 5% · 2001–21 92%
- Ages
- Under 15 4% · 15–24 12% · 25–44 70% · 45–64 11% · 65+ 3%
- Language at home
- English 81% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 5% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 12% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Wellington Place. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.