List of neighbourhoods in Toronto

Roncesvalles, a 'core' neighbourhood of Toronto, in 2001

The strength and vitality of the many neighbourhoods that make up Toronto, Ontario, Canada has earned the city its unofficial nickname of "the city of neighbourhoods."^[1] There are over 140 neighbourhoods officially recognized by the City of Toronto^[2] and upwards of 240 official and unofficial neighbourhoods within city limits.^[3] Before 1998, Toronto was a much smaller municipality and formed the core of Metropolitan Toronto. When the city amalgamated that year, Toronto grew to encompass the former municipalities of York, East York, North York, Etobicoke, and Scarborough. Each of these former municipalities still maintains, to a certain degree, its own distinct identity, and the names of these municipalities are still used by their residents, sometimes for disambiguation purposes as amalgamation resulted in duplicated street names. The area known as Toronto before the 1998 amalgamation is sometimes called the "old" City of Toronto, the Central District or simply "Downtown".

The "former" City of Toronto is, by far, the most populous and densest part of the city. It is also the business and administrative centre of the city. The uniquely Torontonian bay-and-gable housing style is common throughout the former city.

The "inner ring" suburbs of York and East York are older, predominantly middle-income areas, and ethnically diverse. Much of the housing stock in these areas consists of pre-World War II single-family houses and do not (obviously) post-war high-rises. Many of the neighbourhoods in these areas were built up as streetcar suburbs and contain many dense and mixed-use streets, some of which are one-way. They share many characteristics with sections of the "old" city outside the downtown core.

Map of Toronto including the former municipalities

The "outer ring" suburbs of Etobicoke, Scarborough, and North York are much more suburban in nature (although these boroughs are developing urban centres of their own, such as North York City Centre around Mel Lastman Square). The following is a list of the more notable neighbourhoods, divided by the neighbourhoods' location based on the former municipalities, the names of which are still known and commonly used by Torontonians (and are necessary for disambiguating duplicate street names, a few of which are also triplicates).

Toronto has many groups and associations to deal with neighbourhood issues, and larger umbrella organizations organize events to deal with broader issues.

Neighbourhoods by district[]

Old Toronto[]

Old Toronto refers to the City of Toronto and its boundaries from 1967 to 1997. It is sometimes referred to as the "South" or "Central" district, and includes the "downtown core". Some of these names such as "The Fashion District" are (or were) used as marketing for the areas or by BIAs; this area is actually called "King-Spadina" by locals. Another example is the "Old Town of York", also known as "King and Parliament" (although that intersection is one block east of the original ten blocks that formed the old town). Some people in the area also consider it to be a suburb of the main city of Toronto, as many choose to move there in pursuit of a more relaxed and "backwoods" vibe.^[4]

Many were recreated or named to reconnect the areas with their past history, early beginnings, or even recent use and prominence. Some historical city "wards" used in the 19th century are no longer used: St. David's, St. John's, St. Paul's, St. George's, St. Andrew's, and St. Patrick's wards. There was a ward named for the patron saint of each of the three British nationalities: English (St. George), Scottish (St. Andrew), Welsh (St. David) and Irish (St. Patrick). St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick still survive as subway stops, though St. George station is not named after the ward, but after St. George Street instead, itself named after Quetton St. George, a local resident. St. Lawrence's Ward (named after the patron saint of Canada and the river) remains, known today as "St. Lawrence". St. Paul's (named after the saint) remains as the name of an electoral district for each of the three levels of government, although the electoral district has very little to no overlap with the historic St. Paul's Ward and beginning in the 2015 Canadian federal election, the electoral district was renamed Toronto—St. Paul's. This meant that the St. Paul's electoral district is a misnomer for much of the history of the electoral district.

For the purposes of geographic distinction, Old Toronto is broken down into four subsections:

Downtown Core (Central)[]

Alexandra Park The Annex Baldwin Village Cabbagetown CityPlace Chinatown Church and Wellesley Corktown Discovery District Distillery District Entertainment District

East Bayfront Fashion District Financial District Garden District Grange Park Harbord Village Harbourfront Kensington Market Little Japan (within the former First Chinatown within what was once The Ward) Moss Park Old Town

Quayside (future planned neighbourhood) Queen Street West Regent Park South Core St. James Town St. Lawrence Toronto Islands Trefann Court University (includes Huron–Sussex) Yorkville

Old newspaper office in Cabbagetown

East End[]

The Beaches (also known as The Beach) East Chinatown East Danforth Gerrard Street East (Gerrard India Bazaar or Little India) Greektown (also known as The Danforth after the street it is on) Leslieville

Main Square Playter Estates Port Lands Riverdale Upper Beaches Villiers Island (future planned neighbourhood on an artificial island at the mouths of the Don River in the Port Lands)

Shops along Queen Street East in the Beaches

North End[]

Bedford Park Casa Loma Chaplin Estates Davisville Village Deer Park (Yonge and St. Clair) Forest Hill (and Forest Hill Village and Upper Village) Lawrence Park Lytton Park Midtown Moore Park

North Toronto Rosedale South Hill (includes Rathnelly) Summerhill Uptown Wanless Park Wychwood Park Yonge–Eglinton (considered centre of Midtown Toronto)

Chaplin Estates in North Toronto

West End[]

Beaconsfield Village Bloor West Village Bracondale Hill Brockton Village Carleton Village Corso Italia Davenport Dovercourt Park Dufferin Grove Earlscourt

Fort York High Park The Junction (formerly West Toronto; a short section on Dundas Street also contains Little Malta) Junction Triangle Koreatown Liberty Village Little Italy Little Portugal Little Tibet Mirvish Village

Niagara Ordinance Triangle Palmerston Parkdale Queen Street West Regal Heights Roncesvalles Runnymede Seaton Village Swansea Trinity–Bellwoods Wallace Emerson

Bay-and-gable houses in Little Italy

East York[]

An autonomous urban borough until 1997, East York is located north of Danforth Avenue between the Don River and Victoria Park Avenue. East York was an exclave of York from 1922 to 1924. East York developed contemporaneously with the West End of old Toronto, and it is similar in form and character. In 1967, East York was expanded to include the Town of Leaside. Since the 1998 amalgamation, it is administered together with old Toronto, and separate from Scarborough, North York, and Etobicoke-York, by the "Toronto and East York Neighbourhood Council".

East York itself is commonly divided into two zones with mainly Edwardian urban neighbourhoods situated south of Taylor-Massey Creek and referred to as Old East York.

Old East York Broadview North Crescent Town East Danforth Pape Village Woodbine Heights

Suburban East York Bermondsey Governor's Bridge Leaside O'Connor–Parkview Thorncliffe Park

Bungalows in Old East York

Etobicoke[]

Etobicoke is on the west side of the Humber River. Before the 1967 amalgamation, Long Branch, New Toronto, and Mimico were villages independent of Etobicoke. It was a separate city until the 1998 amalgamation. Since then, Etobicoke is often administered with York as a single community council within the amalgamated city of Toronto.

Etobicoke is often divided into three zones: north, central, and south, roughly approximate to that of the electoral districts of all three levels of government.

Alderwood Centennial Park Clairville Eatonville (Etobicoke West Mall) The Elms Eringate Humber Bay Humber Heights-Westmount Humber Valley Village Humberwood

Islington-City Centre West Kingsview Village (The Westway) The Kingsway Long Branch Markland Wood Mimico New Toronto Princess Gardens Rexdale

Richview Smithfield Stonegate-Queensway Sunnylea Thistletown Thorncrest Village West Humber-Clairville West Deane Park Willowridge

Office towers at Islington–City Centre West

North York[]

North York is located north of York, Old Toronto, and East York. It was a separate city until the 1998 amalgamation. North York is sometimes divided to two sections by Yonge Street: an east section and a west section.

Amesbury Armour Heights Bathurst Manor Bayview Village Bayview Woods-Steeles Bermondsey Black Creek The Bridle Path Clanton Park (Wilson Heights) Don Mills Don Valley Village Downsview Flemingdon Park

Glen Park (Yorkdale – Glen Park; Englemount; Marlee Village) Henry Farm Hillcrest Village Hoggs Hollow Humber Summit Humbermede (Emery) Jane and Finch (University Heights; Elia) Lansing Lawrence Heights Lawrence Manor Ledbury Park Maple Leaf Newtonbrook

North York City Centre Parkway Forest Parkwoods The Peanut Pelmo Park-Humberlea Pleasant View Uptown Toronto Victoria Village Westminster–Branson Willowdale York Mills York University Heights (Village at York)

North York City Centre in 2015

Scarborough[]

Scarborough is on the east side of Victoria Park Avenue. It was a separate city until the 1998 amalgamation. West Rouge was transferred from Pickering to Scarborough in 1974 as part of the establishment of Durham Region. It was also the largest former municipality by area.

Agincourt Armadale Bendale (Cedarbrae) Birch Cliff Birch Cliff Heights Brown's Corners (historical) Clairlea Cliffside Cliffcrest Dorset Park Eglinton East

Golden Mile Guildwood Highland Creek Ionview L'Amoreaux Malvern Maryvale Milliken (also in Markham) Morningside Morningside Heights Oakridge

Port Union (Centennial Scarborough) Rouge Scarborough City Centre Scarborough Junction Scarborough Village Steeles Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan West Hill West Rouge Wexford Woburn

Victoria Park subway station and apartments in Oakridge

York[]

York is situated between Old Toronto and North York, west of Bathurst Street (aside from the neighbourhood of Tichester at the southeasternmost corner of the former city, which extends as far east as Walmer Road and includes much of St. Clair West station). Weston was independent of York until 1967. York was a separate city until the 1998 amalgamation. Since then, York is often administered with Etobicoke as a single community council within the amalgamated city of Toronto.

York is often divided to two sections: a western section and an eastern section; often, GO Transit's Barrie rail line divides the former city in two sections.

Briar Hill–Belgravia Fairbank (Caledonia–Fairbank) Humewood–Cedarvale (includes Upper Village (also part of Forest Hill)) Lambton–Baby Point

Little Jamaica (Eglinton West) Mount Dennis Oakwood Village (includes Five Points and Northcliffe; formerly known as Oakwood–Vaughan) Old Mill

Rockcliffe–Smythe Silverthorn (Keelesdale) Tichester Weston

Businesses and apartments along Weston Road in Weston

History[]

Multiple listing service districts and neighbourhoods[]

After the update of Toronto Multiple listing service (MLS) on July 5, 2011, the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) introduced a new search feature for the Toronto MLS, used by real estate agents operating in the region. MLS searches can be refined at three levels and MLS users can search houses by area, then by municipality, and then by neighbourhood or community. As with the other MLS services for other jurisdictions, it used Microsoft's Bing Maps for its web mapping features until 2018, when it switched to Google Maps. These feature changes were the first change of this magnitude in about 50 years of Toronto MLS history.^[5]

The change was designed to eliminate the obsolete coding systems whereby Greater Toronto was divided into 86 artificial districts denominated by alphanumeric codes. Due to the growing population in the city and the increasing difficulty of browsing the code-based system, the TREB made a radical change, which is intended to simplify the use of MLS for real estate agents and home buyers.^[6]

Because Toronto is a populous municipality of its own, the core city area will continue to be split into coded districts, although each of the districts will in turn contain neighbourhoods. Hence, the City will be easily searchable as well.^[6]

The following table contains a complete list of Toronto districts with a possibly incomplete list of Toronto neighbourhoods within each district:^[7][8]

Business improvement areas[]

There are also several dozen city designated business improvement areas, covering almost all of Toronto's commercial areas. Some of these serve a particular ethnic group or several similar ethnic groups as part of an ethnic enclave.

Lists of city-designated neighbourhoods[]

For administrative purposes, the City of Toronto divides the city into 140 neighbourhoods. These divisions are used for internal planning purposes. The boundaries and names often do not conform to the usage of the general population or designated business improvement areas. A number of neighbourhood maps of Toronto do exist, some produced by real estate firms and some by Internet portals. A project to map the neighbourhoods according to the common usage of the residents was done by the Toronto Star newspaper. Based on feedback from Star readers, it has produced the most comprehensive, albeit informal, neighbourhood map.

Table[]

CDN number	City-designated neighbourhood	Former city/borough	Neighbourhoods covered	Map
129	Agincourt North	Scarborough	Agincourt and Brimwood
128	Agincourt South-Malvern West	Scarborough	Agincourt and Malvern
20	Alderwood	Etobicoke	Alderwood
95	Annex	Old City of Toronto	The Annex and Seaton Village
42	Banbury-Don Mills	North York	Don Mills
34	Bathurst Manor	North York	Bathurst Manor
76	Bay Street Corridor	Old City of Toronto	Bay Street, Financial District
52	Bayview Village	North York	Bayview Village
49	Bayview Woods-Steeles	North York	Bayview Woods
39	Bedford Park-Nortown	North York	Bedford Park, Ledbury Park, and
112	Beechborough-Greenbrook	York	Keelesdale and Silverthorn
127	Bendale	Scarborough	Bendale
122	Birchcliffe-Cliffside	Scarborough	Birch Cliff and Cliffside
24	Black Creek	North York	Jane and Finch
69	Blake-Jones	Old City of Toronto	The Pocket and Riverdale
108	Briar Hill-Belgravia	York	Fairbank
41	Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills	North York	The Bridle Path and York Mills
57	Broadview North	East York	Old East York
30	Brookhaven-Amesbury	North York	Amesbury
71	Cabbagetown-South St. James Town	Old City of Toronto	Cabbagetown and St. James Town
109	Caledonia-Fairbank	York	Fairbank and Cedarvale
96	Casa Loma	Old City of Toronto	Casa Loma, and Wychwood
133	Centennial Scarborough	Scarborough	Port Union and Centennial
75	Church-Yonge Corridor	Old City of Toronto	Church and Wellesley and Ryerson University
120	Clairlea-Birchmount	Scarborough	Clairlea
33	Clanton Park	North York	Wilson Heights
123	Cliffcrest	Scarborough	Cliffside
92	Corso Italia-Davenport	Old City of Toronto	Corso Italia, Davenport, Earlscourt, and Regal Heights
61	Crescent Town	East York	Crescent Town
59	Danforth - East York	East York	Old East York, The Danforth
66	Danforth	Old City of Toronto	The Danforth
47	Don Valley Village	North York	Don Valley Village, The Peanut
126	Dorset Park	Scarborough	Dorset Park
93	Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction	Old City of Toronto	Dovercourt Park, Wallace Emerson, Junction Triangle and Davenport
26	Downsview-Roding-CFB	North York	Downsview
83	Dufferin Grove	Old City of Toronto	Brockton and Dufferin Grove
62	East End-Danforth	Old City of Toronto	Upper Beaches, East Danforth
9	Edenbridge-Humber Valley	Etobicoke	Humber Valley
138	Eglinton East	Scarborough	Eglinton East
5	Elms-Old Rexdale	Etobicoke	The Elms and Rexdale
32	Englemount-Lawrence	North York	Lawrence Manor and Glen Park
11	Eringate-Centennial-West Deane	Etobicoke	Centennial Park and West Deane Park
13	Etobicoke West Mall	Etobicoke	Centennial Park and Eatonville
44	Flemingdon Park	North York	Flemingdon Park
102	Forest Hill North	Old City of Toronto	Forest Hill
101	Forest Hill South	Old City of Toronto	Forest Hill
25	Glenfield-Jane Heights	North York	Jane and Finch
65	Greenwood-Coxwell	Old City of Toronto	Leslieville
140	Guildwood	Scarborough	Guildwood
53	Henry Farm	North York	Henry Farm
88	High Park North	Old City of Toronto	High Park North, West Bend
87	High Park-Swansea	Old City of Toronto	High Park, Roncesvalles and Swansea
134	Highland Creek	Scarborough	Highland Creek
48	Hillcrest Village	North York	Hillcrest Village
8	Humber Heights-Westmount	Etobicoke	Humber Heights-Westmount
21	Humber Summit	North York	Humber Summit
22	Humbermede	North York	Humbermede and Emery
106	Humewood-Cedarvale	York	Cedarvale and Humewood
125	Ionview	Scarborough	Ionview
14	Islington-City Centre West	Etobicoke	Islington-Six Points
90	Junction Area	Old City of Toronto	The Junction
110	Keelesdale-Eglinton West	York	Keelesdale and Silverthorn
124	Kennedy Park	Scarborough	Scarborough Junction
78	Kensington-Chinatown	Old City of Toronto	Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Grange Park, Kensington Market
6	Kingsview Village-The Westway	Etobicoke	Kingsview Village and Richview
15	Kingsway South	Etobicoke	The Kingsway
117	L'Amoreaux	Scarborough	L'Amoreaux, , and
114	Lambton Baby Point	York	Baby Point and Old Mill
38	Lansing-Westgate	North York	Lansing
105	Lawrence Park North	Old City of Toronto	Bedford Park, Teddington Park, and Wanless Park
103	Lawrence Park South	Old City of Toronto	Lawrence Park, Lytton Park, North Toronto
56	Leaside-Bennington	East York	Leaside
84	Little Portugal	Old City of Toronto	Little Portugal and Brockton
19	Long Branch	Etobicoke	Long Branch
132	Malvern	Scarborough	Malvern
29	Maple Leaf	North York
12	Markland Wood	Etobicoke	Markland Wood
130	Milliken	Scarborough	Milliken
17	Mimico	Etobicoke	Mimico
135	Morningside	Scarborough	Morningside
73	Moss Park	Old City of Toronto	Moss Park, Corktown and Garden District
115	Mount Dennis	York	Mount Dennis
2	Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown	Etobicoke	Smithfield
99	Mount Pleasant East	Old City of Toronto	Davisville Village, North Toronto
104	Mount Pleasant West	Old City of Toronto	Davisville Village, North Toronto
18	New Toronto	Etobicoke	New Toronto
50	Newtonbrook East	North York	Newtonbrook
36	Newtonbrook West	North York	Newtonbrook
82	Niagara	Old City of Toronto	Niagara, Liberty Village, Exhibition Place
68	North Riverdale	Old City of Toronto	Riverdale
74	North St. James Town	Old City of Toronto	St. James Town
54	O'Connor-Parkview	East York	Parkview Hills, Topham Park
121	Oakridge	Scarborough	Oakridge
107	Oakwood Village	York	Oakwood Village
58	Old East York	East York	Old East York
80	Palmerston-Little Italy	Old City of Toronto	Little Italy and Palmerston
45	Parkwoods-Donalda	North York	Parkwoods
23	Pelmo Park-Humberlea	North York	Humberlea
67	Playter Estates-Danforth	Old City of Toronto	Playter Estates and Greektown
46	Pleasant View	North York	Pleasant View
10	Princess-Rosethorn	Etobicoke	Princess Anne Manor, Thorncrest Village, and Princess Margaret
72	Regent Park	Old City of Toronto	Regent Park, Trefann Court
4	Rexdale-Kipling	Etobicoke	Rexdale
111	Rockcliffe-Smythe	York	Harwood, Syme
86	Roncesvalles	Old City of Toronto	Roncesvalles
98	Rosedale-Moore Park	Old City of Toronto	Rosedale and Moore Park
131	Rouge	Scarborough	West Rouge, Rouge Park
89	Runnymede-Bloor West Village	Old City of Toronto	Runnymede-Bloor West Village
28	Rustic	North York
139	Scarborough Village	Scarborough
70	South Riverdale	Old City of Toronto
85	South Parkdale	Old City of Toronto	Parkdale, South Parkdale
40	St. Andrew-Windfields	North York	York Mills and Hoggs Hollow
116	Steeles	Scarborough
16	Stonegate-Queensway	Etobicoke	Humber Bay, Queensway
118	Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan	Scarborough
63	The Beaches	Old City of Toronto	The Beach/Beaches, Beaches North
3	Thistletown-Beaumond Heights	Etobicoke
55	Thorncliffe Park	East York
81	Trinity-Bellwoods	Old City of Toronto
79	University	Old City of Toronto
43	Victoria Village	North York
77	Waterfront Communities-The Island	Old City of Toronto	Distillery District, Old Town, St. Lawrence
136	West Hill	Scarborough
1	West Humber-Clairville	Etobicoke
35	Westminster-Branson	North York
113	Weston	York
91	Weston-Pelham Park	Old City of Toronto	Carlton, Davenport, St. Clair Gardens
119	Wexford-Maryvale	Scarborough
51	Willowdale East	North York
37	Willowdale West	North York
7	Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview	Etobicoke
137	Woburn	Scarborough
64	Woodbine Corridor	Old City of Toronto
60	Woodbine-Lumsden	East York
94	Wychwood	Old City of Toronto
100	Yonge-Eglinton	Old City of Toronto	Chaplin Estates
97	Yonge-St. Clair	Old City of Toronto
27	York University Heights	North York
31	Yorkdale-Glen Park	North York	Glen Park, Lawrence Heights

See also[]

• Demographics of Toronto neighbourhoods
• List of people from Toronto
• List of postal codes of Canada: M (Toronto postal codes begin with the letter M)

References[]

External links[]

• City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles
• Toronto Star Neighbourhood map
• Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
• Blog TO Neighbourhood map - focusing on restaurant and shopping districts