List of neighbourhoods in Toronto

thumb|right|250px|[[Roncesvalles, Toronto|Roncesvalles, a 'core' neighbourhood of Toronto, in 2018]]

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." There are 158 neighbourhoods officially recognized by the City of Toronto (in 2022, 34 neighbourhoods were created from 16 of the previous 140) and upwards of 240 official and unofficial neighbourhoods within city limits.

The current City of Toronto is the amalgamation of the former Metropolitan Toronto municipalities. Along with the original City of Toronto, these are East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, and York. The names of these municipalities are still often used by Toronto residents, sometimes for disambiguation purposes as amalgamation resulted in duplicated street names. The area known as Toronto before the 1998 amalgamation is sometimes called by the retronyms "Old Toronto", and "the core". For administrative purposes, Toronto is divided into four districts: Etobicoke-York, North York, Scarborough and Toronto-East York.

thumb|Map of Toronto including the former municipalities that existed before 1998

The Old Toronto district 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 some 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. The "outer ring" suburbs of Etobicoke, Scarborough, and North York are much more suburban in nature, although even these districts have some old-city characteristics (in particular southern Etobicoke along the shore of Lake Ontario) in areas bordering Old Toronto, and have developed modern 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, organized by former municipality.

Neighbourhoods by former municipality

Toronto

Old Toronto refers to the City of Toronto and its limits 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.

Since the early 21st century, Old Toronto is having a boom in condominium construction.

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). , and still survive as subway stations, though St. George station is not named after the ward, but after St. George Street instead, itself named after Quetton St. George, a local military officer and landowner. St. Lawrence's Ward (named after the patron saint of Canada and the river, itself also named after the saint) 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 northern half of 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)
West Don Lands
Yorkville

thumb|right|Old newspaper office in [[Cabbagetown, Toronto|Cabbagetown in 2004]]

East End

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

Main Square
Ookwemin Minising (future planned high-density neighbourhood on an artificial island formerly known as Villiers Island at the mouths of the Don River in the Port Lands)
Playter Estates
Port Lands
Riverdale (includes Riverside)
Upper Beaches

thumb|upright|Shops along [[Queen Street (Toronto)|Queen Street East in the Beaches]]

North End

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 and contains the former village of Eglinton)

thumb|right|[[Chaplin Estates in North Toronto]]

West End

Beaconsfield Village
Bloor West Village
Bloorcourt Village
Bracondale Hill (Hillcrest; not to be confused with Hillcrest in North York)
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

thumb|right|[[Bay-and-gable houses in Little Italy]]

East York

An autonomous urban borough until 1997, East York is primarily located north of Danforth Avenue between the Don River to the west and Victoria Park Avenue to the east, though the Shoppers World Danforth shopping plaza/mall hybrid, on the south side of Danforth Avenue west of Victoria Park Avenue, is located in East York. East York was an exclave of York from 1922 to 1924 and became a separate municipality to simplify governance. 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

thumb|right|Bungalows in [[Old East York]]

Etobicoke

The former township and city of Etobicoke is on the west side of the Humber River. Several of its neighbourhoods, such as Long Branch, New Toronto, and Mimico, were villages independent of Etobicoke. Others, such as Claireville, Islington and Thistletown were former postal villages established when Etobicoke was still a rural township. Others are residential subdivisions built after World War II as the former Metro Toronto developed.

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
Claireville
Eatonville (Etobicoke West Mall)
The Elms
Etobicoke City Centre
Eringate-Centennial-West Deane
Humber Bay
Humber Heights-Westmount
Humber Valley Village

Humberwood
Islington
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-Claireville
West Deane Park
Willowridge

thumb|right|Bloor Islington Place at [[Islington-City Centre West in 2023]]

North York

The former city of North York is located north of York, Old Toronto, and East York, from the Humber River to the west and Victoria Park Avenue to the east. North York is split by Yonge Street into an east section and a west section. Several of North York's neighbourhoods (such as Lansing, Newtonbrook and Willowdale) developed from postal villages when North York Township was primarily agrarian. Others are residential subdivisions developed after World War II. North York City Centre is a commercial district developed to be the 'downtown' of the city.

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

Glen Park (Yorkdale – Glen Park; Englemount; Marlee Village)
Henry Farm
Hillcrest Village (not to be confused with Hillcrest in Old Toronto, also known as Bracondale Hill)
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
Oakdale–Beverley Heights
Parkway Forest
Parkwoods
Pelmo Park-Humberlea
Pleasant View
Uptown Toronto
Victoria Village
Westminster–Branson
Willowdale
York Mills
York University Heights (Village at York)

thumb|[[North York City Centre in 2023]]

Scarborough

The district of Scarborough extends from the east side of Victoria Park Avenue to the eastern limits of Toronto. West Rouge was transferred from Pickering to Scarborough in 1974 as part of the establishment of Durham Region. Scarborough is the largest district by area.

Many of the neighbourhoods, such as Agincourt, Brown's Corners and Milliken, correspond to former postal villages supporting the then-agrarian township. Others are residential subdivisions developed after World War II. Others are commercial districts.

Agincourt
Armadale
Bendale (Cedarbrae)
Birch Cliff
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

thumb|right|[[Victoria Park station (Toronto)|Victoria Park subway station and apartments in Oakridge in 2012]]

York

The former city of 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, including its northern unstaffed entrance on Heath Street West, as well as St. Michael's College School). The community of Weston, to the northwest, was itself an independent village until 1967. Several neighbourhoods are former residential subdivisions built on the limits with Toronto before and after World War II.

York is often divided into two sections: a western section and an eastern section, on either side of GO Transit's Barrie rail line.

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

thumb|right|Businesses and apartments along [[Weston Road in Weston in 2008]]

History

Toronto amalgamated twice: first in 1967 and second in 1998, the latter of which caused the dissolution of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.

Lists of city-designated neighbourhoods

For administrative purposes, the City of Toronto divides the city into 158 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 Toronto Star readers, it has produced the most comprehensive, albeit informal, neighbourhood map. 31 of these neighbourhoods are Neighbourhood Improvement Areas with the strategy to strengthen the social, economic and physical conditions and delivers local impact for city-wide change in these areas.

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 homebuyers.

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.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!width=10%|District Number

!width=90%|Neighbourhoods Included

|C01

|Downtown, Harbourfront, Little Italy, Little Portugal, Dufferin Grove, Palmerston, University, Yonge–Bay Corridor, Kensington Market, Chinatown, Trinity Bellwoods, South Niagara, Island airport, The Islands, Waterfront communities, Queen's Park, Ontario Provincial Government, Victoria Hotel, Central Bay Street, First Canadian Place, Design Exchange, Adelaide, Union Station

|C02

|The Annex, Yorkville, South Hill, Summerhill, Wychwood Park, Deer Park, Casa Loma

|C03

|Forest Hill South, Oakwood Village, Humewood–Cedarvale, Corso Italia, Forest Hill Road Park

|C04

|Bedford Park, Lawrence Manor, North Toronto, Forest Hill North, Lawrence Park, Lawrence Heights, Roselawn

|C06

|North York, Clanton Park, Bathurst Manor

|C07

|Willowdale West, Newtonbrook West, Westminster–Branson, Lansing-Westgate

|C08

|Cabbagetown, St. Lawrence Market, Toronto waterfront, Moss Park, Church and Wellesley, Garden District, Regent Park, St. James Town, Toronto Metropolitan University, Berczy Park

|C09

|Moore Park, Rosedale

|C10

|Davisville Village, Midtown Toronto, Mount Pleasant, Davisville North, Davisville

|C11

|Leaside, Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park

|C12

|York Mills, St.Andrew - Windfields, Bridle Path, Sunnybrook, York Mills West

|C13

|Don Mills, Parkwoods, Victoria Village, Banbury

|C14

|Newtonbrook East, Willowdale East, Newtonbrook

|C15

|Hillcrest Village, Bayview Woods-Steeles, Bayview Village, Don Valley Village, Henry Farm, Pleasant View

|E01

|Riverdale, Danforth (Greektown), Leslieville, Blake-Jones, Greenwood, Coxwell, Studio District

|E02

|The Beaches, Woodbine Corridor, East End - Danforth, The Beaches West, South Central Letter Processing Plant Toronto

|E03

|Danforth (Greektown), East York, Playter Estates, Broadview North (Old East York), O'Connor–Parkview, Crescent Town, Woodbine Heights, Woodbine Gardens, Parkview Hill

|E04

|The Golden Mile, Dorset Park, Wexford, Maryvale, Scarborough Junction (Kennedy Park), Ionview, Clairlea, Birchmount

|E05

|Steeles, L'Amoreaux West, Tam O'Shanter – Sullivan, Clarks Corners, L'Amoreaux

|E06

|Birch Cliff, Oakridge, Hunt Club, Cliffside

|E07

|Agincourt, Malvern West, Milliken

|E08

|Scarborough Village, Cliffcrest, Guildwood, Eglinton East (Knob Hill)

|E09

|Scarborough City Centre, Woburn, Morningside, Bendale (Cedarbrae), Cedarbrae

|E10

|Rouge (South), Port Union (Centennial Scarborough), West Hill, Highland Creek, Port Union

|E11

|Rouge (West), Malvern, Rouge, Upper Rouge

|W01

|High Park, South Parkdale, Swansea, Roncesvalles Village, Roncesvalles, Parkdale Village

|W02

|Bloor West Village, Baby Point, The Junction (Junction Area), High Park North, Runnymede, Dovercourt Park, Christie

|W03

|Keelesdale, Little Jamaica, Rockcliffe–Smythe, Weston-Pelham Park, Corso Italia, Davenport, Caledonia-Fairbanks

|W04

|York, Glen Park, Amesbury (Brookhaven), Pelmo Park-Humberlea, Weston, Fairbank (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Maple Leaf, Mount Dennis, Pelmo Park – Humberlea W4, Beechborough, Greenbrook, Yorkdale, Rustic, Glencairn, Upwood Park

|W05

|Downsview, Humber Summit, Humbermede (Emery), Jane and Finch (Black Creek or Glenfield-Jane Heights), York University Heights, York University, Pelmo Park – Humberlea W5, Downsview-Roding-CFB, Emery

|W06

|New Toronto, Long Branch, Mimico, Alderwood, Humber Bay Shores

|W07

|Sunnylea (The Queensway – Humber Bay), Sunnylea, Stonegate - Queenway, Thompson Orchard

|W08

|The Kingsway, Central Etobicoke, Eringate-Centennial-West Deane, Princess-Rosethorn, Edenbridge-Humber Valley, Islington–City Centre West, Markland Wood, Royal York South West, Princess Gardens, Humber Valley Village

|W09

|Kingsview Village-The Westway, Richview (Willowridge), Humber Heights-Westmount, Martin Grove Gardens, Kingsview Village, Westmount

|W10

|Rexdale, Claireville, Thistletown - Beaumond Heights, Smithfield: Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown, The Elms (Elms-Old Rexdale), West Humber - Claireville, Mount Olive

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