Etobicoke City CentreToronto

Renting in Etobicoke City Centre eats 30% of household income, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $600,000, lower than Ontario’s towns ($695,000) yet higher than Canadian towns ($406,000). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Toronto metro area, Etobicoke City Centre included.

Etobicoke City Centre’s schools belong to 6 boards that cover the same streets

2 of the 72 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. The largest is Bishop Allen Academy Catholic Secondary School, with 1,460 students. Of its 66 tested schools, 35 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 13 in the bottom two. 32,310 students attend the 61 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school in or within 3 km of Etobicoke City Centre.

Few places match Etobicoke City Centre for health: it beats 86% of Canadian towns

Expected years of life at birth: 84.7, above Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike, but the region has fewer smokers than Ontario, nearly one in ten adults to 11%. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. What sets Etobicoke City Centre apart within its region is distance, and at 3.0 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the City of Toronto Health Unit as a whole, not for Etobicoke City Centre alone.

Etobicoke City Centre is graded a C− for safety

Measured across the Toronto service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 93, higher than both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 34.4 per 1,000 a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2).

Flood mapping exists for Etobicoke City Centre: 1 on record, latest by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

2.7% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, lower than both Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Seismic risk in Etobicoke City Centre sits near the middle: $0.043 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Etobicoke City Centre doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Toronto.

Commuters in Etobicoke City Centre travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 34 min on average

Etobicoke City Centre has warmer summers than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: July afternoons reach 27.4°C

A normal January brings 32 cm of snow, the most of any month. Snowfall adds up to 115 cm a year, below Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Frost usually lifts by 27 April and returns around 20 October: 174 days without it. The coldest nights come in January, when Etobicoke City Centre averages a low of −8.9°C.

Visible minorities make up more of Etobicoke City Centre than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 50%

Retirement age and beyond: 13% of residents are 65 or older. 12% are under 15, below Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%) alike.

What November brings in Etobicoke City Centre: freezing at night, 8°C by day

Across the year, normals run from −9°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July. Into December, the normals move to 2°C and −5°C. Precipitation in November averages 72 mm. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Mississauga forecast, on the Weather page.

Etobicoke City Centre has no public library of its own; the nearest is Toronto Public Library - Eatonville, 2.1 km away

Toronto public library serves the whole of Toronto, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 3,110,984 people, Etobicoke City Centre among them.

A national park 33 km from Etobicoke City Centre: Rouge National Urban Park

For a provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park lies 26 km off. The protected share within 10 km is 0.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Add to that, 4 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. The largest is Humber Marshes: 31 ha, 2.5 km from the edge of town.