IonviewToronto
Of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods, this is one. Population 13,382: a neighbourhood in Toronto.
Is Ionview a good place to live?
Ionview’s grades pull in different directions. Where it falls short is cost of living (D−). Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A+). It also does well on health (A). Overall, that makes a C+, good for #618 of 858 in Ontario. Nationally, it does better than 38% of Canadian towns. Incomes are on the low side (D).
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety uses the city's Crime Severity Index, scaled by this neighbourhood's own violent and property crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Ionview grades
Each subject compares Ionview with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Ionview stand out
The 3 things Ionview does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ionview.
Rent takes more of local pay in Ionview than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 32% of household income
Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Toronto metro area
Nearly two in five households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a quarter of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Ionview | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 39% | 76% | 74% |
| Rent as a share of income | 32% | 22% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 26% | 22% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
Commuters in Ionview travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 39 min on average
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Ionview | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 39 min | 29 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Few places match Ionview for health: it beats 87% of Canadian towns
Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 84.7, above Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike. At 9.2%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. What sets Ionview apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.4 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Ionview | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 84.7 | 82.8 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 9.2% | 10% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Very good or excellent health | 50% | 51% | 52% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the City of Toronto Health Unit
A flood study covers Ionview: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Toronto Regional Conservation Authority
Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 2.7% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Earthquake risk in Ionview is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.043 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Ionview | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 2.7% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.043 | $0.043 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Earthquake risk published for the city of Toronto, not by town
Ionview is graded a B+ for safety
The violent index for its police area came to 93, above Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Property crime in its police area ran at 34.4 per 1,000 residents a year, above Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Toronto service area, Ionview included.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Ionview | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 93 | 76 | 86 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 34.4 | 30.5 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Four parallel systems run Ionview’s schools through 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic
David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute is the biggest, at 1,225 students. Of the 56 with results, 37 sit in the lower two fifths in Ontario. Also worth knowing: over three years, results slipped at 30 of its 56 tested schools. Taken together, Ionview and its 3 km edge hold 52 elementary schools and 11 secondary schools for 26,925 students.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Maria Goretti Catholic School CatholicLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | Elementary · Grades JK–8 | 765 | English Catholic |
| David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 1,225 | English public |
| ÉSC Père-Philippe-Lamarche FrenchTeaches in FrenchSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 280 | French Catholic |
| Victoria Park Elementary School Top fifth in OntarioResults in the top fifth in OntarioElementary · Grades JK–5 | Elementary · Grades JK–5 | 120 | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Ionview | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25
Ionview has milder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −6.7°C
Between the last spring frost, 11 April, and the first in autumn, 6 November, lie 208 days. Frost comes on 101 days a year, below Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. A July afternoon in Ionview typically reaches 27.0°C. A normal January brings 40 cm of snow, the most of any month.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Ionview | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days with frost a year | 101 | 139 | 159 |
| January night low | −6.7°C | −9.1°C | −13.5°C |
| July afternoon high | 27.0°C | 26.7°C | 25.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 823 mm | 902 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Toronto (City))
Visible minorities make up more of Ionview than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 76%
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town. Children under 15 make up 17%, higher than Ontario’s towns (15%) and near Canadian towns (16%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 51.8% of Ionview
In 2021 there were 6,930 women to 6,440 men; Canada as a whole is 50.9% women.
| Ionview | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 68% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 19% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 51% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
What November brings in Ionview: 2°C at night, 8°C by day
For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Toronto forecast. Snow is normal by November, about 12 cm over the month. Then December: 3°C by day, −3°C at night. November normally sees 71 mm of precipitation.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 1°C | −5°C | 176 mm |
| Spring | 12°C | 4°C | 207 mm |
| Summer | 26°C | 17°C | 230 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 8°C | 209 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Toronto (City)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Ionview’s public library is Toronto Public Library - Kennedy/Eglinton
Toronto Public Library serves the whole of Toronto, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 3,110,984 people, Ionview among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Rouge National Urban Park is 9.6 km from Ionview
The nearest provincial park, Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, is 36 km away. For a swim, Bluffer's Beach is the nearest of 5 beaches within 5 km. Of the country within 10 km, 2.6% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Ionview | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Ionview
The Aga Khan Museum and 6 more in and around Ionview
What there is to see in Ionview and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.
Art galleryThe Aga Khan Museum4.5 km outside town, to the westAttractionAttractionBell Estate1.9 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumScarborough Museum1.7 km outside town, to the northAquariumAquariumAquarium Wholesale800 m outside town, to the northZooZooBeverly Hills Doggie Hotel3.5 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumCanadian Multicultural Inventors Museum4.9 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- The Aga Khan Museum: JohnOyston, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Ionview
Neighbourhood in Toronto
Statistics Canada counts Toronto as one municipality, so TownRatings builds Ionview and its other neighbourhoods from census dissemination areas, named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 13,382 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
- Census subdivision
- 3520005
Ionview’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionview | 13,382 | — | C+ | D− | B+ | A |
| Kennedy Park | 17,156 | 1.4 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Clairlea-Birchmount | 27,690 | 2.2 | C+ | D− | C+ | A |
| Eglinton East | 22,820 | 2.3 | C | D− | B− | A |
| Bendale South | 10,885 | 2.5 | C+ | D− | B+ | A |
| Victoria Village | 17,647 | 2.9 | C+ | D− | B | A |
| Cliffcrest | 16,184 | 3 | C | D− | B− | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).