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Trinity-BellwoodsToronto

In Toronto, this neighbourhood has 15,691 residents. Toronto is split into 158 neighbourhoods, and this is one.

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Photo: Richard Eriksson from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Population

15,691

people, Census 2021

Median age

38.5

years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

60%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

54%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

TownGrade

B⁻

#1,217 of 2,556

Is Trinity-Bellwoods a good place to live?

A town of contrasts. People here tend to be in good health (A). Walkability is another plus (A+). Buying in is costly (D−). Overall, that makes a B−, good for #463 of 858 in Ontario. Nationally, it does better than 54% of Canadian towns.

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.

StrongestA⁺Walkability AHealth A⁻SchoolsWeakestD⁻Cost of living

What makes Trinity-Bellwoods stand out

The 3 things Trinity-Bellwoods does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

14.5 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $1,400,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

54% walk, cycle or take transit

For the middle of Canadian towns, 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Walkability

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: A+.

How Trinity-Bellwoods grades

Each subject compares Trinity-Bellwoods 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 grading works

WalkabilityAmong the best of the towns comparedA⁺Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnD⁻Open →HealthAmong the healthiest places comparedAOpen →SchoolsIn the top fifth of the towns comparedA⁻Open →Hazard riskGraded on earthquake risk and radon, with high wildfire risk able to lower itA⁻Open →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work trail most townsCOpen →SafetyBelow the middle of the towns comparedCOpen →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

Nearby attractions

St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and 130 more in and around Trinity-Bellwoods

Museums, historic sites, parks, gardens and days out in and near Trinity-Bellwoods, the best known first.

All attractions →

CathedralSt. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedralin town

CathedralCathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of Godin town

Big drawAttractionCN Tower1.5 km outside town, to the east · 1.5M visitors a year

Big drawMuseumRoyal Ontario Museum1.7 km outside town, to the northeast · 281.4M visitors a year (2025)

Big drawArt galleryArt Gallery of Ontario1.1 km outside town, to the east · 873K visitors a year (2016)MuseumMuseumKoffler Centre of the Artsin town

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata · ODCAF · federal and Québec heritage registers · CPCAD

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral: The original uploader was SimonP at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
CN Tower: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Ontario Museum: Staka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Art Gallery of Ontario: Owen Byrne from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Trinity-Bellwoods.

HousingCost of living D⁻

Fewer households own their home in Trinity-Bellwoods than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 56%

34% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. A year’s rent came to 26% of the median household income, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Toronto metro area, with Trinity-Bellwoods one part of it.

$1,400,000median home value, 2021D⁻Cost of living Grade

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Trinity-Bellwoods$1,400,000

Ontario$695,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Trinity-Bellwoods	Ontario	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	34%	22%	18%
Households owning their home	56%	76%	74%
Rent as a share of income	26%	22%	20%

$2,045

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Full pageTrinity-Bellwoods’ cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Owners and renters56% own their home Cost of living14.5 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $1,400,000, against the median household income Renting$2,045 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.

HealthHealth A

For health, Trinity-Bellwoods is ahead of 92% of Canadian towns

Life expectancy at birth in the region is 84.7 years, higher than both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5); by contrast, the region has fewer smokers than Ontario, nearly one in ten adults to 11%. Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Trinity-Bellwoods is well placed: 0.5 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Trinity-Bellwoods shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the City of Toronto Health Unit.

50%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Trinity-Bellwoods50%

Ontario’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Trinity-Bellwoods	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%

84.7

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

0.5 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

9.2%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

0.3 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageTrinity-Bellwoods’ health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey50% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care0.5 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 0.3 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 87.2, men 82.0 Conditions and habits16% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

SchoolsSchools A⁻

4 school boards overlap in Trinity-Bellwoods, covering Ontario’s four systems

Taken together, Trinity-Bellwoods and its 3 km edge hold 74 elementary schools, 23 secondary schools and 3 alternative or adult schools for 29,785 students. Of its 78 tested schools, 36 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 19 in the bottom two. Schooling in French is on offer at 10 of 100; in Ontario, one in ten schools teach in it.

100schools within 3 kmA⁻Schools Grade

School	Level	Students	System
Dr. Rita Cox – Kina Minogok Public School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	820	English public
Central Technical School VocationalLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	985	English public
École élémentaire Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades JK–6	Elementary · Grades JK–6	380	French public
Bloor Collegiate Institute Top fifth in OntarioResults in the top fifth in OntarioSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	820	English public

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Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public64

English Catholic26

French public7

French Catholic3

Schools within 3 km	Trinity-Bellwoods	Ontario	Canada
School boards	4	4	3

29,785

students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25

0.8 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageTrinity-Bellwoods’ schools pageOpen the full Schools page

The boards4 school boards · Toronto DSB Every school100 schools within 3 km · 74 elementary schools, 23 secondary schools and 3 alternative or adult schools Results36 of 78 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Ontario Language10 of 100 teach in French · 10% of schools in Ontario Questions“What schools are there in Trinity-Bellwoods?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

Natural hazardsHazard risk A⁻

Hazards in Trinity-Bellwoods are mild: low wildfire and earthquake risk, and 2.7% of area homes above the radon guideline

Measured across the city of Toronto: earthquake risk

Shaking is about as much of a worry in Trinity-Bellwoods as in most places, at $0.043 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Trinity-Bellwoods on the national inventory.

Lowwildfire bandA⁻Hazard risk Grade

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Trinity-Bellwoods2.7%

Ontario’s towns4%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Trinity-Bellwoods	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

Low

wildfire band

Full pageTrinity-Bellwoods’ flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon2.7% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.043 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Household incomes in Trinity-Bellwoods are higher than in 82% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 32 min, higher than both Ontario’s towns (29 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

54%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van42%

Public transit23%

Walk20%

Bicycle10%

Census 2021	Trinity-Bellwoods	Ontario	Canada
Average trip	32 min	29 min	26 min

$96,300

median household income, 2020

52%

worked from home, May 2021

90%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageTrinity-Bellwoods’ work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment13% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work54% walk, cycle or take transit

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.

SafetySafety C

Trinity-Bellwoods earns a C for safety

The violent index for its police area came to 93, above both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). 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.

66Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202369

202469

202560

2023–2025	Trinity-Bellwoods	Ontario	Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index	93	76	86
Property crime per 1,000	34.4	30.5	31.2

10.2

violent incidents per 1,000 in the neighbourhood itself, a year

non-violent Crime Severity Index

31%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageTrinity-Bellwoods’ safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety66 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Trinity-Bellwoods’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Trinity-Bellwoods safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Data for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 covers the Toronto service area

Climate

Trinity-Bellwoods has milder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −6.7°C

A July afternoon in Trinity-Bellwoods typically reaches 27.0°C. There are 101 days of frost in a typical year, below Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Between the last spring frost, 11 April, and the first in autumn, 6 November, lie 208 days. A normal June brings 82 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

27.0°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter1.0°C

Spring11.9°C

Summer25.8°C

Autumn14.9°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Trinity-Bellwoods	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
Snowfall a year	115 cm	146 cm	141 cm

115 cm

of snow a year

101

days with frost a year

208

frost-free days, 11 Apr to 6 Nov

104

days with precipitation a year

Full pageTrinity-Bellwoods’ climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 27.0°C, January lows −6.7°C Rain and snow823 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow115 cm of snow a year Weather station2.4 km to the station · Toronto (City)

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Toronto (City))

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Trinity-Bellwoods than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 10% are under 15

Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents. Visible minorities make up a third of the population, above Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

38.5median age

Trinity-BellwoodsOntarioCanada

OntarioCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

16%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree20%

Postsecondary qualification60%

Women and men · all residents

50.0% of Trinity-Bellwoods’ residents are women

7,830 men and 7,845 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.

Who lives in Trinity-Bellwoods
	Trinity-Bellwoods	Ontario	Canada
Under 15	10%	15%	16%
15 to 64	74%	65%	64%
65+	16%	19%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	20%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	60%	56%	56%

Full pageTrinity-Bellwoods’ Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages38.5 median age · 16% are 65 or over Households6,850 households English and French13% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

What November brings in Trinity-Bellwoods: 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 9 cm over the month. A normal November brings 71 mm of rain and snow. By December, a normal day reaches 3°C and a night falls to −3°C.

8°Ca normal November afternoon

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November8°C

December3°C

January0°C

February1°C

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

2°C

a normal November night

71 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Toronto (City)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B⁻

No public library stands in Trinity-Bellwoods: the closest, Paul B. Helliwell Patient & Family Library, is 0.9 km away

The library figures on this page are Toronto’s: Toronto public library serves all 3,110,984 people of the city, Trinity-Bellwoods among them.

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A year at the library4.5 visits per person served Places to belong1.8 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Rouge National Urban Park is 25 km from Trinity-Bellwoods

Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 37 km. 6.8 km out lies the largest, E.T. Seton Park, at 130 ha. Named trails close by number 7, the PATH and Garrison Creek Discovery Walk among them. For a swim, HTO Beach is the nearest of 24 beaches within 5 km.

2.1%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Trinity-Bellwoods2.1%

Ontario’s towns2.3%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Trinity-Bellwoods	Ontario	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	2.1%	2.3%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	4	4	4

25 km

to Rouge National Urban Park

37 km

to Bronte Creek Provincial Park

beaches within 5 km

Full pageTrinity-Bellwoods’ outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas11 protected areas within 10 km · E.T. Seton Park National & provincial parks25 km to a national park · Rouge National Urban Park Footpaths & routes7 named routes · PATH

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

History

An older town: 68% of Trinity-Bellwoods’s homes predate 1961

68%built before 1961

68%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Trinity-Bellwoods	Ontario	Canada
Homes built before 1961	68%	22%	18%

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Older homes68% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Trinity-Bellwoods have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Trinity-Bellwoods

15pages on Trinity-Bellwoods

The big questions

SafetyCCrime Severity Index 66 Housing & costD⁻Homes 14.5 × income Property pricesSchoolsA⁻100 schools within 3 km HealthALife expectancy 84.7 in its region Work & commuteC60% of adults in work Natural hazardsA⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors2.1% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 38.5 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Trinity-Bellwoods’ neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Palmerston-Little ItalyWest Queen WestLittle PortugalUniversityDufferin GroveKensington-ChinatownTrinity-Bellwoods

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Trinity-Bellwoods	15,691	—	B⁻	D⁻	C	A
Palmerston-Little Italy	13,171	0.8	B⁺	D⁻	B	A
West Queen West	13,599	1	A⁻	D	B	A
Little Portugal	15,669	1	B	D⁻	B	A
University	7,595	1.4	C	D⁻	D	A
Dufferin Grove	11,276	1.6	C⁺	D⁻	C⁻	A
Kensington-Chinatown	18,597	1.8	C	D⁻	D	A

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

About Trinity-Bellwoods

Neighbourhood in Toronto

TownRatings splits Toronto into neighbourhoods drawn from census dissemination areas; Trinity-Bellwoods is one of them, named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 15,691 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory: Ontario
City: Toronto
Census subdivision: 3520005

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).