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A neighbourhood in Toronto, home to 25,729 people. It is one of the 158 neighbourhoods that make up Toronto.

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Photo: David Baron from San Francisco, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

Population

25,729

people, Census 2021

Median age

31.1

years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

88%

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

Walk, cycle, transit

64%

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

Is Wellington Place a good place to live?

Health is where it shines (A). It is strong on walkability as well (A+). Homes are dear (D−). Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, better than 57% of Canadian towns. That places it #408 of 858 in Ontario.

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⁻Hazard riskWeakestD⁻Cost of living

How Wellington Place grades

Each subject compares Wellington Place 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 →Hazard riskBetter than most of the towns comparedA⁻Open →Jobs & incomeBased on what households earn, poverty and workB⁺Open →SafetyMore crime than in most townsCOpen →SchoolsAbove the middle of the towns comparedBOpen →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Wellington Place stand out

The 3 things Wellington Place does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

Only 3% are 65 or over

Next to 19%, the median among Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

64% walk, cycle or take transit

Against 8% in the median of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Households renting

Housing

62% rent their home

The median of Canadian towns: 25%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wellington Place.

HousingCost of living D⁻

Rent takes more of local pay in Wellington Place than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 27% of household income

$725,000median home value, 2021D⁻Cost of living Grade

Measured across the Toronto metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

44% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $725,000, near Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and higher than Canadian towns ($406,000).

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

Wellington Place$725,000

Ontario$695,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Wellington Place	Ontario	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	44%	22%	18%
Rent as a share of income	27%	22%	20%
Median home value, 2021	$725,000	$695,000	$406,000

$2,045

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Full pageWellington Place’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$2,045 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living8.1 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $725,000, against the median household income Owners and renters38% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.

HealthHealth A

Health in Wellington Place beats 91% of Canadian towns

50%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

In the health survey, half of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario’s 51%. Lives here run to 84.7 years on average, higher than both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5). Smoking is rarer than in the province: 9.2% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Wellington Place is well placed: 0.8 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Wellington Place doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the City of Toronto Health Unit.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Wellington Place50%

Ontario’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Wellington Place	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

0.8 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

9.2%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

0.2 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageWellington Place’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey50% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care0.8 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 0.2 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

Natural hazardsHazard risk A⁻

Wellington Place faces few natural hazards: little fire nearby, low seismic risk, radon over the guideline in 2.7% of tested homes

Lowwildfire bandA⁻Hazard risk Grade

For earthquakes Wellington Place is middling, $0.043 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. No flood study for Wellington Place is on the national inventory. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Wellington Place alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Toronto.

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

Wellington Place2.7%

Ontario’s towns4%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Wellington Place	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 pageWellington Place’s 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 B⁺

More of Wellington Place’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 86% of Canadian towns

64%walk, cycle or take transit

The average trip to work took 28 min, near Ontario’s towns (29 min) and higher than Canadian towns (26 min).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Walk39%

Car or van30%

Public transit21%

Bicycle4%

Census 2021	Wellington Place	Ontario	Canada
Average trip	28 min	29 min	26 min

$89,600

median household income, 2020

68%

worked from home, May 2021

86%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageWellington Place’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment7.8% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work64% walk, cycle or take transit

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.

SafetySafety C

Wellington Place is graded a C for safety

66Crime Severity Index

The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover the Toronto service area

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, higher than both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2).

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202369

202469

202560

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

13.7

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

non-violent Crime Severity Index

31%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageWellington Place’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

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

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Climate

Winters are mild in Wellington Place: January nights hold at −7.1°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

25.3°CJuly afternoons

The most precipitation falls in June: 82 mm in a normal year. Frosty days number 110 in a normal year, below Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Wellington Place sees July afternoons of 25.3°C on average. Most of the snow comes in January, about 32 cm.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter0.8°C

Spring10.4°C

Summer24.1°C

Autumn14.1°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Wellington Place	Ontario	Canada
Days with frost a year	110	139	159
January night low	−7.1°C	−9.1°C	−13.5°C
July afternoon high	25.3°C	26.7°C	25.5°C
Snowfall a year	115 cm	146 cm	141 cm

115 cm

of snow a year

110

days with frost a year

104

days with precipitation a year

Full pageWellington Place’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 25.3°C, January lows −7.1°C Rain and snow823 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow115 cm of snow a year Weather station1.9 km to the station · Toronto (Island)

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

SchoolsSchools B

Four parallel systems run Wellington Place’s schools through 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

79schools within 3 kmBSchools Grade

5 of the 79 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Results are mixed: 20 of 60 schools above the middle in Ontario, 21 below it.

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
Clinton Street Junior Public School Top fifth in OntarioResults in the top fifth in OntarioElementary · Grades JK–6	Elementary · Grades JK–6	315	English public

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Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public54

English Catholic20

French public4

French Catholic1

Schools within 3 km	Wellington Place	Ontario	Canada
School boards	4	4	3

22,945

students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25

0.3 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageWellington Place’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

The boards4 school boards · Toronto DSB Every school79 schools within 3 km · 57 elementary schools, 18 secondary schools and 4 alternative or adult schools Results20 of 60 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Ontario Language5 of 79 teach in French · 10% of schools in Ontario Questions“What schools are there in Wellington Place?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

Who lives here

More of Wellington Place belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 51%

31.1median age

0.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Wellington PlaceOntarioCanada

OntarioCanada

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

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree2%

Postsecondary qualification88%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 49.6% of Wellington Place

The 2021 census counted 12,760 women and 12,975 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Wellington Place
	Wellington Place	Ontario	Canada
Under 15	4.5%	15%	16%
15 to 64	92%	65%	64%
65+	3.3%	19%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	1.7%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	88%	56%	56%

Full pageWellington Place’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages31.1 median age · 3% are 65 or over Households17,070 households English and French14% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

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

Weather

A normal November in Wellington Place runs from 2°C to 8°C

8°Ca normal November afternoon

ECCC’s forecast for Toronto is on the Weather page, hour by hour. The month after, December, normally sees 3°C afternoons and −3°C nights. Snowfall in a normal November: 9 cm. Expect about 71 mm of rain and snow over November.

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

November8°C

December3°C

January−1°C

February0°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	1°C	−6°C	176 mm
Spring	10°C	3°C	207 mm
Summer	24°C	16°C	230 mm
Autumn	14°C	7°C	209 mm

2°C

a normal November night

71 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageWellington Place’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

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 (Island)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Each seat on Toronto’s council stands for 125,840 residents, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

Toronto, which governs Wellington Place, elected John Tory mayor in October 2022.

Turnout	Wellington Place	Ontario	Canada
Municipal election, 2022	30%	31%	31%

Full pageWellington Place’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Member of ParliamentChi Nguyen council seats26

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B⁻

The nearest public library to Wellington Place is Toronto Public Library - Fort York, 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, Wellington Place among them.

Full pageWellington Place’s library & civic life pageOpen the full Library & civic life page

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 lies 24 km beyond Wellington Place’s edge

2.2%of the land within 10 km protected

The nearest provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, is 39 km away. E.T. Seton Park (130 ha) is the biggest, 6.4 km from town. Also worth knowing: 7 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the PATH and PATH - Main Route. Within 5 km are 34 beaches; HTO Beach is the nearest.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Wellington Place2.2%

Ontario’s towns2.3%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Wellington Place	Ontario	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	5	4	4
Protected land within 10 km	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%

24 km

to Rouge National Urban Park

39 km

to Bronte Creek Provincial Park

beaches within 5 km

Full pageWellington Place’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas12 protected areas within 10 km · E.T. Seton Park National & provincial parks24 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

Wellington Place: 2 historic places, one with the highest designation

2historic places

Before 1961 is when 1.9% of the homes went up, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). The earliest construction date, 1906, belongs to Royal Alexandra Theatre. The list takes in a provincial or municipal listing.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations1

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

1906

oldest construction date on the record

1.9%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Wellington Place	Ontario	Canada
Homes built before 1961	1.9%	22%	18%

Full pageWellington Place’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registers2 historic places inside the town Highest designations1 top designation · Royal Alexandra Theatre Older homes1.9% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Wellington Place 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 Wellington Place

15pages on Wellington Place

The big questions

SafetyCCrime Severity Index 66 Housing & costD⁻Homes 8.1 × income Property pricesSchoolsB79 schools within 3 km HealthALife expectancy 84.7 in its region Work & commuteB⁺81% of adults in work Natural hazardsA⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors2.2% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 31.1 History2 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Wynick/Tuck Gallery and 127 more in and around Wellington Place

A first look at Wellington Place’s museums, historic sites and days out, and a few just outside town.

All attractions →

Art galleryArt galleryWynick/Tuck Galleryin town

Big drawAttractionCN Tower200 m outside town, to the southeast · 1.5M visitors a year

Big drawMuseumRoyal Ontario Museum2 km outside town, to the north · 281.4M visitors a year (2025)

Big drawArt galleryArt Gallery of Ontario400 m outside town, to the north · 873K visitors a year (2016)

Historic houseCasa Loma3.5 km outside town, to the northwest

MuseumBata Shoe Museum2.1 km outside town, to the northwest

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

Photo credits (5)

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
Casa Loma: Evelyncyuzu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bata Shoe Museum: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Wellington Place

Neighbourhood in Toronto

Wellington Place is one of Toronto’s neighbourhoods, which TownRatings draws from census dissemination areas and names from the city’s own map or OpenStreetMap.

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

Population: 25,729 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory: Ontario
City: Toronto
Census subdivision: 3520005

Wellington Place’s neighbours

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

Kensington-ChinatownHarbourfront-CityPlaceFort York-Liberty VillageWest Queen WestYonge-Bay CorridorDowntown Yonge EastWellington Place

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Wellington Place	25,729	—	B	D⁻	C	A
Kensington-Chinatown	18,597	0.7	C	D⁻	D	A
Harbourfront-CityPlace	28,199	0.8	B⁺	D⁻	B	A
Fort York-Liberty Village	20,071	1.3	A⁻	D⁻	B⁺	A
West Queen West	13,599	1.4	A⁻	D	B	A
Yonge-Bay Corridor	12,888	1.5	C	D⁻	D	A
Downtown Yonge East	18,251	1.8	C	D⁻	D	A

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

Questions about Wellington Place

How old are the people of Wellington Place?

The median resident is 31.1 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 5% are under 15 and 3% are 65 or over.

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).