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Weston-Pelham ParkToronto

TownGrade

B⁻

#1,276 of 2,556

With 10,680 residents, it is a neighbourhood in Toronto. Of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods, this is one.

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Photo: Michael Gil from Calgary, AB, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Population

10,680

people, Census 2021

Median age

39.3

years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

45%

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

Walk, cycle, transit

37%

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

Is Weston-Pelham Park a good place to live?

The picture is mixed. Health outcomes beat most towns (A). Weston-Pelham Park’s overall grade is B−, better than 52% of Canadian towns. In the ranking it comes #484 of 858 in Ontario. Walkability is a strength too (A+). Housing is expensive (D−). It lags on jobs & income as well (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.

StrongestA⁺Walkability AHealth A⁻Hazard riskWeakestD⁻Cost of living DJobs & income

How Weston-Pelham Park grades

Each subject compares Weston-Pelham Park 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

WalkabilityNear the top of the towns comparedA⁺Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnD⁻Open →HealthAmong the healthiest places comparedAOpen →Jobs & incomeIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedDOpen →Hazard riskGraded on two hazards, earthquakes and radon, with nearby wildfire counted only against itA⁻Open →SchoolsSchools do better than mostB⁺Open →SafetyClose to the middle of the towns comparedB⁻Open →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Weston-Pelham Park stand out

The 3 things Weston-Pelham Park does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

37% walk, cycle or take transit

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

10.2 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $900,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Walkability

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: A+.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Weston-Pelham Park.

HousingCost of living D⁻

Home ownership in Weston-Pelham Park, 59%, runs below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

$900,000median home value, 2021D⁻Cost of living Grade

Rent took 28% of household income, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 23% of households, near Ontario’s towns (22%) and higher than Canadian towns (18%). Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Toronto metro area as a whole, not for Weston-Pelham Park alone.

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

Weston-Pelham Park$900,000

Ontario$695,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Weston-Pelham Park	Ontario	Canada
Rent as a share of income	28%	22%	20%
Households owning their home	59%	76%	74%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	23%	22%	18%

$2,045

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Full pageWeston-Pelham Park’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Owners and renters59% own their home Cost of living10.2 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $900,000, 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 · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.

HealthHealth A

Few places match Weston-Pelham Park for health: it beats 91% of Canadian towns

50%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the City of Toronto Health Unit

Smokers make up 9.2% of the region’s adults, below both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 84.7 years at birth, 87.2 for women and 82.0 for men. Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: half of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Measured from where Weston-Pelham Park’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 0.6 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Weston-Pelham Park50%

Ontario’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Weston-Pelham Park	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

0.6 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

9.2%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

0.4 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageWeston-Pelham Park’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey50% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care0.6 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 0.4 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

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Commuters in Weston-Pelham Park travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 39 min on average

37%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van60%

Public transit30%

Walk4%

Bicycle2%

Census 2021	Weston-Pelham Park	Ontario	Canada
Average trip	39 min	29 min	26 min

$88,600

median household income, 2020

32%

worked from home, May 2021

87%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageWeston-Pelham Park’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment15% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work37% walk, cycle or take transit

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.

Natural hazardsHazard risk A⁻

Weston-Pelham Park is on Canada’s flood inventory: 2 listed, led by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

Lowwildfire bandA⁻Hazard risk Grade

Earthquake risk for the city of Toronto

Radon is lower than usual: 2.7% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. NRCan expects $0.043 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Weston-Pelham Park, near the typical $0.030.

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

Weston-Pelham Park2.7%

Ontario’s towns4%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Weston-Pelham Park	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

flood studies on the national inventory

Full pageWeston-Pelham Park’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Flood2 flood studies on record WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 Earthquakes$0.043 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon2.7% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

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

SchoolsSchools B⁺

English or French, public or Catholic: Weston-Pelham Park’s schools come under 4 boards

101schools within 3 kmB⁺Schools Grade

Of the 101, 6 teach in French (10% of schools in Ontario). Humberside Collegiate Institute is the biggest, at 1,460 students. Results are mixed: 33 of 87 schools above the middle in Ontario, 32 below it. In or within 3 km of Weston-Pelham Park: 82 elementary schools, 18 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, with 36,690 students.

School	Level	Students	System
Runnymede Junior and Senior Public School Top fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	975	English public
Humberside Collegiate Institute Top fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	1,460	English public
École élémentaire Charles-Sauriol FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	420	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

See all 101 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public65

English Catholic30

French public3

French Catholic3

Schools within 3 km	Weston-Pelham Park	Ontario	Canada
School boards	4	4	3

36,690

students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25

1.8 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageWeston-Pelham Park’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

The boards4 school boards · Toronto DSB Every school101 schools within 3 km · 82 elementary schools, 18 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school Results33 of 87 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Ontario Language6 of 101 teach in French · 10% of schools in Ontario Questions“What schools are there in Weston-Pelham Park?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

Climate

Weston-Pelham Park has milder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −6.7°C

27.0°CJuly afternoons

For the wettest month, look to June: 82 mm on average. Frost comes on 101 days a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 11 April, and the first in autumn, 6 November, lie 208 days. A July afternoon in Weston-Pelham Park typically reaches 27.0°C.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter1.0°C

Spring11.9°C

Summer25.8°C

Autumn14.9°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Weston-Pelham Park	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 pageWeston-Pelham Park’s 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 station4.7 km to the station · Toronto (City)

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

Who lives here

Visible minorities make up more of Weston-Pelham Park than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 41%

39.3median age

People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, below Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. Children under 15 make up 15% of residents.

Weston-Pelham ParkOntarioCanada

OntarioCanada

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

15%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree28%

Postsecondary qualification45%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 49.9% of Weston-Pelham Park

The 2021 census counted 5,320 women and 5,350 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Weston-Pelham Park
	Weston-Pelham Park	Ontario	Canada
Under 15	15%	15%	16%
15 to 64	72%	65%	64%
65+	14%	19%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	28%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	45%	56%	56%

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Ages39.3 median age · 14% are 65 or over Households4,205 households English and French8% speak both · 0.1% speak French but not English

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

Weather

Expect November days around 8°C in Weston-Pelham Park, nights around 2°C

8°Ca normal November afternoon

Snow is normal by November, about 9 cm over the month. Precipitation in November averages 71 mm. Then December: 3°C by day, −3°C at night. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Toronto forecast.

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⁻

Weston-Pelham Park’s public library is Toronto Public Library - St. Clair/Silverthorn

Toronto Public Library serves the whole of Toronto, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 3,110,984 people, Weston-Pelham Park among them.

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A year at the library4.5 visits per person served The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong1.8 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

SafetySafety B⁻

Weston-Pelham Park earns a B− for safety

66Crime Severity Index

The violent index for its police area came to 93, higher than 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. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Weston-Pelham Park alone, so this card uses the figure for the Toronto service area.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202369

202469

202560

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

9.9

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

non-violent Crime Severity Index

31%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageWeston-Pelham Park’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

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

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

Outdoors

Rouge National Urban Park is 26 km from Weston-Pelham Park

0.5%of the land within 10 km protected

For a swim, Sunnyside Beach is the nearest of 9 beaches within 5 km. 8.9 km out lies the largest, E.T. Seton Park, at 130 ha. Within 10 km of the town, 0.5% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. The nearest provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, is 37 km away.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Weston-Pelham Park0.5%

Ontario’s towns2.3%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Weston-Pelham Park	Ontario	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0.5%	2.3%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	4	4	4

26 km

to Rouge National Urban Park

37 km

to Bronte Creek Provincial Park

beaches within 5 km

Full pageWeston-Pelham Park’s 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 parks26 km to a national park · Rouge National Urban Park Footpaths & routesWestern Ravines & Beaches Discovery Walk 2

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

History

In Weston-Pelham Park, 58% of homes go back before 1961

58%built before 1961

58%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Weston-Pelham Park	Ontario	Canada
Homes built before 1961	58%	22%	18%

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Older homes58% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Weston-Pelham Park 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 Weston-Pelham Park

15pages on Weston-Pelham Park

The big questions

SafetyB⁻Crime Severity Index 66 Housing & costD⁻Homes 10.2 × income Property pricesSchoolsB⁺101 schools within 3 km HealthALife expectancy 84.7 in its region Work & commuteD52% of adults in work Natural hazardsA⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors0.5% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 39.3 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Royal Ontario Museum and 73 more in and around Weston-Pelham Park

A first look at Weston-Pelham Park’s museums, historic sites and days out, and a few just outside town.

All attractions →

Big drawMuseumRoyal Ontario Museum4.5 km outside town, to the east · 281.4M visitors a year (2025)

Big drawArt galleryArt Gallery of Ontario4.9 km outside town, to the east · 873K visitors a year (2016)

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

GardenHigh Park2.3 km outside town, to the south

MuseumBata Shoe Museum4 km outside town, to the east

GardenQueen's Park4.7 km outside town, to the east

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

Photo credits (6)

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
High Park: Chensiyuan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bata Shoe Museum: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Queen's Park: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Weston-Pelham Park

Neighbourhood in Toronto

Weston-Pelham Park 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: 10,680 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory: Ontario
City: Toronto
Census subdivision: 3520005

Weston-Pelham Park’s neighbours

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

Corso Italia-DavenportJunction AreaJunction-Wallace EmersonKeelesdale-Eglinton WestCaledonia-FairbankHigh Park NorthWeston-Pelham Park

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Weston-Pelham Park	10,680	—	B⁻	D⁻	B⁻	A
Corso Italia-Davenport	13,215	1.1	B	D⁻	C⁺	A
Junction Area	14,205	1.2	B⁻	D⁻	C	A
Junction-Wallace Emerson	23,484	1.5	B	D⁻	B⁻	A
Keelesdale-Eglinton West	11,407	1.6	C⁺	D⁻	B⁺	A
Caledonia-Fairbank	10,037	1.9	B⁻	D⁻	A⁻	A
High Park North	22,162	1.9	B⁺	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).