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Woodbine CorridorToronto

Population 12,283: a neighbourhood in Toronto. It is one of 158 neighbourhoods of Toronto.

Population

12,283

people, Census 2021

Median age

40.6

years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

67%

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

Walk, cycle, transit

42%

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

TownGrade

B⁺

#640 of 2,556

Is Woodbine Corridor a good place to live?

A good place to live, if you can afford it. Woodbine Corridor’s overall grade of B+ puts it better than 72% of Canadian towns, #208 of 858 in Ontario. On health it is strong (A). Walkability is another plus (A+). What counts against it is cost of living (D−). Jobs & income is weaker too (C).

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 Woodbine Corridor stand out

The 3 things Woodbine Corridor does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

42% walk, cycle or take transit

The median of Canadian towns: 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

11.2 times household income

Against 4.7 for the median of Canadian towns

Median owner’s estimate $1,100,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Walkability

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: A+.

How Woodbine Corridor grades

Each subject compares Woodbine Corridor 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

WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesA⁺Open →Cost of livingHomes are among the least affordable for local incomesD⁻Open →HealthAmong the best of the towns comparedAOpen →SchoolsGraded on exam and test resultsA⁻Open →Hazard riskLess exposed to natural hazards than mostA⁻Open →SafetyAbove the middle of the towns comparedB⁺Open →Jobs & incomeBased on what households earn, poverty and workCOpen →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

Nearby attractions

Robert Mede Gallery and 28 more in and around Woodbine Corridor

What there is to see in Woodbine Corridor and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.

All attractions →

Art galleryArt galleryRobert Mede Galleryin town

Art galleryThe Aga Khan Museum4.8 km outside town, to the northwest

MuseumOntario Science Centre4 km outside town, to the northwest

GardenAllan Gardens4.8 km outside town, to the southwest

Theme parkScarboro Beach Amusement Park1.3 km outside town, to the east

National historic siteGooderham and Worts Distillery4 km outside town, to the southwest

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)

The Aga Khan Museum: JohnOyston, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ontario Science Centre: BuBZ at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Allan Gardens: Diego Silvestre from Sao Paulo, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Scarboro Beach Amusement Park: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Gooderham and Worts Distillery: Mathew Ingram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Woodbine Corridor.

HousingCost of living D⁻

Fewer households own their home in Woodbine Corridor than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 60%

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

24% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 25% of the median household income, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.

$1,100,000median home value, 2021D⁻Cost of living Grade

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

Woodbine Corridor$1,100,000

Ontario$695,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Woodbine Corridor	Ontario	Canada
Households owning their home	60%	76%	74%
Rent as a share of income	25%	22%	20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	24%	22%	18%

$2,045

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Full pageWoodbine Corridor’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Owners and renters60% own their home Cost of living11.2 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $1,100,000, 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, Woodbine Corridor is ahead of 90% of Canadian towns

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

At 9.2%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. Lives here run to 84.7 years on average, above both Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5). About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Ontario, 50% against 51%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Woodbine Corridor is well placed: 1.0 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

50%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Woodbine Corridor50%

Ontario’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Woodbine Corridor	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

1.0 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 pageWoodbine Corridor’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey50% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care1.0 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

SchoolsSchools A⁻

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

Of the 79, 5 teach in French (10% of schools in Ontario). The largest is Riverdale Collegiate Institute, with 1,600 students. The Catholic boards run 14 of its 79 schools, below the 34% in Ontario. Results are mixed: 29 of 65 schools above the middle in Ontario, 19 below it.

79schools within 3 kmA⁻Schools Grade

School	Level	Students	System
Thorncliffe Park Public School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades 1–5	Elementary · Grades 1–5	1,305	English public
Riverdale Collegiate Institute Top fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	1,600	English public
ÉÉC Georges-Étienne-Cartier FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades JK–6	Elementary · Grades JK–6	310	French Catholic
Malvern Collegiate Institute Top fifth in OntarioResults in the top fifth in OntarioSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	1,140	English public

See all 79 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public62

English Catholic12

French public3

French Catholic2

Schools within 3 km	Woodbine Corridor	Ontario	Canada
School boards	4	4	3

34,260

students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25

0.7 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageWoodbine Corridor’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

The boards4 school boards · Toronto DSB Every school79 schools within 3 km · 63 elementary schools, 15 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school Results29 of 65 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 Woodbine Corridor?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

Natural hazardsHazard risk A⁻

Woodbine Corridor is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Toronto

No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of Woodbine Corridor’s homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.001% a year). Radon is lower than usual: 2.7% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town.

Lowwildfire bandA⁻Hazard risk Grade

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

Woodbine Corridor2.7%

Ontario’s towns4%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Woodbine Corridor	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

24 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

Full pageWoodbine Corridor’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

FloodOne flood study 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

SafetySafety B⁺

For safety, Woodbine Corridor gets a B+

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. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Toronto service area, with Woodbine Corridor one part of it.

66Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202369

202469

202560

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

7.8

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

non-violent Crime Severity Index

31%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageWoodbine Corridor’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

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

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

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Trips to work from Woodbine Corridor take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average

42%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van55%

Public transit28%

Walk10%

Bicycle4%

Census 2021	Woodbine Corridor	Ontario	Canada
Average trip	33 min	29 min	26 min

$98,400

median household income, 2020

52%

worked from home, May 2021

91%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageWoodbine Corridor’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment11% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work42% 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.

Climate

Winters are mild in Woodbine Corridor: January nights hold at −6.7°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Woodbine Corridor sees July afternoons of 27.0°C on average. The thermometer drops below freezing on 101 days a year, below Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Gardeners get 208 frost-free days, from 11 April to 6 November. Most of the snow comes in January, about 40 cm.

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	Woodbine Corridor	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

101

days with frost a year

208

frost-free days, 11 Apr to 6 Nov

104

days with precipitation a year

Full pageWoodbine Corridor’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 Snow146 cm of snow a year Weather station6.9 km to the station · Toronto (City)

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

Who lives here

Few people in Woodbine Corridor are 65 or over: 12%, below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Both official languages: 16% of residents, higher than both Ontario’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (7.5%). The under-15s are 19% of the population here.

40.6median age

Woodbine CorridorOntarioCanada

OntarioCanada

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

19%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree12%

Postsecondary qualification67%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 51.0% of Woodbine Corridor

Here the census found 6,275 women and 6,025 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.

Who lives in Woodbine Corridor
	Woodbine Corridor	Ontario	Canada
Under 15	19%	15%	16%
15 to 64	69%	65%	64%
65+	12%	19%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	12%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	67%	56%	56%

Full pageWoodbine Corridor’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages40.6 median age · 12% are 65 or over Households5,235 households English and French16% speak both · 0.1% speak French but not English

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

Weather

What November brings in Woodbine Corridor: 2°C at night, 8°C by day

December follows at 3°C by day and −3°C by night. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 71 mm. Snowfall in a normal November: 12 cm. ECCC’s forecast for Toronto is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

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

Full pageWoodbine Corridor’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 (City)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B⁻

Woodbine Corridor’s public library is Toronto Public Library - Danforth/Coxwell

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

Full pageWoodbine Corridor’s library & civic life pageOpen the full Library & civic life page

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

Outdoors

Woodbine Corridor is 17 km from Rouge National Urban Park

For a provincial park, Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park lies 44 km off. Biggest among them: E.T. Seton Park, 130 ha, 2.3 km off. Within 5 km are 34 beaches; Woodbine Beach is the nearest. Walkers have 3 mapped routes close by, starting with the Eastern Ravines & Beaches Discovery Walk - Beach section and Eastern Ravines & Beaches Discovery Walk - ravine section.

2.3%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Woodbine Corridor2.3%

Ontario’s towns2.3%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Woodbine Corridor	Ontario	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	4	4	4

17 km

to Rouge National Urban Park

44 km

to Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park

beaches within 5 km

Full pageWoodbine Corridor’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas13 protected areas within 10 km · E.T. Seton Park National & provincial parks17 km to a national park · Rouge National Urban Park Footpaths & routes3 named routes · Eastern Ravines & Beaches Discovery Walk - Beach section

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

History

Older housing stands out in Woodbine Corridor: 66% predates 1961

66%built before 1961

66%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Woodbine Corridor	Ontario	Canada
Homes built before 1961	66%	22%	18%

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Older homes66% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Woodbine Corridor 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 Woodbine Corridor

15pages on Woodbine Corridor

The big questions

SafetyB⁺Crime Severity Index 66 Housing & costD⁻Homes 11.2 × income Property pricesSchoolsA⁻79 schools within 3 km HealthALife expectancy 84.7 in its region Work & commuteC61% of adults in work Natural hazardsA⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors2.3% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 40.6 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Famous people from around Woodbine Corridor

No notable person born in Woodbine Corridor is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →

Jim BrennanCanadian soccer player · born in Danforth East York · born 1977

Cherie PiperIce hockey player · born in Danforth East York · born 1981

Russell MartinCanadian baseball player · born in Danforth East York · born 1983

Nikkita HolderCanadian hurdler · born in Danforth East York · born 1987

Justin JacksonCanadian basketball player · born in Danforth East York · born 1997

Ralph IntranuovoCanadian ice hockey player · born in Danforth East York · born 1973

Photo credits

Jim Brennan: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0 · Cherie Piper: Krista Windsor, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Russell Martin: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nikkita Holder: Trailpilot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Justin Jackson: Alexander Jonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0

Woodbine Corridor’s neighbours

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

Greenwood-CoxwellEast End-DanforthDanforthWoodbine-LumsdenThe BeachesDanforth East YorkWoodbine Corridor

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Woodbine Corridor	12,283	—	B⁺	D⁻	B⁺	A
Greenwood-Coxwell	14,146	0.9	B	D⁻	B⁻	A
East End-Danforth	22,055	1.2	B	D⁻	B⁻	A
Danforth	9,364	1.4	B⁻	D⁻	C	A
Woodbine-Lumsden	7,928	1.5	B⁺	D⁻	A⁻	A
The Beaches	21,602	1.6	A⁻	D	B⁺	A
Danforth East York	17,073	1.7	A⁻	D⁻	A⁻	A

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

Questions about Woodbine Corridor

Do people in Woodbine Corridor speak French?

French alone: 0.1%.

Is Woodbine Corridor a young town or an old one?

At 40.6, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 19% of the population and seniors 12%.

About Woodbine Corridor

Neighbourhood in Toronto

Woodbine Corridor is a neighbourhood of Toronto, built by TownRatings from Statistics Canada’s smallest census areas and named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.

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

Population: 12,283 (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).