Yonge-Bay CorridorToronto
Toronto is split into 158 neighbourhoods, and this is one. A neighbourhood in Toronto, home to 12,888 people.
Is Yonge-Bay Corridor a good place to live?
Housing is expensive (D−). With a C overall, Yonge-Bay Corridor is better than 28% of Canadian towns and ranks #695 of 858 in Ontario. Health outcomes beat most towns (A). It is strong on walkability as well (A+). Crime is the sore point (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 Yonge-Bay Corridor grades
Each subject compares Yonge-Bay 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 TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Yonge-Bay Corridor stand out
The 3 things Yonge-Bay Corridor does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Yonge-Bay Corridor.
Rent takes more of local pay in Yonge-Bay Corridor than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 36% of household income
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 52% of households, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). 32% of households are owner-occupiers. Nobody publishes rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for Yonge-Bay Corridor alone, so this card uses the figure for the Toronto metro area.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 36% | 22% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 32% | 76% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 52% | 22% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.
Yonge-Bay Corridor is graded a D 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.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 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 · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: one figure for all of the Toronto service area
Yonge-Bay Corridor scores better for health than 92% of Canadian towns
Women in the region live to 87.2 and men to 82.0, 84.7 years taken together (2022/2024). On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 16% of the region’s adults on average, close to both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). At 9.2%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Yonge-Bay 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% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy published for the City of Toronto Health Unit, not by town
Fewer of Yonge-Bay Corridor’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 78% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work took 25 min, lower than Ontario’s towns (29 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 25 min | 29 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Hazards in Yonge-Bay Corridor are mild: low wildfire and earthquake risk, and 2.7% of area homes above the radon guideline
Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Toronto
NRCan expects $0.043 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Yonge-Bay Corridor, near the typical $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Yonge-Bay Corridor on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Yonge-Bay 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 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
English or French, public or Catholic: Yonge-Bay Corridor’s schools come under 4 boards
5 of the 79 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Of its 59 tested schools, 25 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 19 in the bottom two.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Avenue Junior Public School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | Elementary · Grades JK–6 | 680 | English public |
| Central Technical School VocationalLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 985 | English public |
| Collège français élémentaire FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades 7–8 | Elementary · Grades 7–8 | 75 | 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 |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Yonge-Bay Corridor | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25
Yonge-Bay Corridor has milder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −6.7°C
A normal January brings 32 cm of snow, the most of any month. There are 101 days of frost in a typical 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 Yonge-Bay Corridor typically reaches 27.0°C.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Yonge-Bay 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 |
| Snowfall a year | 115 cm | 146 cm | 141 cm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Toronto (City))
Visible minorities make up more of Yonge-Bay Corridor than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 72%
First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.2% of residents, lower than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).
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 51.1% of Yonge-Bay Corridor
6,305 men and 6,580 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.
| Yonge-Bay Corridor | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 7.6% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 85% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 7.1% | 19% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 2.7% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 82% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
A normal November in Yonge-Bay Corridor runs from 2°C to 8°C
By December, a normal day reaches 3°C and a night falls to −3°C. A typical November adds 9 cm of snow. A normal November brings 71 mm of rain and snow. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Toronto forecast.
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
Toronto has one council seat for every 125,840 residents, more than 99% of municipalities in Ontario
Toronto, which governs Yonge-Bay Corridor, elected John Tory mayor in October 2022.
| Turnout | Yonge-Bay Corridor | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal election, 2022 | 30% | 31% | 31% |
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Yonge-Bay Corridor has one public library, Toronto Public Library - City Hall
Toronto Public Library serves the whole of Toronto, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 3,110,984 people, Yonge-Bay Corridor among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
A national park 23 km from Yonge-Bay Corridor: Rouge National Urban Park
The closest provincial park is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 40 km from the edge of town. The largest is E.T. Seton Park: 130 ha, 5.2 km from the edge of town. Walkers have 9 mapped routes close by, starting with the PATH and Uptown Toronto Discovery Walk. For a swim, HTO Beach is the nearest of 38 beaches within 5 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Yonge-Bay Corridor | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Yonge-Bay Corridor: 4 historic places, every one with the highest designation
Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 1.9% of homes, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Go back to 1829 and you reach Osgoode Hall, the oldest of them.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
| Heritage | Yonge-Bay Corridor | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 1.9% | 22% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Yonge-Bay Corridor
Design Exchange and 126 more in and around Yonge-Bay Corridor
What there is to see in Yonge-Bay Corridor and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.
MuseumDesign Exchangein town · 225K visitors a year
Big drawAttractionCN Tower300 m outside town, to the south · 1.5M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumRoyal Ontario Museum1 km outside town, to the northwest · 281.4M visitors a year (2025)
Big drawArt galleryArt Gallery of Ontario400 m outside town, to the southwest · 873K visitors a year (2016)
Historic houseCasa Loma2.6 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumBata Shoe Museum1.2 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Design Exchange: nodomain.cc, CC BY 2.0, 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
- Casa Loma: Evelyncyuzu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bata Shoe Museum: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Yonge-Bay Corridor
Neighbourhood in Toronto
Yonge-Bay 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
- 12,888 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
- Census subdivision
- 3520005
Yonge-Bay Corridor’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-Bay Corridor | 12,888 | — | C | D− | D | A |
| Downtown Yonge East | 18,251 | 0.6 | C | D− | D | A |
| Bay-Cloverhill | 17,591 | 1 | B− | D− | B | A |
| Kensington-Chinatown | 18,597 | 1.1 | C | D− | D | A |
| Church-Wellesley | 22,415 | 1.1 | C+ | D− | C | A |
| Moss Park | 22,701 | 1.3 | C | D− | D | A |
| Cabbagetown-South St.James Town | 11,205 | 1.4 | B− | D− | C | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Yonge-Bay Corridor
Is Yonge-Bay Corridor a young town or an old one?
The typical resident is 31.2 (Canadian towns: 45.2), with seniors at 7% of the population and under-15s at 8%.
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).