Our daughter is relocating to Toronto. She is single, working in a tech company. We are not very familiar with the safe neighborhoods for renting an apartment and would like to know more about it. Her rent budget is CAD 2000 per month, all-inclusive.
Google: Safest neighborhoods in Toronto, Ontario, Canada & you will be an expert on this topic in minutes.
There are a lot of things I/we rely on Google to teach us fast. Personally for a question like this I’d rather have a human response and detail than a internet generated article or dry statistics.
I hope someone can help you out @Rintu !!!
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Toronto is a pretty safe town. Even for women walking at night. She might want to be within walking distance to her workplace. If she’s been to Toronto and walked around a bit she might have a preference and can go from there.
I have no idea what that budget will rent these days. In general, rents are higher in Canada than in the US. But if she is already in a major US city, her rent might be less in Toronto. Make sure to check how the apartment is heated ( and if they know the costs). With oil at $5-6 that could add a lot to her costs. Canadians build with an eye toward the Winter so things are usually better insulated, but you can really have much higher heatings costs depending on the building.
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I live in downtown Toronto at the Harbourfront. A lot will depend on where your daughter needs to be (where her office is located or where people in her social circle reside), but a good rule of thumb is that areas along the Line 1 subway (yellow line) are safe and prime real estate for young singles although they tend to be more expensive as well. A lot of young singles also live in the vibrant and relatively-new City Place and Liberty Village developments just west of the downtown core, but those areas are a little less convenient because they rely on buses and streetcars for public transit and aren’t directly on a subway line. Areas around Yonge & Eglinton or west in High Park have a more established and family feel if that’s what she wants. I would steer clear of the areas immediately east of the central business district.
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At a minimum she should stay away from the Jane and Finch area which is close to York University.
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I grew up in Toronto and my two oldest graduated high school there. One still rents in downtown Toronto. They have a roommate in a 2 bedroom, which makes their share a lot less than if they were renting on their own. $2000/month is tight. We used the site viewit.ca to find apartments for both. At one point, they both lived in The Annex which is an excellent neighborhood with lots of rental buildings.
Rentals have always been tough to find in Toronto. Units which were occupied prior to November, 2018 are rent controlled.
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Toronto is one of the top safest cities in North America but still needs to be street smart in the big city.
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Is her job in person? Real estate has been sky rocketing in Ontario. But some areas are seeing movement of residents away from business centers because work may be performed remotely.
I spent 18 years in the city, though I have been away for over 25(still visit). Where will your daughter be working, does she plan to drive to work, and will she need frequent access to the airport? We can name all sorts of neigbourhoods(check out the Canadian spelling,eh?), but that won’t help her if she needs to commute 90 minutes each way. Toronto has some nightmarish traffic, but reasonably good public transit.
It’s no good recommending that she live in the High Park area(West part of Toronto) if she needs to get to Scarborough(Eastern suburb) to work.
In other words, we need more specific info to give a useful answer.
@gwnorth so it’s still bad there?
Thank you for your valuable guidance. Indeed, she has used all the available online resources to find out options that would suit her requirements. However, in my opinion, guidance from others who have better knowledge due to their own experience could be of great help.
- It is most likely that she will have to attend her office, at least 3 days a week, starting from April 2022.
- She has shipped her car. However, the weather in Toronto is very different from that of Austin. Driving during the peak winter could be something she has to learn!
- She is willing to spend up to CAD 2000 per month on rent (including the cost of heating).
4 Thank you all for sharing your firsthand knowledge about some of the neighborhoods that she should consider/avoid. l will share it with our daughter.
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Both facts & anecdotes can be useful.