At a glance
A tightly packed group of apartment towers east of Yonge Street, home to many newcomers. Almost all households rent.
- Median home value (est.)
- $669K* * est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $803K
- Residents
- 23,408 Toronto Police estimate for 2025, up from 18,535 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 89% city 48%
- Homes that are apartments
- 99% city 61%
What the numbers mean
- Owners valued the median home at $750K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Toronto MLS® Home Price Index (-11% since then), that is about $669K, 17% below the Toronto median of $803K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
- 89% of households rent, well above the 48% city-wide, so expect a younger, more mobile mix of neighbours.
- 31% of residents are 20 to 34, versus 24% city-wide. It skews young-professional.
- 99% of homes are apartments (61% city-wide), so a condo is the usual way in.
- Tenants here paid a median of $1,300 a month in shelter costs (rent plus utilities and fees) in the 2021 census, 10% below the $1,450 median across Toronto's 158 neighbourhoods. That figure covers all tenants, including long-term ones, so a new lease will cost more.
Who lives here
Share of residents by age, Toronto Police estimate for 2025, up from 18,535 at the 2021 census.
Homes
Share of homes by type, Toronto Police estimate for 2025, up from 18,535 at the 2021 census.
Upfront closing costs1
Toronto buyers pay land transfer tax twice, once to Ontario and once to the City, so the bill is about double Ontario's alone. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.
- Ontario land transfer tax
- $9,860 on $669K
- Toronto municipal land transfer tax
- $9,860 on $669K
- Total
- $19,710 2.9% of the price
Household income and housing costs2
What households here earn and how much of it housing takes, 2021 Census.
- Median household income
- $59,200 2020, before tax
- Spend 30%+ on housing
- 36% of owner and tenant households
- Owners' monthly cost
- $2,060 median shelter cost
- Tenants' monthly cost
- $1,300 median shelter cost
Typical apartment rent nearby3
North St. James Town sits in CMHC's Toronto (Central) survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:
- Studio
- $1,606 +$115 vs metro average
- 1 bedroom
- $2,042 +$281 vs metro average
- 2 bedroom
- $2,776 +$731 vs metro average
- 3 bedroom or more
- $3,580 +$1,286 vs metro average
How it's changing
Toronto doesn't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.
Safety4
Reported incidents in 2025 (the latest full year Toronto Police publish by neighbourhood), per 1,000 residents, compared with the median of 158 Toronto neighbourhoods.
- Reported crime
- 17.3 per 1,000 · above the 12.5 median
- Violent crime
- 13.6 per 1,000 · median 7.1
- Property crime
- 3.8 per 1,000 · median 5.5
- Reported crime runs about 1.4× the median Toronto neighbourhood: 17.3 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 12.5.
- The most common reported crime is assault, 74% of the total. 22% of incidents are property crime.
- Crime has been roughly flat since 2020, at about 418 reported incidents a year.
- Busy main streets, transit and nightlife bring in visitors, and incidents are counted where they happen, not where people live.
Crime per 1,000 residents
What gets reported
Top crime types in the rate, same period.
Other reported incidents
Counted by police but left out of the rate, same period.
- Bicycle theft
- 25
- Theft over $5,000
- 9
- Shootings and firearm discharges
- 1