At a glance
A west-end neighbourhood with a historic main street on Dundas West, small detached and semi-detached houses and newer condos along the rail line. About 42% of households rent and 15% of residents are children. Median owner-estimated home values are more modest than in nearby neighbourhoods like Bloor West.
- Median home value
- $1.00M 2021 census, owner estimate · city $900K
- Residents
- 16,077 Toronto Police estimate for 2025, up from 14,010 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 42% city 48%
- Homes that are apartments
- 53% city 61%
What the numbers mean
- Owners valued the median home at $1.00M in the 2021 census, 11% above the Toronto median of $900K. Prices have moved since, so treat it as a relative guide.
- 42% of households rent, below the 48% city-wide.
- Tenants here paid a median of $1,460 a month in shelter costs (rent plus utilities and fees) in the 2021 census, close to 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 14,010 at the 2021 census.
Homes
Share of homes by type, Toronto Police estimate for 2025, up from 14,010 at the 2021 census.
Daily errands on foot1
Places within the neighbourhood or a 5-minute walk of its edge, compared with the typical neighbourhood in Toronto.
- Supermarkets
- 9 city median 9
- Cafés and bakeries
- 36 city median 38
- Pharmacies and clinics
- 15 city median 20
- Playgrounds and dog parks
- 43 city median 30
Upfront closing costs2
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 2021 census home-value estimate, and today's prices are higher, so the real bill will be larger.
- Ontario land transfer tax
- $16,480 on $1.00M
- Toronto municipal land transfer tax
- $16,480 on $1.00M
- Total
- $32,950 3.3% of the price
Household income and housing costs3
What households here earn and how much of it housing takes, 2021 Census.
- Median household income
- $96,000 2020, before tax
- Spend 30%+ on housing
- 27% of owner and tenant households
- Owners' monthly cost
- $1,900 median shelter cost
- Tenants' monthly cost
- $1,460 median shelter cost
Typical apartment rent nearby4
The Junction sits in CMHC's Toronto (West) survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:
- Studio
- $1,410 −$81 vs metro average
- 1 bedroom
- $1,798 +$37 vs metro average
- 2 bedroom
- $2,252 +$207 vs metro average
- 3 bedroom or more
- $3,238 +$944 vs metro average
How it's changing
Toronto doesn't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.
Safety5
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
- 21.0 per 1,000 · above the 12.5 median
- Violent crime
- 9.8 per 1,000 · median 7.1
- Property crime
- 11.2 per 1,000 · median 5.5
- Reported crime runs about 1.7× the median Toronto neighbourhood: 21.0 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 12.5.
- The most common reported crime is assault, 43% of the total. 53% of incidents are property crime.
- Reported crime has risen since 2020 (255 to 338 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
- 17
- Theft over $5,000
- 14
- Shootings and firearm discharges
- 1