City Council · Ward 18
Willowdale
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About this ward
IncumbentLily ChengSeeking re-election
The Yonge Street corridor through North York, from Lansing-Westgate up to Newtonbrook at Steeles, including Yonge-Doris, Willowdale West and Avondale. Sixty per cent of its residents were born outside Canada and 60 per cent of its homes are in towers, most of them along Yonge. It has the highest share of rent-burdened tenant households in Toronto — nearly half spend 30 per cent or more of their income on housing — and one of the highest rates of low income.
- 117,130
- Population
- 5,928
- Residents per km²
- $81,000
- Median household income
- 42.0%
- Renter households
- 49.3%
- Renters spending 30%+ of income on housing
- 60.7%
- Homes in buildings of five storeys or more
- 60.2%
- Residents born outside Canada
- 17.8%
- Residents in low income
−0.2% since 2016 · 2,761,285 citywide
19.8 km² of land
$84,000 citywide
$1,880 average monthly rent · 48.1% citywide
40.0% citywide
24.6% single-detached · 46.7% citywide
46.6% citywide
Low-income measure, after tax · 13.2% citywide
Figures from the 2021 Census of Population, via the City of Toronto’s ward profiles.