City Council · Ward 20
Scarborough Southwest
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About this ward
IncumbentParthi KandavelSeeking re-election
Scarborough's southwest corner along the Bluffs — Birchcliffe-Cliffside, Cliffcrest, Clairlea-Birchmount, Kennedy Park and Oakridge. It has the lowest average rent in Toronto alongside York South-Weston, and one of the lowest shares of rent-burdened tenant households of any ward. Roughly a third of its homes are single-detached houses.
- 110,095
- Population
- 3,912
- Residents per km²
- $79,000
- Median household income
- 45.7%
- Renter households
- 32.3%
- Renters spending 30%+ of income on housing
- 34.0%
- Homes in buildings of five storeys or more
- 45.8%
- Residents born outside Canada
- 13.9%
- Residents in low income
+1.7% since 2016 · 2,761,285 citywide
28.1 km² of land
$84,000 citywide
$1,196 average monthly rent · 48.1% citywide
40.0% citywide
35.4% 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.