City Council · Ward 21
Scarborough Centre
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About this ward
IncumbentMichael ThompsonSeeking re-election
The centre of Scarborough, taking in Wexford/Maryvale, Dorset Park, Bendale, Eglinton East and Ionview, and wrapping around the Scarborough Centre transit and civic hub. More than half its residents were born outside Canada. Its housing splits almost evenly between single-detached houses and apartment buildings, with little in between.
- 111,560
- Population
- 3,955
- Residents per km²
- $78,000
- Median household income
- 43.2%
- Renter households
- 35.8%
- Renters spending 30%+ of income on housing
- 41.5%
- Homes in buildings of five storeys or more
- 55.3%
- Residents born outside Canada
- 13.3%
- Residents in low income
+1.0% since 2016 · 2,761,285 citywide
28.2 km² of land
$84,000 citywide
$1,338 average monthly rent · 48.1% citywide
40.0% citywide
34.2% 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.