Toronto
Canada
Average 1-bedroom rent CAD 1,761/month (Toronto metro area, 2025)
Housing and income figures for Toronto from official statistics, each with its source and date. Country-level context is labelled as country-level. More figures are added only when an official source and date are available.
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City Overview
A 1-bedroom home in a purpose-built rental block in the Toronto metro area rented for an average of CAD 1,761 a month (2025). Median after-tax income of families and single persons was CAD 82,500 a year (2024). 40.5% of renter households paid 30% or more of their income on housing (2021).
♙Population2,794,356
▣CurrencyCAD
◷TimezoneAmerica/Toronto
▤CountryCanada
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Cost of Living in Toronto
Overall price-level data is not yet available.
—Price level index (Brussels = 100)
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What Stands Out
Favorable signals● High internet use nationally
ConsiderationsNo major negative claim is inferred from the current core data.
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Income
Median after-tax income
Families and single persons, after taxCAD 82,500/yearToronto metro area, 2024, official statistics · source
Families and single persons, after taxCAD 82,500/yearToronto metro area, 2024, official statistics · source
Unemployment6.9%Country context when available (national)
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Climate & Context
Average temperature9.0°CYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Total rainfall820 mm/yearYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Internet users94%Country context (national)
Physicians per 1,000 people2.8Country context (national)
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Sources & dates for Toronto
Average rent, 1-bedroom, purpose-built rentals
CMHC Rental Market Survey (October), Toronto census metropolitan area, row and apartment buildings of three or more units. It covers existing tenancies, so asking rents on new leases can be higher. Condominium rentals are not included. Not the same basis as the Eurostat 1-bedroom rent.CAD 1,761/monthStatistics Canada table 34-10-0133, CMHC average rents · reference period Oct 2025
CMHC Rental Market Survey (October), Toronto census metropolitan area, row and apartment buildings of three or more units. It covers existing tenancies, so asking rents on new leases can be higher. Condominium rentals are not included. Not the same basis as the Eurostat 1-bedroom rent.CAD 1,761/monthStatistics Canada table 34-10-0133, CMHC average rents · reference period Oct 2025
Median after-tax income, families and single persons
Canadian Income Survey, Toronto census metropolitan area, in 2024 constant dollars. Covers economic families and people living alone, after income tax.CAD 82,500/yearStatistics Canada table 11-10-0190, Canadian Income Survey · reference period 2024
Canadian Income Survey, Toronto census metropolitan area, in 2024 constant dollars. Covers economic families and people living alone, after income tax.CAD 82,500/yearStatistics Canada table 11-10-0190, Canadian Income Survey · reference period 2024
Renter households paying over 30% of income
2021 Census, Toronto census metropolitan area: renter households spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs. Shelter costs include rent and utilities. The latest census; the share may differ today.40.5%Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population · reference period May 2021
2021 Census, Toronto census metropolitan area: renter households spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs. Shelter costs include rent and utilities. The latest census; the share may differ today.40.5%Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population · reference period May 2021
Average temperature
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.9.0 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.9.0 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Total rainfall
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.820 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.820 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Unemployment, homicide rate, doctors, university enrolment and internet use above are national World Bank indicators for the whole country and are marked “national”. See the methodology for how each figure is collected, or report a correction.