Best Toronto neighbourhoods for a Growing Family
Where does a household with young children get schools, parks and low daily-life risk? 128 of 158 Toronto neighbourhoods qualify, top 25 shown. Updated 2026.
- Not in the city's bottom fifth for school access
School access is treated as a requirement: a neighbourhood in the city's bottom fifth for school reach is excluded, because the premise of this page is children.
128 of 158 neighbourhoods qualify, 30 excluded.
These weights are our judgment about what this situation usually calls for, not a fact about the city. They are published here so you can disagree with them.
Trade-off: trail access at 49 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 45 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 34 out of 100.
Trade-off: trail access at 35 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 28 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 8 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 16 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: grocery access at 42 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 18 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: trail access at 39 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: trail access at 20 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.
Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.