Best Toronto neighbourhoods for an Investor

Where do rental demand, yield and appreciation line up for a buy-to-let purchase? 158 of 158 Toronto neighbourhoods qualify, top 25 shown. Updated 2026.

How this ranking is built
No hard filter

This page applies no hard filter. An investor's real constraints (financing, target yield, unit type) are set by the deal rather than the neighbourhood, so everything with enough evidence is ranked and the yield signal is shown per row.

158 of 158 neighbourhoods qualify.

Then ranked on
rental yield25%value growth20%entry price15%transit access15%safety15%development activity10%

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.

1
Bay-Cloverhill
99 transit access50 rental yield71 entry price

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

68
2
North St.James Town
89 entry price84 transit access50 rental yield

Trade-off: safety at 48 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

66
3
Wellington Place
54 rental yield82 transit access81 entry price

Trade-off: safety at 33 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

66
4
Church-Wellesley
99 transit access50 rental yield80 entry price

Trade-off: safety at 45 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

65
5
South Eglinton-Davisville
80 transit access47 rental yield72 entry price

Trade-off: rental yield at 47 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

65
6
Yonge-Bay Corridor
99 transit access51 rental yield72 entry price

Trade-off: safety at 32 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

65
7
Downtown Yonge East
100 transit access49 rental yield80 entry price

Trade-off: safety at 32 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

64
8
West Queen West
50 rental yield77 transit access72 entry price

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

64
9
Fort York-Liberty Village
54 rental yield78 entry price91 development activity

Trade-off: safety at 49 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

63
10
Moss Park
98 transit access78 entry price40 rental yield

Trade-off: safety at 35 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

63
11
Harbourfront-CityPlace
55 rental yield78 entry price87 development activity

Trade-off: safety at 47 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

61
12
Mount Dennis
83 entry price69 transit access41 rental yield

Trade-off: rental yield at 41 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

61
13
North Toronto
50 rental yield83 entry price63 transit access

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

61
14
Regent Park
93 transit access78 entry price39 rental yield

Trade-off: rental yield at 39 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

61
15
St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands
51 rental yield75 transit access74 entry price

Trade-off: safety at 37 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

61
16
Etobicoke City Centre
55 rental yield80 entry price94 development activity

Trade-off: safety at 31 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

60
17
Flemingdon Park
56 rental yield91 entry price56 transit access

Trade-off: development activity at 38 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

59
18
Avondale
53 rental yield75 entry price61 safety

Trade-off: transit access at 37 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

58
19
Henry Farm
52 rental yield79 entry price68 safety

Trade-off: transit access at 38 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

58
20
Kensington-Chinatown
92 transit access70 entry price37 rental yield

Trade-off: safety at 32 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

56
21
Yonge-Doris
57 rental yield81 entry price59 safety

Trade-off: development activity at 32 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

56
22
Humber Bay Shores
57 rental yield85 entry price52 safety

Trade-off: transit access at 26 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

55
23
Keelesdale-Eglinton West
73 entry price73 transit access36 rental yield

Trade-off: development activity at 35 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

54
24
Taylor-Massey
89 transit access84 entry price39 rental yield

Trade-off: development activity at 12 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

54
25
High Park North
83 transit access64 safety30 rental yield

Trade-off: rental yield at 30 out of 100.

No data for value growth. Scored on the 80% of factors we have.

53

Frequently asked

What is the best Toronto neighbourhood for an Investor?
On this ranking, Bay-Cloverhill leads at 68 out of 100, driven by transit access, rental yield, entry price. North St.James Town and Wellington Place follow. There is no single best neighbourhood: this is the ranking that falls out of the priorities published above, and different priorities give a different order.
How is the Investor ranking calculated?
All 158 recommendable Toronto neighbourhoods are scored on a weighted blend of rental yield 25%, value growth 20%, entry price 15%, transit access 15%, safety 15%, development activity 10%, using population-weighted dissemination-area data. The weighting is our editorial judgment about what this situation usually calls for, published here so you can disagree with it and re-rank on your own priorities.
What data is missing from this ranking?
Scores are computed only where the underlying data exists. A factor with no data for a neighbourhood is dropped from that neighbourhood's average rather than scored as zero, and each row states which factors were unavailable. Neighbourhoods with data for less than half their weighted factors are not ranked at all.
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