Best Toronto neighbourhoods for a Remote Worker

Where does someone who works from home get quiet, space and somewhere to go at lunchtime? 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. Working from home removes the commute constraint rather than adding one, and the remaining must-haves (a spare room, reliable internet at a specific address) are not answerable from neighbourhood-level data.

158 of 158 neighbourhoods qualify.

Then ranked on
quiet20%trail access15%dining and cafes15%safety15%climate15%grocery access10%affordability10%

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
Danforth East York
73 quiet82 safety71 dining and cafes

Trade-off: affordability at 39 out of 100.

67
2
East Willowdale
97 trail access59 quiet69 safety

Trade-off: affordability at 33 out of 100.

63
3
Steeles
95 trail access64 quiet69 safety

Trade-off: grocery access at 18 out of 100.

62
4
Willowdale West
98 trail access66 safety66 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 41 out of 100.

62
5
Blake-Jones
87 dining and cafes64 climate63 safety

Trade-off: affordability at 33 out of 100.

59
6
Caledonia-Fairbank
66 quiet66 safety65 dining and cafes

Trade-off: trail access at 14 out of 100.

59
7
Mount Pleasant East
78 dining and cafes67 safety45 quiet

Trade-off: affordability at 24 out of 100.

59
8
Taylor-Massey
52 quiet65 trail access63 climate

Trade-off: safety at 42 out of 100.

59
9
Yonge-Doris
98 trail access82 dining and cafes64 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

59
10
North St.James Town
93 dining and cafes64 climate95 grocery access

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

58
11
York University Heights
66 quiet84 trail access58 climate

Trade-off: grocery access at 30 out of 100.

58
12
Broadview North
70 dining and cafes58 trail access58 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 38 out of 100.

57
13
Church-Wellesley
97 dining and cafes97 grocery access63 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

57
14
Greenwood-Coxwell
73 dining and cafes66 safety65 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 40 out of 100.

57
15
Oakwood Village
75 dining and cafes69 safety65 climate

Trade-off: trail access at 22 out of 100.

57
16
Woodbine-Lumsden
72 safety52 quiet64 climate

Trade-off: trail access at 36 out of 100.

57
17
Avondale
94 trail access71 dining and cafes64 safety

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

56
18
Bay-Cloverhill
97 dining and cafes97 grocery access63 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

56
19
Downtown Yonge East
99 dining and cafes100 grocery access63 trail access

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

56
20
Harbourfront-CityPlace
97 dining and cafes94 grocery access61 trail access

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

56
21
Moss Park
96 dining and cafes66 trail access99 grocery access

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

56
22
Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown
82 trail access52 quiet59 climate

Trade-off: dining and cafes at 33 out of 100.

56
23
O'Connor-Parkview
57 quiet75 trail access61 climate

Trade-off: dining and cafes at 33 out of 100.

56
24
Regent Park
88 dining and cafes63 trail access93 grocery access

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

56
25
Wellington Place
99 dining and cafes98 grocery access63 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

56

Frequently asked

What is the best Toronto neighbourhood for a Remote Worker?
On this ranking, Danforth East York leads at 67 out of 100, driven by quiet, safety, dining and cafes. East Willowdale and Steeles 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 Remote Worker ranking calculated?
All 158 recommendable Toronto neighbourhoods are scored on a weighted blend of quiet 20%, trail access 15%, dining and cafes 15%, safety 15%, climate 15%, grocery access 10%, affordability 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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