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 quiet80 safety65 climate

Trade-off: affordability at 39 out of 100.

65
2
Willowdale West
96 trail access68 safety66 dining and cafes

Trade-off: quiet at 41 out of 100.

63
3
Steeles
96 trail access64 quiet71 safety

Trade-off: grocery access at 15 out of 100.

62
4
East Willowdale
95 trail access59 quiet67 safety

Trade-off: affordability at 33 out of 100.

61
5
Yonge-Doris
98 trail access85 dining and cafes63 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

61
6
Mount Pleasant East
78 dining and cafes67 safety63 trail access

Trade-off: affordability at 24 out of 100.

59
7
Caledonia-Fairbank
66 quiet66 dining and cafes66 safety

Trade-off: trail access at 8 out of 100.

58
8
North St.James Town
92 dining and cafes63 trail access63 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

58
9
Oakwood Village
78 dining and cafes70 safety64 climate

Trade-off: trail access at 20 out of 100.

58
10
Blake-Jones
80 dining and cafes66 safety63 climate

Trade-off: affordability at 33 out of 100.

57
11
Church-Wellesley
97 dining and cafes97 grocery access62 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

57
12
Downtown Yonge East
99 dining and cafes100 grocery access66 trail access

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

57
13
Harbourfront-CityPlace
97 dining and cafes65 trail access93 grocery access

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

57
14
South Eglinton-Davisville
89 dining and cafes69 safety62 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

57
15
Wellington Place
99 dining and cafes98 grocery access64 trail access

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

57
16
Bay-Cloverhill
98 dining and cafes97 grocery access62 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

56
17
Black Creek
94 trail access65 climate89 affordability

Trade-off: safety at 32 out of 100.

56
18
Broadview North
64 dining and cafes61 trail access58 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 38 out of 100.

56
19
Moss Park
94 dining and cafes66 trail access97 grocery access

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

56
20
North Toronto
89 dining and cafes59 climate58 trail access

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

56
21
West Queen West
94 dining and cafes63 climate61 safety

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

56
22
Westminster-Branson
93 trail access51 quiet62 safety

Trade-off: dining and cafes at 17 out of 100.

56
23
York University Heights
66 quiet82 trail access57 climate

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

56
24
Avondale
90 trail access70 dining and cafes63 climate

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

55
25
Forest Hill South
52 quiet66 safety65 climate

Trade-off: affordability at 32 out of 100.

55

Frequently asked

What is the best Toronto neighbourhood for a Remote Worker?
On this ranking, Danforth East York leads at 65 out of 100, driven by quiet, safety, climate. Willowdale West 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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