Neighbourhood profile
Alderwood
Alderwood holds 4,399 addresses across 4.98 km². Here is how it measures against the other 157 City of Toronto neighbourhoods on transit, schools, everyday shopping and neighbourhood character.
The overall position is a summary of the four measures below. Those are the useful numbers — a single combined figure compresses most of Toronto into a narrow band and separates very little.
What stands out
- Strongest on neighbourhood character — 13th of 158, top 10% of Toronto.
- Weakest on schools nearby — 155th, which is bottom quarter.
- No subway stop inside the boundary — 54 surface transit stops serve the area.
- $301M of construction value on record across 730 building permits.
How Alderwood compares
Each measure is a rank against all 158 City of Toronto neighbourhoods. Lower is better.
Transit access
127thProximity to TTC subway, streetcar and bus, weighted by walking distance.
14.6 / 20 · bottom quarter
Schools nearby
155thWalking distance to TDSB and TCDSB schools. Proximity only — no ratings are used.
4.8 / 15 · bottom quarter
Everyday shopping
118thGrocery stores and supermarkets within a short walk.
5.1 / 10 · below the city median
Neighbourhood character
13thReported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada method.
18.7 / 25 · top 10% of Toronto
By the numbers
What’s here
Rapid transit
No subway or streetcar route inside the boundary. Bus routes serve the area.
Schools
- St Ambrose Catholic Elementary School · Toronto Catholic District School Board · Elementary
- Lanor Jr Mdl School · Toronto District School Board
- New Haven Learning Centre for Children · None
- Sir Adam Beck Jr School · Toronto District School Board
Groceries
- Farm Boy · supermarket
- Tienda Movil Latin Supermarket · supermarket
Where the money is going
Toronto publishes every cleared building permit with its estimated construction cost. These are the largest on record in Alderwood — a read on where the neighbourhood is being rebuilt, not on what homes are worth.
| Address | Type | Construction value |
|---|---|---|
| 450 Evans Ave | Industrial | $56M |
| 121 Thirtieth St | Industrial | $12M |
| 415 Evans Ave | Retail Store | $11M |
| 636 Evans Ave | SFD - Townhouse | $10M |
| 66 Akron Rd | Industrial Manufacturing Plant | $8M |
| 355 Horner Ave | Industrial | $7M |
| 432 Horner Ave | Recreational | $7M |
| 325 Horner Ave | Gas Station/Car Wash/Repair Garage | $2M |
Next door
Neighbourhoods that share a boundary with Alderwood.
How this was measured
Everything here is computed from open data: City of Toronto address points, building permits and neighbourhood boundaries; Toronto Police Service major crime indicators; TTC schedules; and TDSB and TCDSB school locations.
School figures are proximity only. No school rating or ranking is used anywhere on this site — a distance to a school is a verifiable fact about a location, while a school rating largely reflects the income and demographics of its catchment.
Neighbourhood character is derived from reported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada Crime Severity Index method, so that offences of very different seriousness are not counted as equivalent.
Last computed today. Data refreshes nightly. Nothing on this page is an appraisal, a valuation, or advice about where to live.