Neighbourhood profile
Highland Creek
Highland Creek holds 3,790 addresses across 5.25 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 — 24th of 158, top quarter.
- Weakest on everyday shopping — 156th, which is bottom quarter.
- No subway stop inside the boundary — 56 surface transit stops serve the area.
- $245M of construction value on record across 386 building permits.
How Highland Creek compares
Each measure is a rank against all 158 City of Toronto neighbourhoods. Lower is better.
Transit access
145thProximity to TTC subway, streetcar and bus, weighted by walking distance.
13.0 / 20 · bottom quarter
Schools nearby
147thWalking distance to TDSB and TCDSB schools. Proximity only — no ratings are used.
6.3 / 15 · bottom quarter
Everyday shopping
156thGrocery stores and supermarkets within a short walk.
1.8 / 10 · bottom quarter
Neighbourhood character
24thReported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada method.
17.8 / 25 · top quarter
By the numbers
What’s here
Rapid transit
No subway or streetcar route inside the boundary. Bus routes serve the area.
Schools
- Cardinal Leger Catholic Elementary School · Toronto Catholic District School Board · Elementary
- Centennial College School - Morningside Campus · None
- Highland Creek Public School · Toronto District School Board
- Meadowvale Public School · Toronto District School Board
- Morrish Public School · Toronto District School Board
- Rouge Valley Education Centre · None
Groceries
No grocery store inside the boundary.
Where the money is going
Toronto publishes every cleared building permit with its estimated construction cost. These are the largest on record in Highland Creek — a read on where the neighbourhood is being rebuilt, not on what homes are worth.
| Address | Type | Construction value |
|---|---|---|
| 1050 Military Trl | University | $110M |
| 3300 Ellesmere Rd | Student Residence | $50M |
| 135 Scarboro Ave | SFD - Detached | $5M |
| 1265 Military Trl | University | $3M |
| 11 Acland Cres | SFD - Detached | $2M |
| 31 Scarboro Ave | SFD - Detached | $2M |
| 12 Deep Dene Dr | SFD - Detached | $2M |
| 129 Euclid Ave | SFD - Detached | $2M |
Next door
Neighbourhoods that share a boundary with Highland Creek.
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.