Do these figures describe a specific address in M5E?

No. M5E is a forward sortation area — the first three characters of a postal code — and every figure here describes the whole of it. That is the finest granularity Canadian open data supports; a full six-character postal code requires a licensed Canada Post file. Conditions on one street can differ from the area average.

Why is the crime figure for Toronto, Ontario rather than for M5E?

Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada. Statistics Canada publishes it by police service, aggregated to metropolitan areas and provinces, which for M5E means Toronto, Ontario. Toronto also publishes figures for its own neighbourhoods, which are shown separately — they count different things over different areas and will not agree.

How current is this profile?

The census figures are from the 2021 Census. The other panels carry their own dates, shown beside each one, because they are published on different schedules — crime annually, CMHC rents each October, asking rents quarterly, and the air quality index live. Each figure is labelled with the vintage it came from rather than the date you are reading it.

Does this page rank or score M5E?

No. There is no score, no grade, no star rating and no ranking against other areas. Every figure is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are combined. The site describes places using published statistics; it does not draw conclusions about the people who live in them.

M5E

Ontario

M5E had a population of 11,779 in the 2021 Census in Toronto. Its population density makes it a densely built urban area.

There were 8,246 private dwellings across 0.5 km².

Median household income was 17% higher than the national figure.

Median after-tax household income was 11% higher than the national figure.

The median age was 17% lower than the national figure.

The unemployment rate was 13% lower than the national figure.

The share of people in low income (LIM-AT) was 23% higher than the national figure.

Average household size was 33% lower than the national figure.

The boundary of forward sortation area M5E covering 0.5 km², in Toronto, Ontario. The outline marks the whole postal area; it is not a street-level boundary.

Population, 2021

11,779

Ontario · mostly Toronto

Counts for M5E, 2021 Census. These describe this area and are deliberately not compared to a city or a country — a count of households is not comparable to a national total.
Private dwellings	8,246
Owner households	3,085
Renter households	4,320
Immigrants	4,905
Land area	0.5 km²

Selected 2021 Census figures for M5E, against its city, province and Canada. A blank comparison means the figure was not published for that geography.
Measure	M5E	Toronto	Ontario	Canada
Median household income	$98,000	$97,000	$91,000	$84,000
Median after-tax income	$81,000	$85,000	$79,500	$73,000
Median age	34.4	39.6	41.6	41.6
Unemployment rate	9%	13.3%	12.2%	10.3%
Low income (LIM-AT)	13.6%	10.2%	10.1%	11.1%
Average household size	1.6	2.7	2.6	2.4

Median household income in M5E is 17% higher than the national figure.
Median after-tax income in M5E is 11% higher than the national figure.
Median age in M5E is 17% lower than the national figure.
Unemployment rate in M5E is 13% lower than the national figure.
Low income (LIM-AT) in M5E is 23% higher than the national figure.
Average household size in M5E is 33% lower than the national figure.

How close everyday amenities are — not how good they are. Each figure is the share of this area’s residents who have that amenity within the distance shown, weighted by where people actually live.

Residents with a grocery store within a 1 km walk

100%

30 points higher than the national share of 70%

Share of M5E’s residents with each amenity within reach. The proximity index in the last column is scaled against all of Canada, where the national average is close to zero — read it against Canada, never on its own.
Amenity	Within	M5E	Canada	Compared	Index vs Canada
Grocery storeSupermarkets and general-line grocery retailers.	1 km walk	100%	70%	30 points higher than Canada	14.6× the national index
Public transitA transit stop, weighted by how many trips serve it.	1 km walk	100%	66%	34 points higher than Canada	11.7× the national index
ParkNeighbourhood parks and green space.	1 km walk	100%	80%	20 points higher than Canada	5.2× the national index
PharmacyPharmacies and drug stores.	1 km walk	100%	45%	55 points higher than Canada	14.4× the national index
Child careLicensed child care facilities.	1.5 km walk	100%	86%	14 points higher than Canada	1.9× the national index
Primary schoolPrimary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.	1.5 km walk	100%	71%	29 points higher than Canada	2.4× the national index
Secondary schoolSecondary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.	1.5 km walk	100%	60%	40 points higher than Canada	3.7× the national index
LibraryPublic libraries.	1.5 km walk	100%	28%	72 points higher than Canada	6.9× the national index
Health careDoctors, clinics and other health facilities.	3 km drive	100%	92%	8 points higher than Canada	12.8× the national index
EmploymentJobs, weighted by how many are at each location.	10 km drive	100%	98%	about the same as Canada	11.5× the national index

100% of M5E’s residents live in a block Statistics Canada classifies as an amenity-dense neighbourhood — one with a grocery store, pharmacy, health care, child care, a primary school, a library, a transit stop and a source of employment all in range. Nationally it is 16%. This is StatCan’s composite, not ours.

These measure how close an amenity is, never its quality. A school 500 m away is a school 500 m away — nothing here says anything about the school itself.
The proximity index is scaled against all of Canada, where 1 is the single most well-served block in the country and the national average is close to zero. It is useful for comparing places and misleading as a score.

Source: Statistics Canada, Proximity Measures Database (17-26-0002), 2021 reference year. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Measured at the dissemination block and aggregated to this postal area, weighted by population.

Two different rents, and neither one is “the rent here”.

CMHC surveys what tenants are paying — including people who have not moved in years — and only in purpose-built rental buildings of three units or more, so it leaves out rented condos, which in the largest cities is most of the market. Statistics Canada measures what is being asked in current listings, across the whole market. If you are staying put the first is closer; if you are moving, the second is.

M5E sits inside one CMHC survey zone, Toronto (Central).

Average rent paid in Toronto's survey zones covering M5E (CMHC, October 2025), against average asking rent across Toronto (Statistics Canada, January 2026). The two are measured differently and are not comparable line by line.
Unit	Being paid (CMHC)	Reliability	Being asked (StatCan)
Studio	$1,606	excellent (a)	$1,760
1 bedroom	$2,042	excellent (a)	$2,110
2 bedrooms	$2,776	very good (b)	$2,660
3+ bedrooms	$3,580	use with caution (d)	$3,250

Reliability is CMHC’s own code for how much the sample supports the figure, from excellent to use with caution. Where several zones cover M5E, the weakest of their codes is shown.

Neither figure is "the rent" for this area. One is a survey of buildings, the other a survey of listings, and both describe areas larger than a postal code.

Source: Statistics Canada, table 46-10-0092 (asking rents, experimental). Data current as of January 2026. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Experimental estimates drawn from online listings, published for selected metropolitan areas only.

Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation of this product.

Air Quality Health Index at Toronto Downtown

2.74

Low risk · 11:00 AM EDT Thursday 13 August 2026

The Air Quality Health Index combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale. It is a reading at a station, not a measurement of any address.
Station	Toronto Downtown
Distance from M5E	3.8 km
Reading	2.74 — Low risk
Highest forecast	3

Measured at Toronto Downtown, 3.8 km from M5E. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Health Index. Data current as of 11:00 AM EDT Thursday 13 August 2026. Open Government Licence – Canada. This is the only live figure on this page; everything else is annual or from the census.

Facilities that reported releasing a listed substance to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, within 10 km of M5E. Distance is measured from the edge of the postal area, so a facility inside it shows as inside this area.

37 facilities within 10 km of M5E reported to the inventory. The 12 that released the most to air are listed; the total below covers all of them.

The 12 largest reporters to air of the 37 within 10 km of M5E, 2024, in tonnes. Quantities are estimated and reported by the facilities themselves.
Facility	Distance	Substances	Released to air
Portlands Energy CentreToronto · Electricity	3.1 km	5	723 t
Toronto RefineryToronto · Other Manufacturing	inside this area	9	326 t
St George CampusToronto · Other (Except Manufacturing)	2.0 km	4	192 t
Walton Street Steam PlantToronto · Other (Except Manufacturing)	1.1 km	4	186 t
Pearl Street Steam PlantToronto · Other (Except Manufacturing)	0.6 km	4	139 t
UNIVERSAL DRUM (TORONTO) - 110 GLEN SCARLETT RD.Toronto · Waste Treatment and Disposal	8.5 km	6	109 t
Ashbridges Bay Treatment PlantToronto · Water and Wastewater Systems	4.2 km	14	57 t
Scarborough Food PlantScarborough · Other Manufacturing	9.9 km	3	53 t
TORONTOToronto · Chemicals	7.3 km	10	25 t
East York BakeryToronto · Other Manufacturing	8.6 km	1	18 t
Ingram Transfer StationNorth York · Waste Treatment and Disposal	9.4 km	3	15 t
LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY OF CANADAToronto · Other Manufacturing	7.0 km	6	14 t

All 37 facilities within 10 km — including the 25 not listed above — together reported 1,928 t released to air in 2024. That is what was reported within 10 km — not what reached this area, which depends on stack height, wind and chemistry that this inventory does not model.

The inventory is threshold-based: a facility reports only when it exceeds a quantity for a listed substance. Smaller emitters, road traffic, home heating and agriculture are not in it.
Quantities are reported by the facilities themselves and are estimates, not measurements at the fence line. Being close to a facility is not the same as being exposed to what it reports.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Pollutant Release Inventory. Data current as of 2024 reporting year. Open Government Licence – Canada.

These figures describe the whole of Toronto, Ontario — a metropolitan area — not M5E. Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada.

Crime Severity Index, 2025

55.0

Toronto, Ontario · 27% lower than the national index of 75.0

Severity indexes for Toronto, Ontario, 2025. The Crime Severity Index weights each offence by how serious the courts treat it, so it is an index and not a count — 100 is Canada in 2006.
Measure	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Compared
Crime Severity Index	55.0	75.0	27% lower than Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index	71.6	97.2	26% lower than Canada
Non-violent Crime Severity Index	48.8	66.8	27% lower than Canada
Weighted clearance rate	33.7%	36.6%	2.9 percentage points lower than Canada

Reported incidents per 100,000 residents, 2025. These count incidents without weighting them by seriousness, so they are not comparable with the indexes above.
Violations	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Compared
All violations	4,198 per 100,000	6,065 per 100,000	31% lower than Canada
Criminal Code, excluding traffic	3,950 per 100,000	5,585 per 100,000	29% lower than Canada
Violent Criminal Code	987 per 100,000	1,443 per 100,000	32% lower than Canada
Property crime	2,566 per 100,000	3,141 per 100,000	18% lower than Canada

Crime Severity Index for Toronto, Ontario (solid) against Canada (dashed), 2011 to 2025. In 2025 it was about the same as in 2011 — 55.0 against 56.1. A change in the index can come from a change in the number of offences, in how serious they were, or in how many were reported to police.

Year-by-year figures

Crime Severity Index by year. This table is the chart above, in full.
Year	Toronto, Ontario	Canada
2011	56.1	77.6
2012	52.7	75.5
2013	47.1	68.9
2014	45.1	66.9
2015	46.2	70.4
2016	48.0	72.0
2017	50.0	73.6
2018	53.9	75.6
2019	54.5	79.7
2020	46.6	73.9
2021	45.9	74.9
2022	52.8	78.7
2023	59.0	81.3
2024	59.4	78.8
2025	55.0	75.0

The Crime Severity Index weights offences by seriousness and is set so that Canada in 2006 = 100. A rate per 100,000 counts incidents without weighting them. The two are not interchangeable and should not be compared to each other.
Toronto's own figures and Statistics Canada's metropolitan area figures count different things over different areas and will not agree. Neither is a correction of the other.

Source: Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0026 (crime severity index); table 35-10-0177 (incident-based crime statistics). Data current as of 2025 reference year. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Police-reported crime only — offences that are not reported to police are not counted anywhere in these figures.

Toronto publishes crime by its own neighbourhoods, which are far smaller than a metropolitan area — this is the closest thing to a local figure that exists, and it exists for very few places in Canada.

M5E spans 2 of Toronto's neighbourhoods — St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands (80%), Downtown Yonge East (20%). The figures below are averaged across them, weighted by population.

Reported incidents per 100,000 residents in M5E, 2025, averaged across the 2 neighbourhoods it covers and weighted by their population.
Offence	Rate in M5E
Assault	1,314 per 100,000
Auto theft	35 per 100,000
Bicycle theft	306 per 100,000
Break and enter	185 per 100,000
Homicide	0 per 100,000
Robbery	106 per 100,000
Shooting	6 per 100,000
Theft from vehicle	208 per 100,000
Theft over $5,000	83 per 100,000

Source: Toronto Police Service, published by the City of Toronto. Data current as of 2025. Open Government Licence – Toronto. These figures are collected and published by Toronto, not by Statistics Canada, and are counted over different areas. They are not a more precise version of the figures above.

Do these figures describe a specific address in M5E?: No. M5E is a forward sortation area — the first three characters of a postal code — and every figure here describes the whole of it. That is the finest granularity Canadian open data supports; a full six-character postal code requires a licensed Canada Post file. Conditions on one street can differ from the area average.
Why is the crime figure for Toronto, Ontario rather than for M5E?: Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada. Statistics Canada publishes it by police service, aggregated to metropolitan areas and provinces, which for M5E means Toronto, Ontario. Toronto also publishes figures for its own neighbourhoods, which are shown separately — they count different things over different areas and will not agree.
How current is this profile?: The census figures are from the 2021 Census. The other panels carry their own dates, shown beside each one, because they are published on different schedules — crime annually, CMHC rents each October, asking rents quarterly, and the air quality index live. Each figure is labelled with the vintage it came from rather than the date you are reading it.
Does this page rank or score M5E?: No. There is no score, no grade, no star rating and no ranking against other areas. Every figure is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are combined. The site describes places using published statistics; it does not draw conclusions about the people who live in them.

No score, no ranking, no grade. This page will not score this neighbourhood, rank it against another, or present the people who live here as a feature of the place. Every figure above is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are added together.

Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Figures describe the whole forward sortation area, not a street.