Our Communities

Sistema Toronto proudly serves four priority neighbourhoods across the Greater Toronto Area. We operate in communities with some of the city's highest child poverty rates, ensuring we impact children and families who most need our support.

 

	Parkdale		Jane Finch	Lambton Park	East Scarborough
Households that earn less than $50,000 / year	40%		47%	47%	43%
Children living in poverty in the entire ward	16.8%		37.8%	38%	47.4%
Children living in poverty in the ward's poorest areas	43.5%		55.2%	55%	59.2%
Single-parent households	17%		35%	32%	26%
Percentage of adults with post-secondary education	69%		38%	42%	50%
Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour	26%		74%	55%	71%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statistics based on information obtained from:

1. City of Toronto. (2016). Ward Profiles. Retrieved from https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/data-research-maps/neighbourhoods-communities/ward-profiles/

2. Social Planning Toronto, Wilson, B., Maddox, R., Polanyi, M., Kerr, M., Ekra, M., & Khanna, A. (2018). 2018 Toronto Child & Family Poverty Report: Municipal Election Edition. Retrieved from https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/socialplanningtoronto/pages/2079/attachments/original/1538147211/2018_Child_Family_Poverty_Report_Municipal_Election_Edition.pdf?1538147211