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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

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Jane
Finch

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Lambton
Park

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East
Scarborough

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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