This is where you belong.
While its aim is for people new to the country, Navut’s detailed search criteria and specific information on each Toronto neighbourhood make it excellent for finding out where you should be living.
The home page will tell you Toronto’s overall safety rating (81%), what the city is known for internationally (CN Tower, TIFF, diversity, U of T, The Island, etc.), what the weather is like year round, and how people get around (TTC, cars, planes).
That’s very useful info for people coming from another country, but where it becomes useful to those of us who already live here, is in its neighbourhood finder search.
A map pops up with every single Toronto neighbourhood listed – just scroll over it to see its name. Then you can search via the criteria that matters most to you – housing, schools, getting around, neighbours, and neighbourhood quality.
Searching via neighbourhood quality allows you to choose the importance of safety, curb appeal, growing population, urban living, homeowners, and new properties.
For neighbours, you can choose if you’d prefer an area populated by singles, couples, families, or retirees, and how important their affluence and level of education is.
Getting around will allow you to narrow neighbourhoods down via the type of transportation you most regularly use (car, TTC, bike, or your own two feet), how close to downtown you’d prefer to be, and how close to local amenities you’d like to be.
The housing search allows you to choose if you’re planning on renting or buying, what your budget is, and if you’d like an apartment, townhouse, or house.
For example, when we tried it, putting importance on proximity to downtown and local amenities, with singles and couples being neighbours, and the TTC being our transportation of choice, the Danforth, the Waterfront, and Bay Street Corridor came up as the best options.
If you’ve lived in the city for years you probably don’t need much help figuring out where you should be living – but it’s still a fun activity to search what’s important to you and see which neighbourhoods pop up.
What are the chances it’s the one you already live in?
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