The definition
What counts
Every street in Toronto with at least one home on it.
A street is complete when I’ve walked every block of it that someone lives on — so a street that’s residential for three blocks and industrial for two is done at three.
Expressways, ramps, private roads, and stretches with no homes aren’t in the count. Named laneways are a bonus tier; there are about 145 and I’m walking them as the route allows.
The numbers
These come from the City of Toronto’s Street Centreline and Address Point datasets, intersected to find every segment with a residential address within 30 metres of it.
| Residential streets | 8,852 |
|---|---|
| Residential blocks | 34,668 |
| Residential kilometres | 4,805.6 |
| Neighbourhoods | 158 |
Figures are working estimates until the coverage engine publishes exact counts. The map is always exact.
About the 158
The 158 neighbourhoods are the City’s official social planning neighbourhoods as of April 2022. The City has revised this set before and may again. If it does, I’ll walk the new ones as an addition and say so — but this project documents the 2022 set.