Mount Pleasant West

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Mount Pleasant West is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto. This neighbourhood is part of Mount Pleasant or North Toronto and is situated West of Mount Pleasant Road, North of Merton Street, East of Yonge Street and South of Keewatin Ave.

Ninety one percent of people in this neighbourhood live in low or high rise apartment / condo buildings, which makes it one of the most building dominated neighbourhoods in entire city (comparable with the high rise ridden downtown core source: statscan). There is a number of affordable housing units in the area which factors into the lower income levels in this hood compared to every surrounding neighbourhood. Over 80% of the residents in this neighbourhood are renters, which is approximately 30% over the average of the city.