Food area · Toronto, Canada
Opening a cafe or restaurant in the Danforth, Toronto
What stands out
160 food and drink places are on the map within 1 km: one for every 184 residents, against one for every 282 in the surrounding 3 km.
About 29,400 people live within 1 km, a big pool of locals for a food street.
Pape is the nearest station or bus station, 130 m away.
- Residents within 1 km
- 29,400
- Median age 41.3, against 41.3 within 3 km
- Largest adult age group
- 65+
- 18% of residents, against 18% within 3 km
- Food and drink places within 1 km
- 160
- One per 184 residents, against one per 282 within 3 km
- Trade from people who live elsewhere
- High
- 3 stations and 37 offices within 1 km
Measured from Danforth Avenue at Pape Avenue on 17 October 2026. Residents and places within 1 km, compared with everyone within 3 km.
1Who lives here
About 29,400 residents within 1 km
The age mix here is close to the surrounding area's.
Figure 1
Share of all residents, by age group
Within 1 kmSurrounding area, 3 km
Each bar is the group’s share of all residents. The tag on the right: how much more or less common the group is here.
2Which kinds of place fit
No common kind of place stands out for the residents
This shows how well the usual regulars of 10 common kinds of place match the residents, against the surrounding 3 km. It’s a rough guide, and your own concept may draw a different crowd.
| Kind of place | Match with residents | Already within 1 km | Free check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pho or noodles | Partial match | 1 Vietnamese and noodle placeFewer per resident than the wider area | Check it free: pho or noodles |
| Coffee shop | Partial match | 31 cafes and coffee shopsFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: coffee shop |
| Brunch cafe | Partial match | 31 cafes and brunch placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: brunch cafe |
| Bakery | Partial match | 11 bakeriesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bakery |
| Bubble tea | Partial match | 2 bubble tea and tea shopsFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bubble tea |
| Pizza | Partial match | 8 pizza placesAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: pizza |
| Burgers | Partial match | 5 burger placesAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: burgers |
| Fried chicken | Partial match | 6 chicken placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: fried chicken |
| Sushi | Partial match | 8 sushi and Japanese placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: sushi |
| Bar | Partial match | 13 bars and pubsAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: bar |
3What’s already here
160 food and drink places within 1 km
One for every 184 residents, against one for every 282 in the surrounding 3 km.
Most-tagged cuisines on the map: Greek (12), coffee shop (11), pizza (8), chicken (6), burger (5) and Japanese (5).
The nearest named places to where we measured
- 6Thirty Coffee and Co.Cafe 20 mnorth-west
- Taco BellFast food, tex-mex 50 msouth-west
- A&WFast food, burger 60 mnorth-east
- Shawarma RoyaleFast food, kebab 70 meast
- StarbucksCafe, coffee shop 70 mwest
- Monopol CafeCafe 70 mnorth
- SubwayFast food, sandwich 80 meast
- Homegrown juiceFast food, juice 80 msouth-east
OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers and misses some places, so the real counts are likely higher.
4What brings people past
3 stations, 37 offices and 14 schools within 1 km
These bring in people who don’t live here, so your customers can look quite different from the residents above.
- 3 stationsNearest: Pape, 130 m north
- 37 offices
- 14 schoolsNearest: Earl Grey Senior Public School, 450 m south-east
- 1 university or collegeNearest: Centennial College, 720 m north-west
- 9 supermarkets and mallsNearest: Strictly Bulk, 20 m north
- 1 hotel or hostelNearest: The Only Backpacker's Inn, 630 m east
5Limits
What this page can’t tell you
- Residents aren't diners. Workers and visitors who live elsewhere aren't counted, and the ages are 2020 estimates.
- The map misses places, and says nothing about how busy any of them is.
- Nothing here covers the lease: rent, visibility and parking.
Two checks only you can do: count who walks past at your hours, and test the rent against cautious sales. For census counts, see the Statistics Canada census summary for Toronto.
Nearby food areas
- Leslieville2.0 km
Straight-line distance between the points we measured from, not by road.
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