Food area · Toronto, Canada
Opening a cafe or restaurant in Leslieville, Toronto
What stands out
185 food and drink places are on the map within 1 km: one for every 133 residents, against one for every 205 in the surrounding 3 km.
Seniors 65+ are the largest adult group: 18% of residents, about the same share as in the surrounding 3 km.
None of 10 common kinds of place stands out for the residents here: their usual customers are no more common than in the surrounding area.
- Residents within 1 km
- 24,700
- 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
- 185
- One per 133 residents, against one per 205 within 3 km
- Trade from people who live elsewhere
- High
- 42 offices and 9 schools within 1 km
Measured from Queen Street East at Logan Avenue on 17 October 2026. Residents and places within 1 km, compared with everyone within 3 km.
1Who lives here
About 24,700 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 | 8 Vietnamese and noodle placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: pho or noodles |
| Coffee shop | Partial match | 33 cafes and coffee shopsMore per resident than the wider area | Check it free: coffee shop |
| Brunch cafe | Partial match | 35 cafes and brunch placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: brunch cafe |
| Bakery | Partial match | 14 bakeriesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bakery |
| Bubble tea | Partial match | 3 bubble tea and tea shopsFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bubble tea |
| Pizza | Partial match | 13 pizza placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: pizza |
| Burgers | Partial match | 11 burger placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: burgers |
| Fried chicken | Partial match | 3 chicken placesAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: fried chicken |
| Sushi | Partial match | 4 sushi and Japanese placesAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: sushi |
| Bar | Partial match | 21 bars and pubsFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bar |
3What’s already here
185 food and drink places within 1 km
One for every 133 residents, against one for every 205 in the surrounding 3 km.
Most-tagged cuisines on the map: coffee shop (14), pizza (12), burger (10), Vietnamese (8), Chinese (6) and Mexican (6).
The nearest named places to where we measured
- Ed's Real ScoopIce cream 70 msouth
- Brick Street BakeryBakery 70 msouth-west
- My Roti Place XprssFast food, roti 80 msouth-east
- Masa DeliFast food 90 msouth-east
- Mercury EspressoCafe, coffee shop 90 msouth-east
- Ramona's KitchenRestaurant, barbecue 90 msouth-east
- Craig’s CookiesBakery 90 msouth-west
- Maestro'sRestaurant, pizza 100 msouth
OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers and misses some places, so the real counts are likely higher.
4What brings people past
42 offices, 9 schools and 12 supermarkets and malls within 1 km
These bring in people who don’t live here, so your customers can look quite different from the residents above.
- 42 offices
- 9 schoolsNearest: Morse Street Junior Public School, 210 m south-east
- 12 supermarkets and mallsNearest: Rowe Farms, 100 m south
- 2 hotels and hostelsNearest: The Broadview Hotel, 710 m west
- 1 attraction or museumNearest: Tchotchke House (Crazy Doll House), 590 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
- The Danforth2.0 km
Straight-line distance between the points we measured from, not by road.
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