Toronto Community Housing has approximately 164, 000 people living in its buildings. This is about 6% of the population of City of Toronto.

Toronto Community Housing has 58,500 units of housing across the City of Toronto. With over 48 million square feet of building space in over 2000 buildings across 350 developments, Toronto Community Housing is the second largest social housing provider in North America and the largest in Canada.

Almost 45,000 of Toronto Operating Units are located in buildings with elevators. Another 11,000 units are located in townhouses or walk-ups, and the remaining units are located in scattered housing units.

The majority of Toronto Operating Units are bachelor units and one-bedroom apartments. These two unit types make up over 56% of Toronto Community Housing's portfolio. Another 39% of the units have two or three-bedrooms.

• Single room - 1%
• Bachelor - 25%
• 1 Bedroom - 31%
• 2 Bedroom - 23%
• 3 Bedroom - 16%
• 4 Bedroom - 3%
• 5 and 6 Bedroom - 1%

The average age of units in elevatored buildings in the Toronto Community Housing portfolio is 33 years.

• Units in low-rise elevatored apartment buildings are around 38 years of age - 3%
• Units in mid-rise elevator apartment buildings are around 29 years of age - 13%
• Units in high-rise elevatored apartment buildings are around 30 years of age - 61%
• Townhouses and walk-ups are around 38 years of age - 20%
• Units located in houses are around 68 years of age - 3%

Toronto Community Housing’s households comprise the following groupings:

• 38% families
• 36% seniors
• 26% adults without dependants
  

The average annual income of a household living in Toronto Community Housing is approximately $19,795*.  The average annual household income in Toronto was $69,125*.

For a family of four, the Low Income Cut-Off (a measure from Statistics Canada to compare the relative economic well-being of households) is $37,253. This is used as one definition of poverty.

Toronto Community Housing began operations on January 1, 2002. It was created through the integration of the Toronto Housing Company (THC) and the Metropolitan Toronto Housing Corporation (MTHC).

The Toronto Housing Company and Metropolitan Toronto Housing Corporation had a long history of development and operation of rental housing in all parts of the City. Metropolitan Toronto Housing Corporation traces its origins to the Toronto Housing Authority, a municipal housing corporation originally established to provide low-rent housing in the Regent Park community. Toronto Community Housing brought together the former Metropolitan Toronto Housing Company Ltd (formed in 1954) and Cityhome, the former City of Toronto Non-Profit Housing Corporation (created in 1974).

Toronto Community Housing employs close to 1,500 staff. The majority of staff work in front-line positions such as in maintenance, cleaning, rental collection, rent setting and related positions. CUPE Locals 416 and 79 and OPSEU 529 represent unionized staff. Staff working in skill trades positions are represented by trade unions. There are approximately 190 positions that are management or professional (exempt from union representation).

Toronto Community Housing fund its operations from rental and other revenues (51% of revenues) and from operating subsidies (49% of revenues). Housing program subsidies are provided to Toronto Community Housing through the City of Toronto. Toronto Community Housing is one of approximately 230 social housing providers in the City of Toronto funded through these programs.

Revenue Breakdown

• Subsidies - 49%
• Rent-geared-to-income rental income - 37%
• Market rental revenue - 9%
• Non-rental revenue - 5%