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Renting in Highland Creek
No registered apartment buildings (3+ storeys, 10+ units) · 13,551 residents · Scarborough East CMHC survey zone
What rents cost here
Highland Creek sits in the Scarborough East survey zone. In that zone's purpose-built buildings (October 2025, CMHC Rental Market Survey): a unit sitting vacant rented for an average of 1-bedroom $1,900, 2-bedroom $2,368 and 3-bedroom+ $2,746, while sitting tenants paid bachelor $1,442, 1-bedroom $1,626, 2-bedroom $1,843 and 3-bedroom+ $2,062. Just 6% of units changed tenants in the year to the survey. Vacancy rate: 1.9%. The zone's purpose-built rental stock is about 10,111 units. Average rents here rose 5.6% over the year (same-structure sample).
At the 2021 census, 13.7% of Highland Creek households rented, 31.1% of renting households spent 30% or more of their income on housing, and 2.9% of renting households were in subsidized housing (median household income $120,000). 0% of homes were in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. The average household had 3.3 people and the median age was 44.8.
In 2025, police recorded across Highland Creek: 78 assaults, 33 auto thefts, 16 break-and-enters and 6 robberies — auto theft runs above the typical Toronto neighbourhood; robbery and break-and-enter below. In 2026 so far (to June): 35 assaults, 15 auto thefts, 8 robberies and 7 break-and-enters. Toronto Police Service open data — figures describe the whole neighbourhood, not any one building.
Nearby: Centennial Scarborough · West Hill · West Rouge · Morningside · Morningside Heights