{"id":533,"date":"2015-10-26T19:18:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T19:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/?p=533"},"modified":"2019-06-18T17:54:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T17:54:06","slug":"the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating","title":{"rendered":"The Best Toronto Neighbourhoods for Trick-or-Treating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For any of you who are about the same age as me \u2013 not that old, not that young \u2013 trick-or-treating might feel like a lost art. When I was a kid, hundreds of us young candy fiends would spend hours touring the town&#8217;s best neighbourhoods for free candy. In the past few years, though, I&#8217;ve noticed that on any given Halloween, a house might only get a dozen or so trick-or-treaters. Definitely weigh in if you&#8217;ve had a different experience!<\/p>\n<p>With that sad realization in mind, I decided there must be a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/neighbourhood-guide\/toronto\/\">Toronto neighbourhoods <\/a>that continue to perfect the lost art of trick-or-treating, and there&#8217;s even some &#8220;science&#8221; to back up the findings!<\/p>\n<p><em>The Toronto Star<\/em> published this crazy map that you&#8217;d have to pay for to download. Basically, it outlines which GTA neighbourhoods are likely to have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lots of treats<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Less tricks, more treats (I thought <em>TorStar<\/em> would be better with their grammar&#8230;)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trick or treat<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Less treats, more tricks (ahem)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lots of tricks<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1TQBxnFUd_ifYOINVwsbDMeCHLHs\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to their map, and to save you the exorbitant download price, we approximated the findings to be these:<br \/>\nBest trick-or-treating neighbourhoods in Toronto:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/etobicoke\/new-toronto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>New Toronto<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/toronto\/bedford-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bedford Park<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/toronto\/yorkville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yorkville<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/toronto\/the-annex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Annex<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/etobicoke\/thorncrest-village\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Thorncrest Village in Etobicoke<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/york\/fairbank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Fairbank<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Coming in at a close second are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/north-york\/york-mills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>York Mills<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Don Mills<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/north-york\/lawrence-heights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lawrence Heights<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/east-york\/thorncliffe-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Thorncliffe Park<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Amesbury<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/etobicoke\/richview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Richview in Etobicoke<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Got any other candy hotspots to share? Post them below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For any of you who are about the same age as me \u2013 not that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"coauthors":[220],"class_list":["post-533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-neighborhoods"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Best Toronto Neighbourhoods for Trick-or-Treating<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TorontoRentals.com Blog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TorontoRentals.com Blog\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/53503b1c0fd1a6bc186b273abbee8d44\"},\"headline\":\"The Best Toronto Neighbourhoods for Trick-or-Treating\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-26T19:18:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-18T17:54:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating\"},\"wordCount\":236,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/baked-21777_640.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Neighborhoods\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating\",\"name\":\"The Best Toronto Neighbourhoods for Trick-or-Treating\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/baked-21777_640.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-26T19:18:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-18T17:54:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/53503b1c0fd1a6bc186b273abbee8d44\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/baked-21777_640.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/baked-21777_640.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":426},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/the-best-toronto-neighbourhoods-for-trick-or-treating#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Toronto Rentals Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Neighborhoods\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/neighborhoods\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Best Toronto Neighbourhoods for Trick-or-Treating\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Toronto Rentals Blog\",\"description\":\"Looking for an apartment in Toronto? 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