Toronto Area: Georgina Island and Toronto Housing

toronto area: Georgina Island is the Greater Toronto Area's only Indigenous reserve, mostly populated by people in single-family homes and somewhat remote, in that it is only accessible by boat, according to Toronto Star. Read more The Star looks at the present and the future of Toronto housing What the two places do share is the distinction of being identified as the top two communities in the GTA, in terms of the percentage of housing stock that has been identified as being in need of major repairs, according to 2016 census data released Wednesday. Flemingdon Park is the site of multiple large to mid-size rental towers, public housing and townhomes. Article Continued Below Georgina Island has just 115 reported households, but of that total 30 homes or 26.1 per cent of all housing on the island are considered to be in need of serious repairs. Chief Donna Big Canoe said housing needs on the island are complicated by a combination of funding, infrastructure and costs. The average household size was recorded at 2 people and almost a third of reported properties were single-person dwellings. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.