Map(s) of the Week: University admission: U of T

BERNARD WEIL/TORONTO STAR

Map: St. George campus admissions

Map: Scarborough campus admissions

Map: Mississauga campus admissions

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This week, we wind up the series on neighbourhood patterns in university admission by looking at the University of Toronto.

First, the St. George campus. I'm not sure what I was expecting from this map, but it wasn't this very strong cluster covering the area from Willowdale west to the 404. Rates are also high on the east Danforth and in Don Mills, in the area of the campus itself, and in two west-end postal codes along Bloor St. There is a rough tendency for darker areas to cluster along subway lines.

The Scarborough campus shows a clearer regional pattern, in this case in the area of the actual campus, which draws first from the east-central areas of Scarborough, then from western Scarborough and Markham.

The Mississauga campus draws sharply from its immediate area in west-central Mississauga.

Records were obtained under access-to-information laws.

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Map of the Week will return in the first week of August.

Comments

[Dilbert]

I'm not really surprised of the higher numbers in the Willowdale area due to the high schools in the area: Earl Haig, Newtonbrook, AY Jackson... A lot of students there tend towards UT and Waterloo.

[Danica Lavoie]

Would love to see these types of maps for applications to the local Toronto community colleges. I work at Centennial College, and am surprised at the number of students coming from areas outside of Scarborough, i.e. Durham region, Markham, etc.