Data layer

Neighbourhood Data API for Canada

Short descriptions, fun facts and market notes per neighbourhood — built for guide pages, location landing pages and SEO, all tied to the boundary hierarchy.

What's included

Curated content for every neighbourhood.

  • Editorial content keyed to each neighbourhood
  • Ready for guide pages and SEO-friendly location landing pages
  • Slug-based lookups for clean URL structures

Endpoints

/neighbourhood/location_by_slug
Full reference in the docs

Query by

  • By coordinate
  • By address
  • By bounding box
Why it matters

What the Neighbourhood Data layer gives your team.

01

Content and data together

Editorial descriptions sit alongside demographics and boundaries, so a guide page is one call, not five.

02

Built to rank

Structured, single-topic pages with clean slug URLs are exactly what search and answer engines reward.

03

Consistent everywhere

Every neighbourhood ties to the same hierarchy, so content and data always line up.

What you can build

Use cases.

A few of the things teams build on the Neighbourhood Data layer.

Neighbourhood guides

Rich guide pages combining content, demographics and boundaries.

Programmatic SEO

Generate thousands of location pages at scale.

Buyer profiles

Surface area character and stats on listing pages.

‘About this area’ widgets

Embed neighbourhood context anywhere.

The API in action

See it in a request.

Example request
GETcURL
curl -H "Api-Key: $NEIGHBOURLY_KEY" \
  "https://api.neighbourly.io/api/v1/locations/location_by_slug/ca/on/toronto/fort-york-liberty-village"
200 OKapplication/json
{
  "type": "neighbourhood",
  "id": 159,
  "name": "Fort York-Liberty Village",
  "province_name": "Ontario",
  "short_description": "A dense, walkable former industrial district..."
}

Neighbourhood Data API — common questions

What is the Neighbourhood Data API?

It provides curated, editorial content for each neighbourhood — short descriptions, fun facts and market notes — tied to the boundary hierarchy and built for guide pages and SEO.

Can I build neighbourhood guide pages with it?

Yes. It's designed for programmatic, SEO-ready location landing pages, combining editorial content with demographics, boundaries and schools.

How do neighbourhood URLs and slugs work?

Slug-based lookups via /location_by_slug resolve human-readable paths (like ca/on/toronto/liberty-village) to the correct place in the hierarchy — clean URLs instead of opaque IDs.

Does neighbourhood data include demographics?

Each neighbourhood ties into FSA-level demographics and its boundary, so a guide page can show population, tenure and market context alongside the editorial content.

What content is provided per neighbourhood?

Curated descriptions, fun facts and market notes, plus tags and a featured image where available — everything you need for a rich guide page.

Is neighbourhood content available across Canada?

Coverage is Canada-wide through the boundary hierarchy, with curated content expanding across neighbourhoods.

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