Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 4.0Steeles Corners’s home values run 2 times those of the middle of Ontario’s towns
The census median was $1,390,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Steeles Corners. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $787,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. Steeles Corners shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Markham.
Steeles Corners’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.36M
- Owners
- 1,865
- Ontario’s towns
- $695K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential, MPAC 2016 base
- Ontario’s towns
- $232K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Markham’s detached houses are assessed at 3.7 times the median of Ontario’s towns
Of Markham’s 108,480 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 61% are detached houses and 16% are condos.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Ontario’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
Apartments are 59% of Steeles Corners’s homes, against 13% for Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census, Steeles Corners had 3,815 homes with someone living in them. At least half predate 2001. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Steeles Corners | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 38% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 18% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 30% | 9% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
12.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Markham: in step with Ontario’s towns (15)
Building permits added 9,308 homes in Markham between 2018 and 2023: some 1,551 a year. Very few were houses: 16% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
Most in 2021: 2,900 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 35,927 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 13% fewer
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021. · Monthly permits published for the Toronto metro area, not by town
Steeles Corners is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 100% above their $695,000 median
The census values of Ontario’s towns, 871 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Steeles Corners: Thornhill, Langstaff and Thornlea
The places around Steeles Corners at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeles Corners | $1.39M | $1.36M | 49% | |
| Thornhill | $1.2M | $1.45M | 85% | 1.5 |
| Newtonbrook East | $1.51M | $1.41M | 62% | 1.9 |
| Langstaff | $750K | $1.1M | 75% | 1.9 |
| Thornlea | $850K | $1.12M | 82% | 2.8 |
| Newtonbrook West | $1M | $1.18M | 50% | 2.9 |
| Bayview Woods-Steeles | $1.27M | $1.39M | 55% | 3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Steeles Corners
Is Steeles Corners expensive for Ontario?
Dearer than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Steeles Corners to more.
How many households in Steeles Corners are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 30% of Steeles Corners’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 9% of Ontario’s towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).