Photo: Sikander Iqbal · CC BY-SA 4.082% of Avondale’s homes have been built since 2001, against 17% for Ontario’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $700,000 and an average of $803,521. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Avondale.
Avondale’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. Ontario’s assessments are still on MPAC’s values of 1 January 2016, far below today’s prices, so they compare only with other Ontario towns.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $804K
- Owners
- 4,030
- 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). · Area behind the assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures: the city of Toronto
Toronto’s detached houses are assessed at 3.1 times the median of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 840,850 residential properties in Toronto for 2024, 42% of them 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.
87% of Avondale lives in apartments, where Ontario’s towns have 13%
People lived in 6,990 homes in Avondale at the 2021 census. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Avondale | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 90% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 11% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 17% | 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.
Toronto permitted 17.6 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 124,736 homes were permitted in Toronto, close to 20,789 each year. Only 5% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2020, with 27,295 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 35,927 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 13% fewer
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over the Toronto metro area
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.
Avondale sits close to the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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 Avondale: Bayview Village
Next to Avondale: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale | $700K | $804K | 58% | |
| Yonge-Doris | $700K | $701K | 56% | 1.3 |
| Lansing-Westgate | $1.66M | $1.53M | 57% | 1.3 |
| East Willowdale | $2M | $1.96M | 69% | 1.3 |
| St.Andrew-Windfields | $2.5M | $2.57M | 64% | 1.4 |
| Willowdale West | $750K | $1.19M | 60% | 2 |
| Bayview Village | $600K | $1.14M | 60% | 2.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Avondale
How many households in Avondale are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 17% of Avondale’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 9% of Ontario’s towns.
Is Avondale expensive for Ontario?
In the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, and so, near enough, does Avondale.
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).