Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain66% of Brookhaven-Amesbury’s homes are apartments, against 13% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $900,000, with an average of $883,643. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Brookhaven-Amesbury the census value is the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Brookhaven-Amesbury
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. 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
- $884K
- Owners
- 2,605
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits published for the city of Toronto, not by town
A detached house in Toronto is assessed at 3.1 times the middle 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.
More need than most: 26% of households in Brookhaven-Amesbury (Ontario’s towns: 9%)
People lived in 6,405 homes in Brookhaven-Amesbury at the 2021 census. At least half predate 1981. 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
| Brookhaven-Amesbury | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 24% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 26% | 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. Brookhaven-Amesbury doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Toronto metro area.
Most in 2020: 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
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.
Brookhaven-Amesbury is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 29% above their $695,000 median
871 of Ontario’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Brookhaven-Amesbury: Mount Dennis and Weston
Next to Brookhaven-Amesbury: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookhaven-Amesbury | $900K | $884K | 41% | |
| Rustic | $1M | $1.07M | 37% | 1.4 |
| Mount Dennis | $700K | $683K | 47% | 1.5 |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook | $950K | $975K | 33% | 1.7 |
| Maple Leaf | $1M | $1.13M | 55% | 2 |
| Weston | $850K | $822K | 35% | 2.1 |
| Keelesdale-Eglinton West | $900K | $847K | 59% | 2.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Brookhaven-Amesbury
Is Brookhaven-Amesbury expensive for Ontario?
Yes: Brookhaven-Amesbury’s census median is above the $695,000 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).