Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.034% of Clairlea-Birchmount’s homes are apartments, against 13% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $900,000, with an average of $871,070. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Clairlea-Birchmount.
Two ways to price a home in Clairlea-Birchmount
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $871K
- Owners
- 6,015
- 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: the city of Toronto
Houses in Toronto carry 3.1 times the assessment of the median for Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 840,850 homes in Toronto, condos 42% of them.
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: 19% of households in Clairlea-Birchmount (Ontario’s towns: 9%)
The 2021 census counted 9,390 occupied homes in Clairlea-Birchmount. Half or more were standing by 1980. 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
| Clairlea-Birchmount | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 17% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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.
Building at the pace of Ontario’s towns: 17.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Toronto, against 15
Some 20,789 homes a year: 124,736 in all were permitted in Toronto from 2018 to 2023. Very few were houses: 5% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
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. · Monthly permits: one figure for all of the Toronto metro area
Clairlea-Birchmount 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 Clairlea-Birchmount: Oakridge, Kennedy Park and Ionview
The places around Clairlea-Birchmount at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clairlea-Birchmount | $900K | $871K | 64% | |
| Oakridge | $800K | $783K | 31% | 1.8 |
| Kennedy Park | $800K | $742K | 52% | 2 |
| Birchcliffe-Cliffside | $1M | $1.11M | 66% | 2.1 |
| Ionview | $800K | $806K | 39% | 2.2 |
| O'Connor-Parkview | $1M | $1.15M | 46% | 2.3 |
| Taylor-Massey | $400K | $659K | 34% | 2.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Clairlea-Birchmount
Is Clairlea-Birchmount expensive for Ontario?
More than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Clairlea-Birchmount sits above it.
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).