Photo: Newmila · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes built before 1961 make up 69% of Danforth East York, against 22% for Ontario’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $1,100,000, the average one $1,128,975. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Danforth East York the census value is the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Danforth East York
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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
- $1.13M
- Owners
- 4,780
- 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
A detached house in Toronto is assessed at 3.1 times the middle of Ontario’s towns
Of Toronto’s 840,850 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 42% 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.
Core housing need: 14% of Danforth East York’s households, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%
6,935 occupied homes stood in Danforth East York in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 42% of them. 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
| Danforth East York | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 14% | 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
Building permits added 124,736 homes in Toronto between 2018 and 2023: some 20,789 a year. 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
Down 13%: 35,927 new homes in the year to August 2026
Shared with the rest of the Toronto metro area: monthly permits
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.
Danforth East York is 58% above 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 Danforth East York: Woodbine-Lumsden
The places around Danforth East York at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth East York | $1.1M | $1.13M | 69% | |
| Danforth | $1.2M | $1.18M | 63% | 0.4 |
| Old East York | $1.2M | $1.26M | 65% | 0.8 |
| Broadview North | $1.2M | $1.19M | 31% | 1.6 |
| Blake-Jones | $1.2M | $1.18M | 54% | 1.6 |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | $1M | $1.03M | 67% | 1.7 |
| Woodbine Corridor | $1.1M | $1.15M | 60% | 1.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Danforth East York
Is Danforth East York expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Danforth East York ranks among the dearer of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
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).