Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in Danforth value their homes 73% above the median of Ontario’s towns
The census median was $1,200,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Danforth included, so owners’ values are the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $557,000. 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. Behind assessed values, values by property type and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Toronto, with Danforth one part of it.
Danforth’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.18M
- Owners
- 2,485
- 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).
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.
Before 1961: 76% of the homes in Danforth, where Ontario’s towns have 22%
Danforth had 3,915 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 35% of them apartments in low-rise buildings. 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
| Danforth | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 12% | 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.
Permits in Toronto ran at 17.6 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Toronto created 124,736 homes, about 20,789 a year. Only 5% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
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
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
Danforth is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 73% 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 Danforth: Danforth East York, Woodbine Corridor and Greenwood-Coxwell
The places around Danforth at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth | $1.2M | $1.18M | 63% | |
| Danforth East York | $1.1M | $1.13M | 69% | 0.4 |
| Old East York | $1.2M | $1.26M | 65% | 1.2 |
| Blake-Jones | $1.2M | $1.18M | 54% | 1.4 |
| Woodbine Corridor | $1.1M | $1.15M | 60% | 1.4 |
| Greenwood-Coxwell | $1M | $1.08M | 59% | 1.4 |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | $1M | $1.03M | 67% | 1.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Danforth
Is Danforth expensive for Ontario?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Danforth’s is worth more.
How many households in Danforth are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 12% in Danforth, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).