Photo: Can Pac Swire from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0East End-Danforth lives in apartments: 48% of its homes, beside 13% for Ontario’s towns
The middle home was worth $1,000,000 at the 2021 census, the average $1,089,482. What homes sold for in East End-Danforth isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $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. Nobody publishes assessed values, values by property type and building permits for East End-Danforth alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Toronto.
What East End-Danforth’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.09M
- Owners
- 5,195
- 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
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.
54% of East End-Danforth’s homes predate 1961, against 22% for Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census, East End-Danforth had 9,520 homes with someone living in them. 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
| East End-Danforth | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 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.
17.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Toronto: in step with Ontario’s towns (15)
Toronto issued permits for 124,736 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 20,789 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 5%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
A peak 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
East End-Danforth is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 44% 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 East End-Danforth: Taylor-Massey and Oakridge
The places around East End-Danforth at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East End-Danforth | $1M | $1.09M | 55% | |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | $1M | $1.03M | 67% | 1.2 |
| Woodbine Corridor | $1.1M | $1.15M | 60% | 1.2 |
| Taylor-Massey | $400K | $659K | 34% | 1.3 |
| The Beaches | $1.5M | $1.61M | 63% | 1.4 |
| Oakridge | $800K | $783K | 31% | 2.1 |
| Greenwood-Coxwell | $1M | $1.08M | 59% | 2.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in East End-Danforth
How many households in East End-Danforth are in core housing need?
In East End-Danforth, 17% of households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
Is East End-Danforth expensive for Ontario?
On census values, East End-Danforth 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).