Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0Forest Hill North’s home values run 3 times those of the middle of Ontario’s towns
In figures: $2,100,000 for the median home in 2021, $695,000 for the middle of Ontario’s towns. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. What homes sold for in Forest Hill North isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.
What Forest Hill North’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. MPAC hasn’t reassessed since its 1 January 2016 values, which is why the figure sits well under the census value; it compares only within Ontario.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $2.15M
- Owners
- 1,800
- 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). · Measured across the city of Toronto: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
On the assessment roll, Toronto’s houses sit at 3.1 times Ontario’s towns
Condos account for 42% of the 840,850 properties on Toronto’s 2024 roll.
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.
69% of Forest Hill North lives in apartments, where Ontario’s towns have 13%
At the 2021 census, Forest Hill North had 5,245 homes with someone living in them. Half went up before 1981. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Forest Hill North | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 15% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 21% | 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. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 5% were single-unit, against 66% for Ontario’s towns. Nobody publishes monthly permits for Forest Hill North alone, so this card uses the figure for 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.
Forest Hill North is 202% above the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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 Forest Hill North: Englemount-Lawrence, Briar Hill-Belgravia and Humewood-Cedarvale
The places around Forest Hill North at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill North | $2.1M | $2.15M | 35% | |
| Forest Hill South | $3M | $3.47M | 49% | 1.7 |
| Englemount-Lawrence | $1.3M | $1.33M | 43% | 1.7 |
| Briar Hill-Belgravia | $890K | $852K | 48% | 1.7 |
| Humewood-Cedarvale | $1.7M | $1.86M | 37% | 1.9 |
| Lawrence Park South | $2.2M | $2.49M | 68% | 2 |
| Yonge-Eglinton | $1.8M | $1.88M | 37% | 2.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Forest Hill North
Is Forest Hill North expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Forest Hill North ranks among the dearer of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Forest Hill North are in core housing need?
21% of Forest Hill North’s households, above the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
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).