Photo: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY 2.039% of Morningside’s homes are apartments, against 13% for Ontario’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $800,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $782,901. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Morningside. 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. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Toronto, Morningside included.
Morningside’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. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $783K
- Owners
- 3,485
- 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).
Houses in Toronto carry 3.1 times the assessment of the median for 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.
More condos than most: 22% of the homes in Morningside (Ontario’s towns: 7%)
Morningside had 5,890 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 1981. 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
| Morningside | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 22% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 20% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 124,736 homes were permitted in Toronto, close to 20,789 each year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 5%, where Ontario’s towns built 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
Source area for monthly permits: the Toronto metro area
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.
Morningside against Ontario’s towns: 15% over the $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 Morningside: Malvern East and Malvern West
Next to Morningside: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside | $800K | $783K | 59% | |
| West Hill | $790K | $777K | 60% | 2.5 |
| Highland Creek | $1M | $1.14M | 86% | 2.7 |
| Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn | $900K | $866K | 50% | 2.7 |
| Malvern East | $700K | $658K | 70% | 2.7 |
| Malvern West | $695K | $685K | 74% | 2.8 |
| Woburn North | $850K | $718K | 54% | 2.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Morningside
How many households in Morningside are in core housing need?
18% of Morningside’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.
Is Morningside expensive for Ontario?
Dearer than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Morningside to more.
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).