Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Apartments make up 55% of the homes in Newtonbrook West, where Ontario’s towns have 13%
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $1,000,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $1,182,350. For Newtonbrook West there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario. Assessors valued the median residential property at $557,000 for 2024. 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, Newtonbrook West included.
Two ways to price a home in Newtonbrook West
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.18M
- Owners
- 4,545
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Toronto’s houses sit at 3.1 times 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.
25% of Newtonbrook West’s homes are condos, where Ontario’s towns have 7%
At the 2021 census, Newtonbrook West had 9,080 homes with someone living in them. The older half dates from 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
| Newtonbrook West | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 25% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 18% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 24% | 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%.
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
Newtonbrook West is 44% 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 Newtonbrook West: Westminster-Branson, Willowdale West and Yonge-Doris
The places around Newtonbrook West at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtonbrook West | $1M | $1.18M | 50% | |
| Westminster-Branson | $600K | $797K | 40% | 1.4 |
| Willowdale West | $750K | $1.19M | 60% | 1.5 |
| Newtonbrook East | $1.51M | $1.41M | 62% | 2 |
| Yonge-Doris | $700K | $701K | 56% | 2.3 |
| Thornhill | $1.2M | $1.45M | 85% | 2.3 |
| Steeles Corners | $1.39M | $1.36M | 49% | 2.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Newtonbrook West
How many households in Newtonbrook West are in core housing need?
More than most: 24% of households in Newtonbrook West, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Newtonbrook West expensive for Ontario?
Yes: Newtonbrook West’s census median is above the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
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).