Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.0Playter Estates-Danforth’s home values run 2.2 times those of the middle of Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census gives $1,510,000 as the median value; Ontario’s towns come to $695,000. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Playter Estates-Danforth included, so owners’ values are the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued 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. Nobody publishes assessed values, values by property type and building permits for Playter Estates-Danforth alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Toronto.
Playter Estates-Danforth’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.6M
- Owners
- 1,745
- 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
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.
Apartments are 59% of Playter Estates-Danforth’s homes, against 13% for Ontario’s towns
Playter Estates-Danforth had 3,635 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The majority date from before 1961. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Playter Estates-Danforth | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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
Toronto issued permits for 124,736 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or 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
35,927 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13% on the year before
The monthly permits numbers here cover 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.
Playter Estates-Danforth against Ontario’s towns: 117% 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 Playter Estates-Danforth: Broadview North, Blake-Jones and North St.James Town
The places around Playter Estates-Danforth at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playter Estates-Danforth | $1.51M | $1.6M | 48% | |
| North Riverdale | $1.6M | $1.62M | 59% | 0.9 |
| Broadview North | $1.2M | $1.19M | 31% | 1.1 |
| Blake-Jones | $1.2M | $1.18M | 54% | 1.4 |
| North St.James Town | $700K | $831K | 11% | 1.8 |
| Cabbagetown-South St.James Town | $870K | $1.15M | 45% | 1.9 |
| South Riverdale | $1.1M | $1.15M | 57% | 2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Playter Estates-Danforth
Is Playter Estates-Danforth expensive for Ontario?
More than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Playter Estates-Danforth sits above it.
How many households in Playter Estates-Danforth are in core housing need?
18% of Playter Estates-Danforth’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).