Photo: SimonP · CC BY-SA 3.0Princess-Rosethorn’s home values run 2.4 times those of the middle of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $1,700,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Princess-Rosethorn the census value is the measure.
What Princess-Rosethorn’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Toronto, Princess-Rosethorn included.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.84M
- Owners
- 3,310
- 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
The 2024 assessment roll counts 840,850 homes in Toronto, condos 42% of them.
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.
85% of Princess-Rosethorn’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
At the 2021 census, Princess-Rosethorn had 3,885 homes with someone living in them. Over half went up before 1961. 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
| Princess-Rosethorn | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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)
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Toronto created 124,736 homes, about 20,789 a year. Very few were houses: 5% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
The busiest year: 2020, with 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
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over 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.
Princess-Rosethorn against Ontario’s towns: 145% 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 Princess-Rosethorn: Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview, Islington and Eringate-Centennial-West Deane
Next to Princess-Rosethorn: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess-Rosethorn | $1.7M | $1.84M | 85% | |
| Edenbridge-Humber Valley | $1.8M | $1.89M | 57% | 1.9 |
| Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview | $1.1M | $1.09M | 55% | 2.1 |
| Islington | $1.2M | $1.26M | 68% | 2.3 |
| Eringate-Centennial-West Deane | $1M | $951K | 84% | 2.8 |
| Etobicoke West Mall | $600K | $738K | 56% | 2.9 |
| Kingsway South | $2M | $2.05M | 81% | 3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Princess-Rosethorn
Is Princess-Rosethorn expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Princess-Rosethorn ranks among the dearer of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Princess-Rosethorn are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 4% in Princess-Rosethorn, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).