21% of households in Rexdale-Kipling are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $900,000 and an average of $866,524. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. What homes sold for in Rexdale-Kipling isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.
Two ways to price a home in Rexdale-Kipling
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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $867K
- Owners
- 1,985
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits: one figure for all of the city of Toronto
Toronto’s detached houses are assessed at 3.1 times the median of 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 apartments than most: 32% of the homes in Rexdale-Kipling (Ontario’s towns: 13%)
Rexdale-Kipling had 3,945 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Most of them predate 1961. 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
| Rexdale-Kipling | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 14% | 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.
Permits in Toronto ran at 17.6 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Toronto created 124,736 homes, about 20,789 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 5%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
The busiest year: 2020, with 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
Measured across the Toronto metro area: monthly permits
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.
Rexdale-Kipling is 29% above the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
The census values of Ontario’s towns, 871 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Rexdale-Kipling: Elms-Old Rexdale, West Humber-Clairville and Humbermede
Next to Rexdale-Kipling: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rexdale-Kipling | $900K | $867K | 51% | |
| Elms-Old Rexdale | $800K | $721K | 55% | 1.1 |
| Thistletown-Beaumond Heights | $950K | $966K | 61% | 1.9 |
| Pelmo Park-Humberlea | $900K | $921K | 81% | 2.8 |
| West Humber-Clairville | $850K | $830K | 66% | 3 |
| Kingsview Village-The Westway | $900K | $829K | 53% | 3.1 |
| Humbermede | $800K | $791K | 46% | 3.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rexdale-Kipling
Is Rexdale-Kipling expensive for Ontario?
Dearer than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Rexdale-Kipling 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).