Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Owners in The Beaches value their homes at 2.2 times the median of Ontario’s towns
In figures: $1,500,000 for the median home in 2021, $695,000 for the middle of Ontario’s towns. What homes sold for in The Beaches isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $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, The Beaches included.
The Beaches’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.61M
- Owners
- 5,975
- 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
Condos account for 42% of the 840,850 properties on Toronto’s 2024 roll.
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.
Before 1961: 65% of the homes in The Beaches, where Ontario’s towns have 22%
Of the 9,430 homes people lived in across The Beaches at the 2021 census, 41% were apartments in low-rise buildings. 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
| The Beaches | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 14% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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.
Toronto permitted 17.6 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Some 20,789 homes a year: 124,736 in all were permitted in Toronto from 2018 to 2023. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 5% were single-unit, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2020, with 27,295 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 13%: 35,927 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
The Beaches is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 116% above their $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 The Beaches: East End-Danforth, Woodbine Corridor and Greenwood-Coxwell
The places around The Beaches at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Beaches | $1.5M | $1.61M | 63% | |
| East End-Danforth | $1M | $1.09M | 55% | 1.4 |
| Woodbine Corridor | $1.1M | $1.15M | 60% | 1.6 |
| Greenwood-Coxwell | $1M | $1.08M | 59% | 2.1 |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | $1M | $1.03M | 67% | 2.5 |
| Taylor-Massey | $400K | $659K | 34% | 2.6 |
| Danforth | $1.2M | $1.18M | 63% | 2.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in The Beaches
Is The Beaches expensive for Ontario?
More than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and The Beaches sits above it.
How many households in The Beaches are in core housing need?
More than most: 13% of households in The Beaches, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
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).