Photo: Richard Eriksson from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Owners in Trinity-Bellwoods value their homes at 2 times the median of Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census gives $1,400,000 as the median value; Ontario’s towns come to $695,000. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. What homes sold for in Trinity-Bellwoods isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.
Two ways to price a home in Trinity-Bellwoods
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.45M
- Owners
- 3,785
- 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). · Measured across the city of Toronto: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
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.
68% of Trinity-Bellwoods’s homes predate 1961, against 22% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 6,835 occupied homes in Trinity-Bellwoods; 47% of them are apartments in low-rise buildings. 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
| Trinity-Bellwoods | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 17% | 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
Building permits added 124,736 homes in Toronto between 2018 and 2023: some 20,789 a year. Only 5% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns. Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Toronto metro area, with Trinity-Bellwoods one part of it.
A peak 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.
Trinity-Bellwoods is 101% 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 Trinity-Bellwoods: West Queen West, Little Portugal and Dufferin Grove
Next to Trinity-Bellwoods: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity-Bellwoods | $1.4M | $1.45M | 56% | |
| Palmerston-Little Italy | $1.5M | $1.67M | 42% | 0.8 |
| West Queen West | $750K | $890K | 55% | 1 |
| Little Portugal | $1.1M | $1.08M | 43% | 1 |
| University | $1.4M | $1.47M | 39% | 1.4 |
| Dufferin Grove | $1.1M | $1.24M | 41% | 1.6 |
| Kensington-Chinatown | $900K | $961K | 32% | 1.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Trinity-Bellwoods
Is Trinity-Bellwoods expensive for Ontario?
Dearer than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Trinity-Bellwoods to more.
How many households in Trinity-Bellwoods are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 17% of Trinity-Bellwoods’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 9% 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).