Photo: Lucas T Photography · CC BY 2.0Since 2001, West Queen West has built 43% of the homes it has today; Ontario’s towns, 17%
Census values for 2021: a median of $750,000 and an average of $890,223. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, West Queen West included, so owners’ values are the measure. Assessors valued the median residential property at $557,000 for 2024. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. West Queen West doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Toronto.
What West Queen West’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. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $890K
- Owners
- 4,195
- 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
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.
Apartments are 85% of West Queen West’s homes, against 13% for Ontario’s towns
West Queen West had 7,700 occupied homes at the 2021 census. 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
| West Queen West | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 71% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 14% | 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. Very few were houses: 5% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%). For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Toronto metro area, West Queen West included.
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.
West Queen West sits near the middle of Ontario’s towns ($695,000)
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 West Queen West: Fort York-Liberty Village and Harbourfront-CityPlace
Next to West Queen West: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Queen West | $750K | $890K | 55% | |
| Trinity-Bellwoods | $1.4M | $1.45M | 56% | 1 |
| Fort York-Liberty Village | $680K | $735K | 47% | 1 |
| Little Portugal | $1.1M | $1.08M | 43% | 1.3 |
| Wellington Place | $725K | $852K | 38% | 1.4 |
| Kensington-Chinatown | $900K | $961K | 32% | 1.6 |
| Harbourfront-CityPlace | $675K | $768K | 40% | 1.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in West Queen West
How many households in West Queen West are in core housing need?
14% of West Queen West’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.
Is West Queen West expensive for Ontario?
In the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, and so, near enough, does West Queen West.
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).