Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 2.0Owners in Yonge-Eglinton value their homes at 2.6 times the median of Ontario’s towns
That is a median of $1,800,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. What homes sold for in Yonge-Eglinton isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.
What Yonge-Eglinton’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. MPAC hasn’t reassessed since its 1 January 2016 values, which is why the figure sits well under the census value; it compares only within Ontario.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.88M
- Owners
- 2,225
- 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: the city of Toronto
On the assessment roll, Toronto’s houses sit at 3.1 times 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: 63% of the homes in Yonge-Eglinton (Ontario’s towns: 13%)
At the 2021 census, Yonge-Eglinton had 6,000 homes with someone living in them. Half went up before 1981. 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
| Yonge-Eglinton | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 14% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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)
Over 2018–2023, 124,736 homes were permitted in Toronto, close to 20,789 each year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 5% were single-unit, against 66% for Ontario’s towns. Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Toronto metro area, with Yonge-Eglinton one part of it.
A peak in 2020: 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
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.
Yonge-Eglinton against Ontario’s towns: 159% over the $695,000 median
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 Yonge-Eglinton: South Eglinton-Davisville, North Toronto and Mount Pleasant East
Next to Yonge-Eglinton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-Eglinton | $1.8M | $1.88M | 37% | |
| South Eglinton-Davisville | $750K | $979K | 31% | 0.7 |
| North Toronto | $750K | $791K | 19% | 0.9 |
| Lawrence Park South | $2.2M | $2.49M | 68% | 1.2 |
| Mount Pleasant East | $1.51M | $1.63M | 55% | 1.4 |
| Yonge-St.Clair | $1.74M | $1.93M | 40% | 1.7 |
| Forest Hill South | $3M | $3.47M | 49% | 1.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Yonge-Eglinton
Is Yonge-Eglinton expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Yonge-Eglinton ranks among the dearer of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Yonge-Eglinton are in core housing need?
More than most: 19% of households in Yonge-Eglinton, 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).