Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Owners in Thornhill value their homes 73% above the median of Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $1,200,000, where Ontario’s towns sit at $695,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Thornhill.
Two ways to price a home in Thornhill
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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
- $1.45M
- Owners
- 5,300
- 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). · The assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers here cover the city of Vaughan
Vaughan’s detached houses are assessed at 3.5 times the median of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 62% of the 108,165 properties on Vaughan’s 2024 roll; condos for 18%.
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.
Condominiums are 33% of Thornhill’s homes, against 7% for Ontario’s towns
Of the 6,230 homes people lived in across Thornhill at the 2021 census, 55% were single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001. 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
| Thornhill | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 33% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 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.
Permits in Vaughan ran at 31 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
Over 2018–2023, 18,055 homes were permitted in Vaughan, close to 3,009 each year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 13%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Toronto metro area, Thornhill included.
A peak in 2023: 6,623 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.
Thornhill is 73% 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 Thornhill: Beverley Glen, Newtonbrook West and Langstaff
Next to Thornhill: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornhill | $1.2M | $1.45M | 85% | |
| Steeles Corners | $1.39M | $1.36M | 49% | 1.5 |
| Beverley Glen | $1.1M | $1.13M | 85% | 1.8 |
| Newtonbrook West | $1M | $1.18M | 50% | 2.3 |
| Langstaff | $750K | $1.1M | 75% | 2.4 |
| Newtonbrook East | $1.51M | $1.41M | 62% | 2.5 |
| Westminster-Branson | $600K | $797K | 40% | 2.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Thornhill
Is Thornhill expensive for Ontario?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Thornhill’s is worth more.
How many households in Thornhill are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 13% in Thornhill, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).