Housing in East Willowdale, Toronto

Only fifteen per cent of East Willowdale predates 1961, and half of it is detached: this is a post-war suburb that has been rebuilt twice, once in the 1980s and 1990s and again since 2000, with condominium towers along Yonge. More than four in ten of its dwellings have four or more bedrooms, which tells you what has been replacing what.

An Edwardian house with a wide veranda, apartment towers behind it

The upper storeys and roofline of an Edwardian house

The John McKenzie house, with the Yonge Street towers behind itOaktree b, CC BY-SA 4.0
The John McKenzie houseOaktree b, CC BY-SA 4.0

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People: 15,485
Households: 5,610
Median dwelling value: $2M
Median household income: $95K

What stands out about East Willowdale

The median dwelling value is $2,000,000, higher than the middle of Toronto's 158 neighbourhoods at $900,000.
43% of its dwellings have four or more bedrooms, higher than the middle of Toronto's 158 neighbourhoods at 18%.
53% of its dwellings are detached houses, higher than the middle of Toronto's 158 neighbourhoods at 26%.
20% of its housing has gone up since 2011, higher than the middle of Toronto's 158 neighbourhoods at 6%.

What is built here

Detached house: 53%2,970
Semi-detached house: 1%60
Row house: 7%400
Duplex: 4%230
Apartment, under five storeys: 8%435
Apartment, five storeys or more: 27%1,510

And how many bedrooms it has

One bedroom: 12%665
Two bedrooms: 23%1,295
Three bedrooms: 21%1,205
Four or more bedrooms: 43%2,410

When it was built

The most useful line on this page. Almost everything a home inspection turns up in Toronto is a function of the decade the house went up in, and so is most of what an insurer asks about.

1960 or before: 15%825
1961 to 1980: 17%935
1981 to 2000: 32%1,775
2001 to 2010: 17%945
2011 to 2021: 20%1,130

What to check before you buy in East Willowdale

Raised by the housing stock above, not by any particular house. Each one is a question to ask rather than a problem to expect.

Kitec fittings, if it was plumbed in the late 1990s or 2000sA fifth or more of the housing here dates from the years when Kitec plumbing was installed. The fittings are usually brass in orange or blue pipe, most visible under a sink or at the water heater. It was the subject of a class action settlement and it is something a condominium corporation will know about its own building.
What was added, and whether it was permittedIn a neighbourhood this detached, a large share of the houses have been added to or finished below grade at some point. The City's building records will say what was permitted. An unpermitted addition is not automatically a problem to walk away from, but it is a problem to know about rather than inherit.
New enough to still be under warrantyA fifth or more of the housing here has gone up since 2011, so some of it is still inside the Tarion new home warranty period. The warranty follows the home rather than the first buyer, and what it still covers depends on the date of possession, not the date you buy.

What it costs to live here

Owner monthly shelter cost: $1,720
Renter monthly shelter cost: $2,000
Owners with a mortgage: 49%
Households renting: 30%

Shelter cost is the census measure: for an owner it is the mortgage payment, property taxes, condominium fees and utilities together, and for a renter it is rent and utilities. These are medians from 2021, so read them as the shape of the place rather than as a quote.

How people get to work

Car, truck or van: 70%2,445
Public transit: 24%825
Walked: 3%120
Bicycle: 1%20

Where these numbers come from

2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada, tabulated by the City of Toronto Open Data as Neighbourhood Profiles, with neighbourhood names and boundaries from Neighbourhoods. Retrieved September 18, 2026. The City publishes both packages with their licence recorded as "License not specified".

These are aggregate figures for a whole neighbourhood from a census taken in 2021, so they lag the market and they describe no individual home. Housey is not a real estate board and this is not MLS data: for what a specific house is worth today, ask a realtor.