Housing in Fort York-Liberty Village, Toronto

What stands out about Fort York-Liberty Village

• 95% of its dwellings are condominium, higher than the middle of Toronto's 158 neighbourhoods at 20%.
• 56% of its housing has gone up since 2011, higher than the middle of Toronto's 158 neighbourhoods at 6%.
• 95% of its dwellings are in buildings of five storeys or more, higher than the middle of Toronto's 158 neighbourhoods at 36%.
• 2% of its dwellings are reported as needing major repairs, lower than the middle of Toronto's 158 neighbourhoods at 7%.

What is built here

Row house

1%180

Apartment, under five storeys

3%400

Apartment, five storeys or more

95%11,830

And how many bedrooms it has

One bedroom

59%7,300

Two bedrooms

35%4,320

Three bedrooms

3%345

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

2%255

1961 to 1980

1%160

1981 to 2000

8%955

2001 to 2010

33%4,145

2011 to 2021

56%6,900

What to check before you buy in Fort York-Liberty Village

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.
• The status certificate, before anything elseMost of what sells here is condominium, and in a condominium purchase the document that matters is not the home inspection. The status certificate says what is in the reserve fund, what the corporation has already resolved to spend, whether there is litigation, and what the fee covers. Budget the time for a lawyer to read it.
• The building's age, not just the unit'sA renovated unit in a building that has not repiped or done its garage membrane is a renovated unit with a special assessment coming. Ask what major work the building has completed, and what its engineer's reserve fund study says is next.
• 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.
• Whether the place you are buying has a tenant in itMost households here rent, so a good share of what comes up for sale is tenanted. A tenancy continues after a sale in Ontario, and the rules about a purchaser moving in are specific and worth reading before you write the offer rather than after.

What it costs to live here

Owner monthly shelter cost

$2,320

Renter monthly shelter cost

$2,020

Owners with a mortgage

87%

Households renting

53%

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

51%2,820

Public transit

24%1,315

Walked

16%870

Bicycle

4%230

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.