Residential · Aurora, Greater Toronto

Aurora Highlands

Established suburban streets of houses and parks

Families with kids
Long-term owners
Quiet streets

Aurora Highlands in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Toronto, Statistics Canada (approximate areas).

At a glance

Aurora Highlands is an established Aurora suburb of detached houses and townhouses with parks and schools. About 69% of homes are detached and 10% are apartments, 17% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $1.21M in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $1.08M^*
Residents: 24,150
Households renting: 17%
Homes that are apartments: 10%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $1.21M in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Toronto MLS® Home Price Index (-11% since then), that is about $1.08M, 18% above the Toronto-area suburbs median of $917K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
17% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
69% of homes are single-detached houses, versus 40% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 21,444 at the 2021 census.

0-1414%

15-197%

20-247%

25-3410%

35-4411%

45-5415%

55-6419%

65+18%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 21,444 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached69%

Semi-detached4%

Row house14%

Duplex flat3%

Apartment under 5 storeys4%

Apartment 5+ storeys6%

Upfront closing costs¹

Ontario charges a tiered land transfer tax, up to 2.5% on the part of a home over $2 million. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

Ontario land transfer tax: $18,120

How it's changing

These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety

Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for Aurora. Policing there is by a regional police service, and none publishes neighbourhood crime counts we can compare with Toronto's. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.