Bay Ridges

At a glance

Bay Ridges is a lakeside Pickering community of older houses and townhouses by Frenchman's Bay, with a waterfront promenade and marina. About 54% of homes are detached and 17% are apartments, 19% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $805K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.)

$718K^*

* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $917K

Residents

19,520

scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 17,333 at the 2021 census

Households renting

19%

city 34%

Homes that are apartments

17%

city 38%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $805K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Toronto MLS® Home Price Index (-11% since then), that is about $718K, 22% below the Toronto-area suburbs median of $917K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
• 19% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
• 54% 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 17,333 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 17,333 at the 2021 census.

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

$10,840

on $718K

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 Pickering. 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.