Village · Oakville, Greater Toronto

Bronte

A harbour village with fish and chips, a pier and a lakeside feel

Nature lovers
Food lovers
Long-term owners

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

At a glance

Bronte is a lakeside village in west Oakville, with a harbour and marina, Bronte Heritage waterfront park, a GO station and a mix of old and new homes. About 63% of homes are detached and 24% are apartments, 22% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $1.26M in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $1.12M^*
Residents: 29,410
Households renting: 22%
Homes that are apartments: 24%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $1.26M in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Toronto MLS® Home Price Index (-11% since then), that is about $1.12M, 22% above the Toronto-area suburbs median of $917K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
22% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
23% are 65 or older, versus 16% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
63% 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 26,120 at the 2021 census.

0-1415%

15-197%

20-246%

25-348%

35-4411%

45-5416%

55-6415%

65+23%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 26,120 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached63%

Semi-detached1%

Row house10%

Duplex flat2%

Apartment under 5 storeys3%

Apartment 5+ storeys21%

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: $18,900

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 Oakville. 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.