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Established family · North York, Toronto

Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills

Large detached homes backing onto ravines, near Don Mills and York Mills

  • Families with kids
  • Long-term owners
  • Ravine walkers
Map of Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills and the neighbouring areas around it Bendale-Glen AndrewAvondaleWillowdale EastFenside-ParkwoodsEast L'AmoreauxL'Amoreaux WestEglinton EastAgincourtDorset ParkIonviewKennedy ParkBirch Cliff & CliffsideBendale SouthLawrence Park NorthLawrence ParkMount Pleasant EastClairlea-BirchmountWexford-MaryvaleTam O'Shanter-SullivanDon Valley VillagePleasant ViewFlemingdon ParkVictoria VillageDon MillsBridle Path-Sunnybrook-York MillsSt. Andrew-WindfieldsLeasideThorncliffe ParkO'Connor-ParkviewHenry FarmBayview VillageNewtonbrook EastBayview Woods-SteelesParkwoods-O'Connor HillsDon MillsFenside-ParkwoodsHenry FarmTam O'Shanter-SullivanBayview Village2 km
Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: Toronto Police Service.

At a glance

A north-central neighbourhood of detached homes on large lots, with some townhouses and apartments. Owners and renters are about evenly split.

Median home value (est.)
$1.25M*
* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $803K
Residents
14,974
Toronto Police estimate for 2025, up from 13,965 at the 2021 census
Households renting
53%
city 48%
Homes that are apartments
37%
city 61%

What the numbers mean

  • Owners valued the median home at $1.40M in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Toronto MLS® Home Price Index (-11% since then), that is about $1.25M, 56% above the Toronto median of $803K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
  • 53% of households rent, close to the 48% city-wide.
  • 39% of homes are single-detached houses, versus 23% city-wide.
  • Tenants here paid a median of $1,620 a month in shelter costs (rent plus utilities and fees) in the 2021 census, 12% above the $1,450 median across Toronto's 158 neighbourhoods. That figure covers all tenants, including long-term ones, so a new lease will cost more.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, Toronto Police estimate for 2025, up from 13,965 at the 2021 census.

0-1416%
15-197%
20-247%
25-3411%
35-4412%
45-5415%
55-6414%
65+17%

Homes

Share of homes by type, Toronto Police estimate for 2025, up from 13,965 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached39%
Semi-detached6%
Row house17%
Duplex flat1%
Apartment under 5 storeys5%
Apartment 5+ storeys33%

Upfront closing costs1

Toronto buyers pay land transfer tax twice, once to Ontario and once to the City, so the bill is about double Ontario's alone. 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
$21,460
on $1.25M
Toronto municipal land transfer tax
$21,460
on $1.25M
Total
$42,910
3.4% of the price

Household income and housing costs2

What households here earn and how much of it housing takes, 2021 Census.

Median household income
$98,000
2020, before tax
Spend 30%+ on housing
31%
of owner and tenant households
Owners' monthly cost
$1,480
median shelter cost
Tenants' monthly cost
$1,620
median shelter cost

Typical apartment rent nearby3

Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills sits in CMHC's North York (Northeast) survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio
$1,498
+$7 vs metro average
1 bedroom
$1,815
+$54 vs metro average
2 bedroom
$2,156
+$111 vs metro average
3 bedroom or more
$2,342
+$48 vs metro average

How it's changing

Toronto doesn't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety4

Reported incidents in 2025 (the latest full year Toronto Police publish by neighbourhood), per 1,000 residents, compared with the median of 158 Toronto neighbourhoods.

Reported crime
13.0
per 1,000 · close to the 12.5 median
Violent crime
5.9
per 1,000 · median 7.1
Property crime
7.1
per 1,000 · median 5.5
  • Reported crime runs close to the median Toronto neighbourhood: 13.0 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 12.5.
  • The most common reported crime is assault, 40% of the total. 55% of incidents are property crime.
  • Reported crime has risen since 2020 (126 to 195 incidents a year).

What gets reported

Top crime types in the rate, same period.

Assault40%
Vehicle theft24%
Theft from vehicles16%
Break and enter15%
Robbery5%

Other reported incidents

Counted by police but left out of the rate, same period.

Theft over $5,000
7
Shootings and firearm discharges
1
Bicycle theft
0

Reported crime by year

Sources and notes

  1. Source: Government of Ontario, Calculating Land Transfer Tax; City of Toronto, MLTT rates; City of Toronto MLTT rates and fees. 2026 rules, applied to this community's median census home value, indexed to September 2026 with the MLS® HPI. First-time buyer refunds (up to $4,000 provincial and $4,475 municipal) are not deducted. Toronto adds higher rates on the part of a price above $3 million from April 1, 2026. Legal fees, title insurance, inspection and adjustments are extra. ↩
  2. Source: City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles, 2021 Census (158-neighbourhood model). Income is median total household income in 2020 (before tax). The share spending 30% or more of income on shelter combines owner and tenant households; 30% is the standard affordability line. Shelter costs for owners include mortgage payments, property tax and utilities; for tenants, rent and utilities. 2021 Census, a 25% sample, so small neighbourhoods carry some error. ↩
  3. Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, Housing Market Information Portal. These are zone averages across all units in apartment buildings of three or more units, not a figure for Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills alone, and they are not asking rents. Houses, basement suites and condos rented out by owners are not included. Zones are large, so neighbouring communities can share one figure. ↩
  4. Source: Toronto Police Service, Neighbourhood Crime Rates open data (2020 to 2025). Rates use Toronto Police 2025 population estimates. Incidents are counted where they occur. Police services count crime differently, so compare with the local median rather than across cities. How we calculate this. ↩