Urban centre · Pickering, Greater Toronto
Pickering City Centre
A mall, a GO station and fast-growing condos
- Young professionals
- Commuters
- Renters
At a glance
Pickering City Centre is the city's urban centre, around Pickering Town Centre and the Pickering GO station, with new condos and a civic complex. About 50% of homes are detached and 20% are apartments, 15% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $811K in the 2021 census.
- Median home value (est.)
- $724K* * est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $917K
- Residents
- 41,160 scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 36,552 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 15% city 34%
- Homes that are apartments
- 20% city 38%
What the numbers mean
- Owners valued the median home at $811K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Toronto MLS® Home Price Index (-11% since then), that is about $724K, 21% below the Toronto-area suburbs median of $917K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
- 15% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
- 50% 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 36,552 at the 2021 census.
Homes
Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 36,552 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
- $10,960 on $724K
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.