Residential · Oshawa, Greater Toronto

Windfields

Newer subdivisions beside the university campuses

Students
Families with kids
Commuters

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

At a glance

Windfields is a north Oshawa community of newer houses and townhouses next to Ontario Tech University and Durham College. About 86% of homes are detached and 2% are apartments, 28% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $918K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $819K^*
Residents: 16,260
Households renting: 28%
Homes that are apartments: 2%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $918K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Toronto MLS® Home Price Index (-11% since then), that is about $819K, 11% below the Toronto-area suburbs median of $917K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
28% of households rent, below the 34% city-wide.
25% of residents are under 15, versus 16% city-wide. Expect busy schools, parks and playgrounds.
86% 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 14,443 at the 2021 census.

0-1425%

15-196%

20-247%

25-3417%

35-4417%

45-5412%

55-649%

65+8%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 14,443 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached86%

Semi-detached0%

Row house11%

Duplex flat1%

Apartment under 5 storeys2%

Apartment 5+ storeys0%

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: $12,860

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 Oshawa. 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.