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student-friendly diverse active

York University Heights is a vibrant neighbourhood in North York. It is known for its diverse community and proximity to York University.

Close to York University High walkability score of 95 Many parks and playgrounds Diverse dining options Good public transit access

York University Heights, North York — HOMEH neighbourhood guide

North York, Ontario

Day to dayLivability

Walkability

out of 100 · averaged over 6 past and present listings

Average walk score reported on listings here

6.4

Schools near listings

out of 10 · averaged over 1,708 past and present listings

Fraser Institute ratings within 2 km of each listing, closer schools weighted more

Each score is an average over this area's own listings and is shown only where at least 5 of them carry one. Scores are reported by listing agents, not measured by HOMEH.

What it costsAffordability

Median asking price

$661,400

12% below North York 7% below Ontario

In York University Heights

$661,400

In North York

$754,500

In Ontario

$709,900

Median monthly rent

$2,300/mo

2% above North York 8% below Ontario

In York University Heights

$2,300

In North York

$2,250

In Ontario

$2,500

≈ 24 years

Of rent to match the purchase price

On the marketMarket snapshot

For sale

Median $661,400

Condos 51 · Houses 28

For rent

Median $2,300

Condos 33 · Houses 8

Recently sold

Recently leased

Market data as of 2026-10-25. Sold and leased figures are neighbourhood medians over the last 12 months, published only where at least 5 homes closed — never a single sale.

The honest readPros & cons

What people love

Strong community with many amenities
Affordable rental prices compared to city median
Family-friendly environment
Good schools and educational facilities

Keep in mind

Higher unemployment rate at 16.8%
Housing prices above the city median

The feel of the placeLifestyle

Daily life in York University Heights is active and community-oriented. Residents enjoy easy access to schools, parks, and public transport.

Great for students first-time buyers families

Within the boundaryWhat's nearby

The boundary

13.1 km²

Every count and every census figure on this page was measured inside this line — not within a circle drawn around a centre point.

Parks

Playgrounds

Transit stations

Grocery stores

Restaurants

Cafés

Gyms

Libraries

Pharmacies

Counted across all 13.1 km² of York University Heights. From OpenStreetMap, as of 2026-10-26.

The schoolsWhich schools, and how they rate

5.4/10

Average rating of the 4 rated schools in this area

Elementary

Secondary

St Wilfrid Catholic School
Catholic · Grades JK–8 · Toronto CDSB
6.5/105.6 over 5 yrs
1,231st of 3,045 Ontario elementary schools
625 students · EQAO 2024-2025
St Jerome Catholic School
Catholic · Grades JK–8 · Toronto CDSB
6.2/106.5 over 5 yrs
1,444th of 3,045 Ontario elementary schools
630 students · EQAO 2024-2025
James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School
Catholic · Grades 9–12 · Toronto CDSB
5.9/105.6 over 5 yrs
401st of 742 Ontario secondary schools
1,140 students · EQAO 2024-2025
C W Jefferys Collegiate Institute
Public · Grades 9–12 · Toronto DSB
2.9/103.8 over 5 yrs
706th of 742 Ontario secondary schools
815 students · EQAO 2024-2025
Adelfiha's Christian Academy
Independent
Not rated
Africentric Alternative School
Public · Grades JK–8 · Toronto DSB
Not rated
120 students · EQAO 2024-2025

Ontario Ministry of Education school registry; ratings from the Fraser Institute report card. These are the schools that stand inside York University Heights, not a catchment — most Ontario boards do not publish attendance boundaries, and we will not draw a line we cannot source. Confirm enrolment with the school board before you buy.

The peopleWho lives here

28,557

Population (2021)

13.2 km²

Area

2,158

People per km²

37.8

Median age

$76,886

Median income

47%

Own their home

2.8

People per household

10,355

Households

Every age

Children (under 15)13.6%
Working age (15–64)72.8%
Seniors (65+)13.6%

What is built here

Detached houses12.3%
Semi-detached14%
Townhouses8.5%
Duplexes2.7%
Low-rise apartments10.6%
High-rise apartments51.6%

Own or rent

47%Owners

54%Renters

Across 10,355 households

When it was built

Mostly 1961–1980

1960 or earlier14%
1961–198046%
1981–199010%
1991–20007%
2001–20054%
2006–20109%
2011–20156%
2016–20213%

Share of occupied homes, by the era they were built in. Bars are drawn against the busiest era, not against each other, because the eras are not the same length. The eight shares are unlikely to total exactly 100: Statistics Canada rounds each era's count to the nearest 5 before publishing it, so we print what the census reports rather than adjusting a figure to make the column add up.

55.4%
Born outside Canada: 27.2%
Hold a degree or higher: 51.4%
Employment rate: 34.4%
Commute by transit: 59.6%
Commute by car: 1.7
Children per family: $69,574
Median income after tax: $88,495
Average household income: 13.8%
Living on a low income: $1,375/mo
Renters pay, per month: $1,532/mo
Owners pay, per month: $740,086
Median home value at census: 34.4%
Renters spending 30%+ of income on housing: 22.4%
Owners spending 30%+ of income on housing

Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021. Added up from 28 census areas inside the boundary. Medians and rates are a population-weighted average of dissemination-area figures.

Sources: HOMEH listings, Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021, OpenStreetMap, HOMEH school registry, Photo: © Wikimedia Commons contributors (CC BY-SA)

HOMEH Market Pulse Through September 2026 Deep sales history

What homes in York University Heights actually rent for

301 homes were leased in York University Heights over the 12 months to September 2026. Half leased above $2,381 and half below, 6.1% lower than the 12 months before. A typical home found its tenant in 25 days — 3 days slower than a year ago.

Median rent: $2,381; -6.1% year over year
Days to lease: 25; 3 days slower
Leases closed: 301; last 12 months
Rent per square foot: $3.41/mo; from 270 sized leases

Three years of rents

The line is the median. The band is the middle half of every lease — how wide it runs tells you how much one home here differs from the next.

$3,413$2,927$2,442$1,956

Oct ’23Oct ’24Sep ’25Sep ’26

Median rent Middle half of leases

What renters actually paid

$2,997/mo

on a $3,000 asking rent — under ask by $3

−10%Asking rent+10%

Of the asking rent: 99.9%
Leased over asking: 6.6%

From 301 leases that closed here in the last 12 months.

Rent or buy in York University Heights

24 years

of rent, at the going rate here, adds up to what a home here costs.

Median sold price

$684,753

162 sales

Median rent

$2,381/mo

301 leases

Gross rental yield

4.17%

before costs

Both figures come from deals that actually closed in York University Heights over the last 12 months. Gross yield is annual rent divided by price; it does not account for taxes, fees, maintenance, vacancy or financing.

What actually rents in York University Heights

A single median hides this: the mix of homes behind it, and what each kind costs.

301leases

Condo apartment$2,37979.1%
Other kinds of home$1,9502.3%
Other kinds, too few of each —18.6%

How fast it moves

Median days on market, month by month. Taller means slower.

Oct 2024Sep 2026

Terracotta marks the last 12 months.

Every month behind these charts — York University Heights, rentals

Monthly closed leases in York University Heights
Month	Closed	Median	Middle half	Days	% of ask
Sep 2026	33	$2,400	$2,250 – $2,700	17	100.0%
Aug 2026	33	$2,400	$2,175 – $2,650	23	100.0%
Jul 2026	28	$2,400	$2,138 – $2,625	42	100.0%
Jun 2026	26	$2,400	$2,163 – $2,575	17	100.0%
May 2026	32	$2,275	$2,056 – $2,613	16	100.0%
Apr 2026	33	$2,350	$2,200 – $2,500	29	100.0%
Mar 2026	22	$2,375	$2,193 – $2,450	27	100.0%
Feb 2026	20	$2,363	$2,186 – $2,571	33	100.0%
Jan 2026	22	$2,375	$2,200 – $2,538	31	100.0%
Dec 2025	14	$2,400	$2,138 – $3,000	27	100.0%
Nov 2025	17	$2,450	$2,350 – $2,625	22	98.4%
Oct 2025	21	$2,450	$2,300 – $2,650	18	100.0%
Sep 2025	24	$2,525	$2,250 – $2,688	16	99.5%
Aug 2025	28	$2,600	$2,338 – $3,021	21	98.6%
Jul 2025	30	$2,460	$2,263 – $2,887	27	100.0%
Jun 2025	22	$2,418	$2,325 – $2,613	25	100.0%
May 2025	16	$2,450	$2,356 – $2,506	13	100.0%
Apr 2025	25	$2,500	$2,350 – $2,800	14	100.0%
Mar 2025	17	$2,500	$2,250 – $2,700	27	100.0%
Feb 2025	23	$2,500	$2,300 – $2,625	26	100.0%
Jan 2025	30	$2,600	$2,463 – $2,700	36	100.0%
Dec 2024	24	$2,525	$2,388 – $2,700	19	99.3%
Nov 2024	38	$2,600	$2,400 – $2,738	19	100.0%
Oct 2024	45	$2,600	$2,400 – $2,700	19	100.0%
Sep 2024	56	$2,600	$2,450 – $2,800	20	100.0%
Aug 2024	84	$2,638	$2,350 – $2,800	24	100.0%
Jul 2024	47	$2,550	$2,400 – $2,700	13	100.0%
Jun 2024	7	$2,600	$2,575 – $2,625	36	100.0%
May 2024	9	$2,500	$2,350 – $2,595	44	100.0%
Apr 2024	13	$2,600	$2,450 – $3,050	26	100.0%
Mar 2024	11	$2,650	$2,200 – $2,900	30	100.0%
Feb 2024	6	$2,475	$2,363 – $2,550	33	100.0%
Jan 2024	9	$2,600	$2,600 – $3,000	30	100.0%
Dec 2023	2	Not enough leases this month to report a median
Nov 2023	10	$2,800	$2,538 – $3,313	14	100.0%
Oct 2023	10	$2,650	$2,650 – $3,100	15	100.0%

1 of these months closed fewer than 5 leases. A middle value taken over that few is not a market figure — with one lease it is simply that lease — so the count is shown and the median is not. The leases themselves still count toward the 12-month figures above.

What people ask about York University Heights

How much does a home cost in York University Heights?

Homes in York University Heights sold for a median of $684,753 over the 12 months to September 2026, across 162 closed sales — half sold for more and half for less. That is 1.1% higher than the 12 months before it.

How long does it take to sell a home in York University Heights?

A home in York University Heights took a median of 35 days on the market over the 12 months to September 2026. Homes there closed at 96.7% of the asking price on average, with 16.7% selling over asking.

How much is rent in York University Heights?

The median lease in York University Heights closed at $2,381 a month over the 12 months to September 2026, across 301 leases.

Is it cheaper to rent or buy in York University Heights?

A home in York University Heights costs about 24.0 years of the rent on one — the median price of $684,753 against a median rent of $2,381 a month, a gross yield of 4.17%. The shorter that number, the closer buying is to renting before financing costs.

What kind of homes sell in York University Heights?

Over the 12 months to September 2026 the mix in York University Heights was condo apartment (38.9% of sales, median $478,179), semi-detached (11.1% of sales, median $879,167) and detached (6.8% of sales, median $1,102,727).

Compiled by HOMEH from leases reported closed in York University Heights on the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board MLS® System, through September 2026. Medians are taken over closed prices, not asking prices. Per-square-foot figures use the midpoint of the banded floor-area range MLS® carries, so they describe the group and not any one home. Not an appraisal or an opinion of value.

Condos in York University Heights

A condo here is 1.8× cheaper than semi-detached houses

Half the condo apartments that changed hands in York University Heights over the 12 months to September 2026 sold above $478,179. The neighbourhood's median across every kind of home was $684,753 — one number, two markets.

Condo apartment$478,179

Semi-detached$879,167

Median closed prices over the 12 months to September 2026, from 162 sales in York University Heights. Medians describe the group, never one home.

Median condo sold price: $478K; 63 closed sales
Median condo rent: $2,379/mo; 238 leases
Days to sell: 44; median, condo apartments
Share of all sales: 39%; of everything that closed here

44condo apartments for sale 28condo apartments for rent

At a glance