Real Estate for Rent in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction, Toronto, ON

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Neighbourhood in Toronto

Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction

community-oriented active diverse

Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction is a vibrant neighbourhood in Toronto. It offers a mix of homes, parks, and local amenities, making it a great place to live.

High walkability score of 91 Diverse housing options available Good schools with an average rating of 6.9 Many parks and playgrounds Strong community feel

Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction, Toronto — HOMEH neighbourhood guide

Toronto, Ontario

Day to dayLivability

Walkability

out of 100 · averaged over 34 past and present listings

Average walk score reported on listings here

6.9

Schools near listings

out of 10 · averaged over 3,948 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

$1,100,000

8% below Toronto 53% above Ontario

In Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction

$1,100,000

In Toronto

$1,199,000

In Ontario

$717,000

Median monthly rent

$2,590/mo

4% above Toronto 4% above Ontario

In Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction

$2,590

In Toronto

$2,500

In Ontario

$2,500

≈ 35.4 years

Of rent to match the purchase price

On the marketMarket snapshot

For sale

114

Median $1,100,000

Houses 67 · Condos 47

For rent

Median $2,590

Houses 62 · Condos 36

Recently sold

Recently leased

Market data as of 2026-10-10. 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

Close to parks and recreational spaces
Good access to public transit
Family-friendly environment
Diverse community with many cultures

Keep in mind

Housing prices are above the city median
Higher rent costs compared to the province median

The feel of the placeLifestyle

Daily life here is active and community-oriented, with plenty of local shops and restaurants. Residents enjoy a mix of urban living and green spaces.

Great for families young professionals first-time buyers

Within the boundaryWhat's nearby

The boundary

3.7 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 3.7 km² of Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction. From OpenStreetMap, as of 2026-10-12.

The schoolsWhich schools, and how they rate

6.9/10

Average rating of the 9 rated schools in this area

Elementary

Secondary

St Sebastian Catholic School
Catholic · Grades JK–8 · Toronto CDSB
10.0/109.5 over 5 yrs
1st of 3,045 Ontario elementary schools
250 students · EQAO 2024-2025
St Mary of the Angels Catholic School
Catholic · Grades JK–8 · Toronto CDSB
7.7/107.8 over 5 yrs
476th of 3,045 Ontario elementary schools
230 students · EQAO 2024-2025
St Anthony Catholic School
Catholic · Grades JK–8 · Toronto CDSB
7.4/106.6 over 5 yrs
626th of 3,045 Ontario elementary schools
205 students · EQAO 2024-2025
Pauline Junior Public School
Public · Grades JK–6 · Toronto DSB
7.0/106.9 over 5 yrs
888th of 3,045 Ontario elementary schools
210 students · EQAO 2024-2025
Hawthorne II Bilingual Alternative Junior School
Public · Grades JK–6 · Toronto DSB
6.8/107.1 over 5 yrs
1,026th of 3,045 Ontario elementary schools
155 students · EQAO 2024-2025
Dovercourt Public School
Public · Grades JK–8 · Toronto DSB
6.1/104.8 over 5 yrs
1,525th of 3,045 Ontario elementary schools
365 students · EQAO 2024-2025

Ontario Ministry of Education school registry; ratings from the Fraser Institute report card. These are the schools that stand inside Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction, 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

35,862

Population (2021)

3.7 km²

Area

9,646

People per km²

38.6

Median age

$87,925

Median income

52%

Own their home

2.3

People per household

15,505

Households

Every age

Children (under 15)12.5%
Working age (15–64)73.6%
Seniors (65+)14.0%

What is built here

Detached houses10.5%
Semi-detached13.3%
Townhouses7.4%
Duplexes7.1%
Low-rise apartments42.5%
High-rise apartments17.8%
Other attached homes1.4%

Own or rent

52%Owners

48%Renters

Across 15,505 households

When it was built

Mostly 1960 or earlier

1960 or earlier50%
1961–198016%
1981–19906%
1991–20006%
2001–20054%
2006–20104%
2011–20156%
2016–20216%

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.

37.8%
Born outside Canada: 39.7%
Hold a degree or higher: 59.6%
Employment rate: 31.1%
Commute by transit: 48.7%
Commute by car: 1.6
Children per family: $77,354
Median income after tax: $108,748
Average household income: 10.8%
Living on a low income: $1,497/mo
Renters pay, per month: $1,653/mo
Owners pay, per month: $1,061,742
Median home value at census: 37.3%
Renters spending 30%+ of income on housing: 21.1%
Owners spending 30%+ of income on housing

Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021. Added up from 66 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 Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction actually rent for

1,049 homes were leased in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction over the 12 months to September 2026. Half leased above $2,422 and half below, 0.7% higher than the 12 months before. A typical home found its tenant in 20 days — 3 days quicker than a year ago.

Median rent: $2,422; +0.7% year over year
Days to lease: 20; 3 days quicker
Leases closed: 1,049; last 12 months
Rent per square foot: $3.53/mo; from 864 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.

$4,168$3,356$2,544$1,732

Oct ’23Oct ’24Sep ’25Sep ’26

Median rent Middle half of leases

What renters actually paid

$3,000/mo

on a $3,000 asking rent — right at the asking rent

−10%Asking rent+10%

Of the asking rent: 100.0%
Leased over asking: 15.9%

From 1,049 leases that closed here in the last 12 months.

Rent or buy in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction

36.1 years

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

Median sold price

$1,049,574

298 sales

Median rent

$2,422/mo

1,049 leases

Gross rental yield

2.77%

before costs

Both figures come from deals that actually closed in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction 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 Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction

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

1,049leases

Condo apartment$2,35762.1%
Semi-detached$2,47710.2%
Detached$2,4149.1%
Multiplex$2,4906.9%
Other kinds of home$2,5164.3%
Condo town$3,0000.5%
Other kinds, too few of each —6.9%

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 — Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction, rentals

Monthly closed leases in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction
Month	Closed	Median	Middle half	Days	% of ask
Sep 2026	70	$2,490	$2,000 – $3,271	19	100.0%
Aug 2026	90	$2,550	$2,163 – $3,175	18	100.0%
Jul 2026	141	$2,400	$2,000 – $3,150	19	100.0%
Jun 2026	162	$2,350	$2,050 – $2,719	24	100.0%
May 2026	148	$2,403	$2,100 – $2,900	16	100.0%
Apr 2026	109	$2,402	$2,088 – $3,305	14	100.0%
Mar 2026	94	$2,538	$2,150 – $3,338	21	100.0%
Feb 2026	61	$2,250	$2,000 – $2,650	21	100.0%
Jan 2026	55	$2,380	$2,025 – $2,995	36	100.0%
Dec 2025	40	$2,300	$1,900 – $2,788	19	100.0%
Nov 2025	40	$2,800	$2,000 – $3,750	17	100.0%
Oct 2025	39	$2,300	$1,950 – $2,773	18	100.0%
Sep 2025	43	$2,700	$2,000 – $3,400	21	100.0%
Aug 2025	60	$2,350	$2,000 – $2,813	17	100.0%
Jul 2025	67	$2,400	$1,925 – $3,150	18	100.0%
Jun 2025	46	$2,475	$1,913 – $2,800	23	100.0%
May 2025	35	$2,400	$1,925 – $3,300	21	100.0%
Apr 2025	60	$2,250	$2,075 – $2,947	20	100.0%
Mar 2025	73	$2,500	$2,100 – $3,000	18	100.0%
Feb 2025	55	$2,500	$1,938 – $3,000	25	100.0%
Jan 2025	67	$2,250	$2,100 – $2,538	27	100.0%
Dec 2024	73	$2,375	$2,100 – $2,950	33	100.0%
Nov 2024	85	$2,300	$2,150 – $2,800	27	100.0%
Oct 2024	73	$2,500	$2,280 – $2,900	20	100.0%
Sep 2024	68	$2,500	$2,200 – $2,996	19	100.0%
Aug 2024	82	$2,600	$2,200 – $3,000	36	100.0%
Jul 2024	44	$2,775	$2,371 – $3,569	39	100.0%
Jun 2024	51	$2,700	$2,225 – $3,225	39	100.0%
May 2024	47	$2,395	$2,125 – $3,198	37	100.0%
Apr 2024	36	$2,556	$2,100 – $3,938	42	100.0%
Mar 2024	19	$2,400	$1,981 – $3,313	42	100.0%
Feb 2024	54	$2,897	$2,256 – $4,000	25	100.0%
Jan 2024	53	$2,488	$2,300 – $3,300	18	100.0%
Dec 2023	46	$2,800	$2,150 – $3,050	16	100.0%
Nov 2023	42	$2,500	$2,200 – $3,400	14	100.0%
Oct 2023	80	$2,875	$2,063 – $3,313	11	100.0%

What people ask about Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction

How much does a home cost in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction?

Homes in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction sold for a median of $1,049,574 over the 12 months to September 2026, across 298 closed sales — half sold for more and half for less. That is 10.7% lower than the 12 months before it.

How long does it take to sell a home in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction?

A home in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction took a median of 17 days on the market over the 12 months to September 2026. Homes there closed at 98.8% of the asking price on average, with 36.6% selling over asking.

How much is rent in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction?

The median lease in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction closed at $2,422 a month over the 12 months to September 2026, across 1,049 leases.

Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction?

A home in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction costs about 36.1 years of the rent on one — the median price of $1,049,574 against a median rent of $2,422 a month, a gross yield of 2.77%. The shorter that number, the closer buying is to renting before financing costs.

What kind of homes sell in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction?

Over the 12 months to September 2026 the mix in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction was semi-detached (23.2% of sales, median $1,245,167), condo apartment (16.8% of sales, median $540,370) and detached (15.1% of sales, median $1,354,626).

Compiled by HOMEH from leases reported closed in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction 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 Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction

A condo here is 2.3× cheaper than semi-detached houses

Half the condo apartments that changed hands in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction over the 12 months to September 2026 sold above $540,370. The neighbourhood's median across every kind of home was $1,049,574 — one number, two markets.

Condo apartment$540,370

Semi-detached$1,245,167

Median closed prices over the 12 months to September 2026, from 298 sales in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction. Medians describe the group, never one home.

Median condo sold price: $540K; 50 closed sales
Median condo rent: $2,357/mo; 651 leases
Days to sell: 32; median, condo apartments
Share of all sales: 17%; of everything that closed here

Condo townhouses are a separate market again: 25 closed here at a median of $750,000.

39condo apartments for sale 28condo apartments for rent