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Scarborough real estate guideScarborough
Scarborough is Toronto's eastern district, bounded by Victoria Park Avenue, Steeles Avenue, the Rouge River and Lake Ontario.
TRREB average$814,444October 2026, districts E04 to E11
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- 623,610
- Own their home, 2021
- 64.0%
- Population change, 2016 to 2021
- +0.1%
- Immigrants, 2021
- 55.5%
Sources: City of Toronto. Full citations at the foot of the page. Compiled November 2026.
Homes & prices
TRREB sales for October 2026, and the 2021 Census housing mix.
- Average price, all home types (E04 to E11)
- $814,444
- Sales
- 344
Average price by home type
- Detached(178 sales)$1,053,592
- Condo apartment(99 sales)$461,891
- E10 Highland Creek / West Hill / Centennial(30 sales)$987,267
- E04 Wexford / Dorset Park / Clairlea area(67 sales)$792,324
- E11 Malvern / Rouge(30 sales)$698,010
Homes by type[1]
- Single-detached house37.2%
- Apartment, 5 or more storeys35.2%
- Row house9.6%
- Apartment or flat in a duplex7.3%
- Apartment, fewer than 5 storeys5.7%
- Semi-detached house4.6%
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The market in October 2026
TRREB divides Scarborough into eight districts, E04 to E11. Together they recorded 344 sales in October 2026, and dividing their combined dollar volume by those sales gives an average of $814,444. Detached houses made up 178 of those sales, more than half, at an average of $1,053,592. Condo apartments were a smaller share than across the city as a whole, with 99 sales averaging $461,891. The MLS HPI composite benchmark was $655,400 in E11, which covers Malvern and part of the Rouge, and $892,000 in E06 around Birchcliffe-Cliffside and Oakridge. Benchmarks were lower than a year earlier in every district shown here: down 5.16% in E10, 8.27% in E04, 8.83% in E11 and 9.29% in E06.
The housing stock
Scarborough has the most ground-oriented housing of Toronto's districts. In its six wards, 37.2% of occupied homes are single-detached houses, compared with 23.3% across the city, and row houses make up 9.6%, the highest share among the districts in this guide. Apartments or flats in duplexes account for 7.3%, and buildings of five or more storeys hold 35.2% of homes. Ownership is high for Toronto at 64.0% of households. Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park has the highest ward median household income at $105,000, and Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt has the oldest population with a median age of 45.2.
More figures
- E06 Birchcliffe-Cliffside / OakridgeDown 9.29% year over year
- MLS HPI composite benchmark $892,000[2]
- Median total household income, 2020 (by ward)Range of ward medians; medians cannot be combined across wards
- $77,000 to $105,000[1]
- Median age, 2021 (by ward)Range of ward medians
- 38.4 to 45.2[1]
- Homes in apartment buildings of 5+ storeys, 2021Share of 218,915 occupied private dwellings
- 35.2%[1]
- Single-detached houses, 2021Share of occupied private dwellings
- 37.2%[1]
- Mother tongue is a non-official language, 2021Single responses; neither English nor French
- 48.4%[1]
Getting around
Stations, rapid transit and highways.
Schools
Boundaries change. Confirm your address with the board before you buy.
- Agincourt Collegiate Institute[7]SecondaryToronto District School Board
- Dr. Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute[7]SecondaryToronto District School Board
- Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts[7]SecondaryToronto District School Board
- R. H. King Academy[7]SecondaryToronto District School Board
- Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School[7]SecondaryToronto Catholic District School Board
- Centennial College, Progress Campus[7]Post-secondaryCentennial College
Lifestyle
Parks, neighbourhoods and who Scarborough suits.
Who Scarborough suits
- Buyers who want a detached house for less than the city average
- Larger and multigenerational households
- Commuters who use GO trains
- People who want space for walking and hiking
Neighbourhoods within Scarborough
- Agincourt North
- Agincourt South-Malvern West
- Milliken
- L'Amoreaux
- Steeles
- Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan
- Wexford-Maryvale
- Dorset Park
- Clairlea-Birchmount
- Ionview
- Kennedy Park
- Birchcliffe-Cliffside
- Oakridge
- Cliffcrest
- Scarborough Village
- Guildwood
- Eglinton East
- Bendale
- Woburn
- Morningside
- Highland Creek
- West Hill
- Centennial Scarborough
- Malvern
- Rouge
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Overview
Scarborough is Toronto's eastern district, bounded by Victoria Park Avenue, Steeles Avenue, the Rouge River and Lake Ontario. Its six wards held 623,610 people in 2021, almost exactly the same number as in 2016. Since the Second World War it has been one of the main places where new immigrants settle in the region, and it also holds the Scarborough Bluffs, the Toronto Zoo and the Rouge River valley.
Day-to-day life
Scarborough's landscape is shaped by water. The Bluffs run about 14 kilometres along the lake and rise more than 60 metres in places, Highland Creek drains most of the district, and the Rouge River valley in the east forms part of Rouge National Urban Park. The Toronto Zoo has been in the Rouge valley since 1974. Scarborough Town Centre, one of the largest malls in Canada, sits next to the former civic centre and Albert Campbell Square. The University of Toronto has had a Scarborough campus since 1964, and Centennial College opened here in 1966. Close to half of residents in the six wards grew up speaking a language other than English or French, and 55.5% are immigrants.
Is Scarborough a good fit for you?
- Buyers who want a detached house for less than the city average: detached homes across districts E04 to E11 averaged $1,053,592 in October 2026, against $1,603,886 for the whole City of Toronto.
- Larger and multigenerational households: Ward 23 Scarborough North and Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park average more than 3.1 people per household.
- Commuters who use GO trains, with seven stations on the Lakeshore East and Stouffville lines.
- People who want space for walking and hiking near the Bluffs and in Rouge National Urban Park.
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How much does a detached house cost in Scarborough?
In October 2026, 178 detached houses sold across TRREB districts E04 to E11 at a combined average of $1,053,592. The composite benchmark was $655,400 in E11 and $892,000 in E06.
Do most Scarborough households own their homes?
Yes. In Scarborough's six wards, 64.0% of households owned their home in 2021, compared with 51.9% across the City of Toronto.
What rapid transit serves Scarborough?
Line 2 stops at Victoria Park, Warden and Kennedy, and Line 5 Eglinton opened in February 2026 with its eastern end at Kennedy. GO trains stop at Guildwood, Rouge Hill, Eglinton and Scarborough on the Lakeshore East line, and at Kennedy, Agincourt and Milliken on the Stouffville line. The old Scarborough RT closed in 2023.
How many people live in Scarborough?
Scarborough's six wards counted 623,610 residents in 2021, up only slightly from 623,130 in 2016 on the same boundaries.
Sources (9)
- [1] City of Toronto, Ward Profiles (25-Ward Model), 2021 and 2016 Census custom tabulations (Statistics Canada), file 2023-WardProfiles-2011-2021-CensusData (accessed 2026-10-12)
- [2] Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, Market Watch, October 2026 (accessed 2026-11-06)
- [3] TRREB Community Housing Market Report, Toronto East, Q2 2026 (district and community list) (accessed 2026-10-12)
- [4] Toronto Transit Commission, Subway, Light Rail and Streetcar Map (edition 09/26) (accessed 2026-10-12)
- [5] GO Transit, Guildwood GO station details (accessed 2026-10-12)
- [6] GO Transit, Agincourt GO station details (accessed 2026-10-12)
- [7] City of Toronto Open Data, School Locations - All Types (includes school board and former municipality code) (accessed 2026-10-12)
- [8] City of Toronto Open Data, Parks and Recreation Facilities (names, addresses, amenities) (accessed 2026-10-12)
- [9] Wikipedia, Scarborough, Toronto (accessed 2026-10-12)
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