Where should you buy in York Region, Uxbridge & Simcoe County?
Pick a home type, choose two towns and set your budget. You see how your budget sits against each town's average sale price for that home type, how much room buyers have had, what is built there and how long the train to Union takes.
Property-type resale comparisons use the same 12-month reporting period. Inventory, Census and transit information have their own clearly labelled dates.
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Enter a price between $200,000 and $5,000,000.
Boundaries: Statistics Canada 2021 census subdivisions. Rail: GO Transit schedule data. Barrie and Innisfil are shown for orientation; their reports are being refreshed.
Each row compares one sourced figure. There is no total score: you decide which rows matter. A town having the edge on a row says nothing about any particular home.
- Newmarket's 12-month detached average ($1,136,542) is $349,983, or 24%, lower than Aurora's ($1,486,525).
- Your $1,100,000 budget is $36,542 under Newmarket's average and $386,525 under Aurora's.
- Both lean to buyers on the sales-to-new-listings ratio (37% and 34%).
- Aurora has 5.9 months of inventory compared with Newmarket's 4.5, indicating greater available supply relative to recent sales activity. That may give buyers more negotiating flexibility, but does not mean Aurora has more homes listed or more suitable homes within your budget.
- Aurora's fastest scheduled morning train to Union is 53 minutes against Newmarket's 62, a 9-minute difference on the timetable, before getting to the station.
- The trade-off on your priorities: Newmarket on price, Aurora on negotiating room and train time. Which matters more is your call.
These are town-wide averages over 12 months to September 2026. They do not control for lot size, square footage, condition or age, and they describe the market, not any one home.
What your budget reaches
Each rung is a property type's average sale price over 12 months. The gold line is your budget.Each property type's average sale price over 12 months, marked gold when it is at or under your budget.
| A | B | |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | $1.14M533 sales | $1.49M385 sales |
| Semi-detached | $803K96 sales | $879K40 sales |
| Row townhouse | $840K101 sales | $924K105 sales |
| Condo townhouse | $708K53 sales | $810K59 sales |
| Condo apartment | $559K59 sales | $615K55 sales |
average at or under your budget · above it. 12-month averages.
Room to negotiate
Market-wide conditions for the selected home type in each town.
These are market-wide figures for the property type. A single listing's room to negotiate depends on its price, condition and time on market.
What is built and what sells
The mix of homes that sold over 12 months, against the mix of homes that exist.
"What sold" uses every MLS® resale in the town as its base (850 in Newmarket, 658 in Aurora). "Other types" is the sales HabiStat records under property types not shown here. Census figures are from 2021 and count every occupied home, not homes for sale. Census and MLS® use different type definitions.
Living in these communities
Five sourced facts for each town: main street, parks and trails, recreation, local transit and growth. Places and services, not ratings.
Facts come from each municipality, transit agency or conservation authority and are reviewed at each monthly update. They describe places and services, not the people who live there, and they are not ratings.
Getting around by GO train
Stations inside each town, the weekday-morning trains to Union Station and the scheduled ride.
| Station | Line | Morning trains | Ride |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | Barrie | 5 06:27–08:46 | 62 min |
| Station | Line | Morning trains | Ride |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | Barrie | 7 06:06–08:54 | 53 min |
From the GO Transit schedule for Wednesday, October 14, 2026 (timetable valid October 5 to November 27, 2026; refreshed with each monthly update). Direct trains only. Ride time excludes getting to the station, parking and transfers; a door-to-door commute depends on where you live and work. Stations are matched to towns by the 2021 Statistics Canada municipal boundary.
Schools: check by address
School boards serving each town, with the board's own address lookup, and Ontario's finder for all four publicly funded systems.
- York Region District School BoardEnglish publicFind your school by address
- York Catholic District School BoardEnglish CatholicFind your school by address
- York Region District School BoardEnglish publicFind your school by address
- York Catholic District School BoardEnglish CatholicFind your school by address
The links above find schools; they do not confirm a place. Eligibility and attendance depend on the specific property address and on board policy, and boundaries change, so confirm with the relevant school board before you buy. We do not rank schools.
Neighbourhood to neighbourhood
Where neighbourhood figures exist for the towns you selected, compare any two. More towns follow as neighbourhood data by home type becomes available.
Neighbourhoods in Newmarket and Aurora, the two towns you are comparing.
| ACentral NewmarketNewmarket | BAurora HighlandsAurora | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales12 months to September 2026 | 141 | 136 |
| Average sale priceAll types; sensitive to mix | $777,552 | $1,254,835 |
| Sales-to-new-listings ratio12 months | 36% | 35% |
| Sales below list price12 months | 83% | 77% |
| Active listingsSeptember 30, 2026 | 63 | 56 |
| Months of inventoryLatest 3-month measure | 5.1 | 5.3 |
Your comparison summary
The figures behind the comparison you built, on one page. Printing gives you this summary only.
| ANewmarket | BAurora | |
|---|---|---|
| Average sale price, detached (12 months to September 2026) | $1,136,542 | $1,486,525 |
| Your budget against that average | $36,542 under | $386,525 under |
| Sales, 12 months to September 2026 | 533 | 385 |
| Sales-to-new-listings ratio | 37% | 34% |
| Sales below list price | 79% | 79% |
| Months of inventory (3-month) | 4.5 | 5.9 |
| Active listings, September 30, 2026 | 217 | 178 |
| Fastest scheduled morning train to Union | 62 min | 53 min |
| Homes built 2011 to 2021 (2021 Census) | 12% | 20% |
- Newmarket's 12-month detached average ($1,136,542) is $349,983, or 24%, lower than Aurora's ($1,486,525).
- Your $1,100,000 budget is $36,542 under Newmarket's average and $386,525 under Aurora's.
- Both lean to buyers on the sales-to-new-listings ratio (37% and 34%).
- Aurora has 5.9 months of inventory compared with Newmarket's 4.5, indicating greater available supply relative to recent sales activity. That may give buyers more negotiating flexibility, but does not mean Aurora has more homes listed or more suitable homes within your budget.
- Aurora's fastest scheduled morning train to Union is 53 minutes against Newmarket's 62, a 9-minute difference on the timetable, before getting to the station.
- The trade-off on your priorities: Newmarket on price, Aurora on negotiating room and train time. Which matters more is your call.
These are town-wide averages over 12 months to September 2026. They do not control for lot size, square footage, condition or age, and they describe the market, not any one home.
HabiStat MLS® statistics, all associations; Statistics Canada 2021 Census; GO Transit schedule for Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Market figures are averages for a whole town and say nothing about any one home. meetmatthew.ca/compare-communities
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Method and sources
Resale figures
HabiStat MLS® statistics, all associations, monthly resale data for each town and property type. Every figure covers the 12 months to September 2026, the same window as the town reports, and is calculated by the same code. The current partial month is never included.
Average sale price: total dollar volume divided by sales over 12 months. Sales-to-new-listings ratio: sales divided by new listings over 12 months; it compares two flows and does not track individual listings. Under 45% leans to buyers, 45 to 65% is balanced and over 65% leans to sellers, the reference range CREA publishes for the national market; local markets vary, and the bands are a guide, not a verdict. Sales below list: each month's share of sales under asking, weighted by that month's sales. Months of inventory: HabiStat's 3-month measure, active listings against average monthly sales over the last 3 months. It measures supply relative to the sales pace, not how many homes are listed; a town can have more months of inventory and fewer listings. Active listings: the count on September 30, 2026, not live inventory. Where the source gives no count for a property type, the page says "Not available" rather than zero.
Sample sizes
20 or more sales in 12 months: shown normally. 10 to 19: shown with a small-sample flag. Under 10: not shown. These are presentation rules, not proof that a comparison is representative; in a high-priced or varied market even 20 sales can swing widely.
Neighbourhoods
Neighbourhood figures combine all property types. A neighbourhood's mix of detached homes, townhouses and condos can move every measure, so we do not draw negotiating conclusions from them.
Other sources
Housing stock, tenure and population: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, census subdivision profiles. Boundaries: Statistics Canada 2021 cartographic boundary file. GO rail: Metrolinx GO Transit GTFS schedule, service on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, timetable valid October 5 to November 27, 2026; trains departing 6:00 to 8:59 a.m., direct to Union Station. The schedule is refreshed with each monthly update.
Living in these communities
Each fact is one sentence from the municipality, the transit agency or the conservation authority, with its source linked and the date it was last reviewed. Facts are re-checked at each monthly update.
What this page does not do
It does not rank towns, score them, or recommend one. It does not estimate property taxes, drive times or school attendance. It does not describe the people who live in a town.
Figures are for information and may be revised. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers already under contract. Matthew Gizzie, REALTOR®, Keller Williams Realty Centres, Brokerage.
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