Durham Region
Eight communities east of Toronto, from lakeside cities and university towns to quiet farm country.
Durham Region in numbers.
Pick a month and watch the numbers move. Average price, sales, inventory and days on market for all of Durham Region, with each of its eight towns compared below.
Price trend, Jan to Sep 2026
Durham Region average sale price by month. The selected month is highlighted.
Average price by town
What the typical home sold for in each Durham town, with the Durham Region average highlighted.
Durham sales by property type
Share of sales across all of Durham Region by style of home.
Supply vs. demand in Durham Region
New listings against homes sold, month by month.
Town by town
All eight Durham towns for the period you picked above.
Durham Region month by month, 2026
Every month of 2026 so far for Durham Region. The period you picked is highlighted.
10-year average
2016 to 2025Terms: MOI = months of inventory. SNLR = sales-to-new-listings ratio. DOM = days on market. SP/LP = sale price as a percent of list price. Data from the Central Lakes Association of REALTORS® (CLAR) and Habistat, January to September 2026. Property type figures are for all of Durham Region. For general information only.
Why people choose Durham Region.
Why people move here
Eight communities that suit different budgets and lifestyles, from lakeside Pickering and Ajax to university-town Oshawa and the lake and farm country of Scugog, Uxbridge and Brock. Many buyers come from Toronto and the rest of the GTA looking for more space.
Getting around
Highways 401, 407, 412 and 418, GO Transit's Lakeshore East line through Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa, and Durham Region Transit tie the region together.
Learning, health and work
Ontario Tech University, Durham College, Trent University Durham GTA and Lakeridge Health, plus major employers such as General Motors in Oshawa and Ontario Power Generation.
Durham Region is growing fast.
How many people call Durham Region home, and how fast that number is rising.
Growth, 2021 to 2025
Census check: Durham Region counted 645,862 people in the 2016 census and 696,992 in 2021, a change of up 7.9%.
Census counts: 2021 Census of Population summary from the Region of Durham. Estimates: Region of Durham Monitoring of Growth Trends, which adds an allowance for census undercount, so estimates run higher than census counts. The 2026 figure is our projection, not an official count. Canada's 2026 census results are not out until 2027.
How Durham Region became Durham.
From the first peoples to today, the moments that shaped the region.
One region, eight towns
The Regional Municipality of Durham took shape on January 1, 1974. Its eight area municipalities are Oshawa, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Clarington, Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge.
Indigenous roots
The Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation remains in the region today, on the shores of Lake Scugog.
The Mississauga, a branch of the Ojibway, move south and settle along the Credit River and the shores of Rice Lake, Mud Lake and Lake Scugog, drawn by the fur trade. First Nations peoples had lived here long before.
Durham County is established, one of the early county divisions of Upper Canada.
Durham County joins Northumberland County to form the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham.
Ontario County is formed from York County. It covers much of what is now the western part of Durham Region.
General Motors of Canada is created from the McLaughlin company in Oshawa. Car-making jobs draw workers from around the world and shape the region's growth for generations.
The original section of Highway 401, then called Highway 2A, opens. It becomes the main road link between Durham and the rest of southern Ontario.
The federal government acquires about 18,600 acres in Pickering for a future airport.
On January 1 the Regional Municipality of Durham is created, combining Ontario County with the Durham portion of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. It has eight area municipalities, and the regional seat is Whitby.
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology, now Ontario Tech University, opens in Oshawa. Trent University Durham follows in 2010.
Durham Region Transit forms in January when five municipal transit systems merge under the Region.
Highway 418 opens in December, linking Highway 401 and Highway 407 in the east.
The census counts 696,992 people in Durham Region. In November General Motors reopens its Oshawa plant and begins building trucks again.
The average Durham Region home sells for $829,993 in September, up 1.0% since January. About 800,000 people now live in the eight towns.
History summarized from Wikipedia: Regional Municipality of Durham and Region of Durham: History of Durham Region. Wikipedia text is available under CC BY-SA.
Famous people from Durham Region.
Politicians, athletes, Olympians and entertainers who were born, raised or have lived in the region's eight towns. Each town page has more.
Ed Broadbent
Politician · OshawaBorn in Oshawa. Represented Oshawa in Parliament from 1968 to 1990 and led the federal NDP from 1975 to 1989.
Jim Flaherty
Politician · WhitbyRepresented Whitby in Parliament and served as Canada’s Minister of Finance from 2006 to 2014.
Shawn Mendes
Singer-songwriter · PickeringGrew up in Pickering. Pop star with multiple Grammy nominations.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Author · UxbridgeThe Anne of Green Gables author lived at the Leaskdale Manse in Uxbridge Township from about 1911 to 1926.
Anne Ottenbrite
Olympic swimmer · ClaringtonBorn in Bowmanville. Won gold in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Joe Nieuwendyk
Hockey player · WhitbyGrew up in Whitby. Three Stanley Cups, Olympic gold in 2002 and the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011.
Nichelle Prince
Olympic soccer player · AjaxBorn in Ajax. Olympic bronze in 2016 and gold at the Tokyo Games with Canada.
Sum 41
Band · AjaxPop-punk band from Ajax, known worldwide for songs like “Fat Lip.”
Daniel Caesar
Musician · OshawaGrammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter from Oshawa.
Emily VanCamp
Actress · ScugogBorn in Port Perry. Known for Revenge, Everwood and the Marvel films as Sharon Carter.
Timothy Findley
Novelist · BrockLived and wrote at Stone Orchard, his farm near Cannington. Author of The Wars.
Samuel McLaughlin
Business leader · ClaringtonBorn in Enniskillen, in what is now Clarington. Built the McLaughlin Motor Car Company, which became General Motors of Canada.
Compiled from public sources, mainly Wikipedia and the people’s public biographies. “From” means born, raised or lived here, and some have since moved away. This list is for local interest only. We have no connection to the people listed, and they do not endorse us or our services.
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