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Milton
An old town and the escarpment on one side, new subdivisions and new schools on the other — Milton is the fastest-growing town in western Halton.
Milton is a town in Halton Region, west of Toronto along Highway 401. The 2021 census counted 132,979 residents, up 20.7% in five years — the fastest growth of the nine cities on this site. The Niagara Escarpment runs along its west side; to the east and south are neighbourhoods built from the 2000s onward; and in between sits the old town, with Main Street still its main street.
Overview
The town covers 363.8 square kilometres, and its western edge is the Niagara Escarpment — a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, with the Bruce Trail, Canada's oldest long-distance footpath, running along the clifftop through town. Four Conservation Halton parks are inside Milton: Kelso, with a beach in summer and a ski hill in winter; Crawford Lake, beside a reconstructed Indigenous longhouse village; and Rattlesnake Point and Hilton Falls, for cliff lookouts and a waterfall. A weekend hike never requires leaving town.
The built-up town sits east of the escarpment. Old Milton runs along Main Street, with Town Hall and the Mill Pond at its heart. From the 2000s on, new communities such as Dempsey and Hawthorne Village filled in around the old town, and the newest building has pushed south into the Ford area, so homes get newer the further out you go. The town also has an indoor velodrome built for the 2015 Pan American Games, now a town-run recreation facility. Population rose by more than 20,000 between the 2016 and 2021 censuses (see Chart C2), and new schools and neighbourhoods are still being built to keep up.
Neighbourhoods
Old Milton
The historic core — Main Street shops, Town Hall and the Mill Pond, and close to the GO station
Mostly detached
Dempsey
An earlier-built new community in the east end, handy for the GO station and Highway 401, with mature amenities
Detached, semis, townhomes
Hawthorne Village
A large master-planned community from the 2000s, with schools and parks built in from the start — the public elementary school even carries its name
Detached, semis, townhomes
Scott
A newer area in the northwest, backed by the escarpment and the green space around Kelso
Detached, townhomes
Willmott
A family area in the centre-south, home to the Milton Sports Centre and its rinks and fields
Detached, townhomes
Ford
The newest group of neighbourhoods in the south end, still being built out, with the youngest housing stock in town
Detached, townhomes
Schools & transit
Schools.Four boards run Milton's publicly funded schools: the Halton District School Board (HDSB) and the Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB), plus the French public board, Conseil scolaire Viamonde, and the French Catholic board, Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir. Public high schools are Craig Kielburger, Elsie MacGill and Milton District High School; Catholic high schools are Bishop Reding, St. Francis Xavier and St. Kateri Tekakwitha. Each French board has an elementary school in town, Dyane-Adam and Saint-Nicolas. For post-secondary, Conestoga College opened its Milton–Parkhill campus in 2024, so college programs are available without leaving town. School catchments are set by the boards and change from time to time, so check any specific address with the board before you buy.
Getting around.Most commuters use the GO train on the Milton line. Milton GO is the line's terminus; trains run mainly at weekday commuting hours and take about an hour to Union Station in Toronto — check the GO Transit schedule for exact times — and GO buses fill in around the trains. Milton Transit runs the local buses, all based at Milton GO Station, including a Route 21 link to Lisgar GO Station in Mississauga. Drivers rely mainly on Highway 401 across the north of town, with Highway 407 on the east side.
Market data
September 2026 · updated monthly with the market report
The five main types total 117 of the town's 118 sales; the other one was a link home.
The month in one line: A balanced market. With under four months of inventory, Milton is one of the tighter markets of the nine cities, and prices only eased slightly from a year ago — it held its ground.
For the full monthly picture — sales-to-new-listings ratio, benchmark prices and the breakdown by home type — see the Milton section of the market report. See the market report