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Milton, Ontario

Renting in Dorset Park

Dorset Park is a 1.7 km² area of Milton, home to about 5,288 people at the 2021 Census. It is a mostly owner-occupied area: 18% of households rented their home, and 15.9% of homes are apartments. Inside the boundary: 2 schools, 2 licensed child care facilities, 6 parks, 11 transit stops.

1.7 km²5,288 residents (2021)2 schools11 transit stops

The boundary this page uses

Boundary and area name published by the Town of Milton.

Everything counted below — schools, licensed child care, parks, transit stops — is counted inside that boundary, so the figures describe Dorset Park rather than a radius around a point.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Milton. Layer retrieved September 4, 2026.

Who lives here

From the 9 Statistics Canada dissemination areas whose centre falls inside the boundary. Rates are population-weighted; counts are summed.

5,288
Residents (2021)
18%
Households that rent
80.4% own
15.9%
Homes that are apartments
$111,976
Median household income
2020 income, 2021 Census
63.2%
Households with children
42.7
Median age
2.7
Average household size
Age profile
  • 0 - 4 years old260 · 4.9%
  • 5 - 9 years old320 · 6.1%
  • 10 - 19 years old660 · 12.5%
  • 20 - 34 years old815 · 15.4%
  • 35 - 49 years old1,195 · 22.6%
  • 50 - 54 years old355 · 6.7%
  • 55 - 64 years old730 · 13.8%
  • 65 - 69 years old310 · 5.9%
  • 70 - 79 years old515 · 9.7%
  • 80 - 84 years old85 · 1.6%
  • 85+ years old40 · 0.8%

How Dorset Park compares with Milton

18% of households in Dorset Park rented their home at the 2021 Census, against 17.4% across Milton — close to the city as a whole, so the mix of owners and renters here is unremarkable for Milton.

Both figures are the share of households that rent, from the 2021 Census. The Dorset Park figure is aggregated from the dissemination areas inside the boundary; the Milton figure is the city-wide count Statistics Canada publishes. Census figures describe 2021, and neighbourhoods change — treat them as context rather than as today’s market.

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021. Adapted under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. Sum (population, age bands) or population-weighted mean (rates, medians) of the 2021 dissemination areas whose centre lies inside the municipal boundary.

Schools

2 publicly funded schools sit inside the boundary. Being inside an area is not the same as being assigned to it — attendance areas are set by the boards and must be checked per address.

Just outside the boundary

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information and Student Demographics (2024–2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Licensed child care

2 licensed facilities are located inside the boundary. A licence is not a vacancy — contact operators directly about waiting lists and fees.

FacilityTypeProgrammes
Angus Valley Montessori Milton55 Ontario StreetChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Ymca Toronto - Robert Baldwin Ymca Schoolage Program180 Wilson DriveChild Care CentreBefore school, After school

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, Licensed child care facilities in Ontario (31 July 2026 snapshot); locations matched to the Town of Milton’s open address register. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Parks, transit and public facilities

Counted inside the boundary from the Town of Milton's own open data.

6
Parks inside the boundary
11.3 hectares in total
11
Milton Transit stops
0.7 km
Nearest GO station
Milton GO

Largest green spaces

  • KINSMEN PARK · 4.3 ha
  • BALDWIN PARK · 2.3 ha
  • MELANIE PARK · 2.1 ha
  • FAY COURT PARK · 1.2 ha
  • CENTRE PARK · 0.8 ha
  • COURT PARK · 0.6 ha

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Milton.

Renting in Dorset Park

Milton Transit runs the local bus network, much of it oriented towards Milton GO at peak times. The Milton GO corridor has historically concentrated service in weekday peak-direction trips, so check the current timetable against the trips you actually make. Highway 401 runs along the town's southern edge, and the escarpment limits routes to the west.

Before you sign

Walk the block at the hour you would actually come home. Check what is included in the rent, how utilities are billed, what parking costs, and where the nearest stop for the trips you make daily is. Ontario’s standard lease and the Residential Tenancies Act apply here as everywhere in the province — the renter guide covers what to check.

Common questions

Do many people rent in Dorset Park?
At the 2021 Census, 18% of households in Dorset Park were renters and 15.9% of homes were apartments. Those figures come from the 9 Statistics Canada dissemination areas inside the municipal boundary, so they describe this area rather than Milton as a whole.
Which schools are in Dorset Park?
2 publicly funded schools sit inside the boundary: Robert Baldwin Public School, ÉÉC Saint-Nicolas. Being inside the area is not the same as being assigned to it — attendance areas are set by the school boards and must be checked per address.
How is transit in Dorset Park?
11 Milton Transit stops are inside the boundary, and Milton GO is about 0.7 km away in a straight line. Check the actual trip at the times you travel — stop counts say nothing about frequency.
What green space does Dorset Park have?
The municipality's parks layer records 6 parks inside the boundary, about 11.3 hectares in total, plus roughly 5.2 km of mapped trails.

Nearby neighbourhoods

Straight-line distance between the centres of each municipal boundary.

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Where this page’s data comes from

Full method notes, refresh cadence and the list of data this site deliberately does not publish are on the data page.