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Milton, Ontario

Renting in Old Milton

Old Milton is a 1.9 km² area of Milton, home to about 3,398 people at the 2021 Census. It is a mixed owner and renter area: 45.6% of households rented their home, and 60.8% of homes are apartments. Inside the boundary: 3 schools, 3 licensed child care facilities, 6 parks, 26 transit stops.

1.9 km²3,398 residents (2021)3 schools26 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 Old Milton 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 7 Statistics Canada dissemination areas whose centre falls inside the boundary. Rates are population-weighted; counts are summed.

3,398
Residents (2021)
45.6%
Households that rent
53.9% own
60.8%
Homes that are apartments
$78,531
Median household income
2020 income, 2021 Census
50.2%
Households with children
52.9
Median age
2.1
Average household size
Age profile
  • 0 - 4 years old130 · 3.8%
  • 5 - 9 years old125 · 3.7%
  • 10 - 19 years old260 · 7.7%
  • 20 - 34 years old560 · 16.5%
  • 35 - 49 years old545 · 16.1%
  • 50 - 54 years old190 · 5.6%
  • 55 - 64 years old465 · 13.7%
  • 65 - 69 years old245 · 7.2%
  • 70 - 79 years old540 · 15.9%
  • 80 - 84 years old150 · 4.4%
  • 85+ years old185 · 5.4%

How Old Milton compares with Milton

45.6% of households in Old Milton rented their home at the 2021 Census, against 17.4% across Milton. This is one of the parts of Milton where renting is the norm rather than the exception, so purpose-built and converted rental housing is a normal part of the streetscape.

Both figures are the share of households that rent, from the 2021 Census. The Old Milton 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

3 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

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

FacilityTypeProgrammes
Martin Street Ymca184 Martin StreetChild Care CentreHalf day(Less than 6 hours in a day), Before school, After school
Ymca Toronto - Holy Rosary Ymca School Age Program141 Martin StreetChild Care CentreBefore school, After school
Wee Ones Child Care Academy409 Main StreetChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day)

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
11.5 hectares in total
26
Milton Transit stops
1.5 km
Nearest GO station
Milton GO

Largest green spaces

  • LIVINGSTON PARK · 5.9 ha
  • ROTARY PARK · 4.5 ha
  • VICTORIA PARK · 0.7 ha
  • WAKEFIELD PARK · 0.2 ha
  • CENTENNIAL PARK · 0.2 ha
  • SPICE OF LIFE PARKETTE

Public facilities inside the boundary

Administrative
HUGH FOSTER HALL — 141 KING STREET
Administrative
TOWN HALL — 150 MARY ST

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Milton.

Renting in Old Milton

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 Old Milton?
At the 2021 Census, 45.6% of households in Old Milton were renters and 60.8% of homes were apartments. Those figures come from the 7 Statistics Canada dissemination areas inside the municipal boundary, so they describe this area rather than Milton as a whole.
Which schools are in Old Milton?
3 publicly funded schools sit inside the boundary: Holy Rosary (Milton) Catholic Elementary School, Martin Street Public School, École élémentaire Dyane-Adam. 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 Old Milton?
26 Milton Transit stops are inside the boundary, and Milton GO is about 1.5 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 Old Milton have?
The municipality's parks layer records 6 parks inside the boundary, about 11.5 hectares in total, plus roughly 3.4 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.