Erindale · The old village between the Credit River valley, UTM, and Erindale GO — one community, four anchors, five price tiers

By the TRREB MLS Home Price Index benchmark (May 2026): Composite $928,600, single-family detached $1,284,700, single-family attached $852,000, townhouse $567,100, apartment $391,900. The trend is negative over one and three years in every type (Composite −9.88% / −19.09%) and positive over ten years in every type (Composite +43.72%). Versus the city: the Composite runs about $39,200 above Mississauga's $889,400, detached is essentially level with the city's $1,289,600, while townhouse and apartment sit well below the city's $704,000 and $502,200. But an average is less reliable in Erindale than almost anywhere — one code holds nineteenth-century village houses, large-lot rebuilds, 1950s–70s bungalows, and older condos — so the real price depends on which anchor, which product, and what lot and condition. For actual comps in your target type and pocket, reach out and I will pull current MLS data.

Yes, for investors who can run tenancies properly and think long-term. The tenant base is diversified — UTM students, faculty, and staff, Milton-line GO commuters, newcomer families, plus workers from the Mavis–Erindale employment lands to the east and from City Centre — so demand is backed by jobs. Entry by HPI: the apartment at $391,900 is the cheapest door but has fallen hardest, −17.96% over one year against +80.30% over ten; townhouse at $567,100; a detached with a legal second unit uses two rents to absorb carrying cost. Two hard lines: student-rental compliance (legality, egress, alarms, parking, insurance, complaints) cannot be "rent first, fix later"; and a rental adjoining the industrial lands needs a buffer check, because what a tenant tolerates a resale buyer may not. And do not buy on a "future condos" thesis for the employment lands — the Official Plan keeps them industrial.

Not automatically — separate two things. First, whether the address falls inside Erindale SS's catchment: Erindale's boundaries with Creditview, Cooksville, and Fairview interlock, and the two sides of one street can differ, so verify the exact address through the Peel DSB's official lookup rather than by community name or a listing agent's word. Second, IB is a programme, not a catchment — even inside the boundary, IB normally has its own application and admission process, with seats and criteria set by the school and board each year. The Catholic system runs through Dufferin-Peel (Holy Name of Mary, for example) with its own boundaries. My advice: treat the school as a bonus rather than the sole reason, verify by address first, then decide how much extra it is worth.

Commute: Erindale GO on the Milton line is the community's strongest commuting asset for reaching Union, but check Milton-line frequency and service hours against the current GO Transit timetable — do not picture Lakeshore-line service. Drivers have the 403, Dundas, Burnhamthorpe, Mississauga Road, and Mavis; MiWay connects the GO, UTM, Square One, and Cooksville. The industrial area: Mavis–Erindale is a City-designated Employment Area along Mavis Road, Wolfedale Road, and Erindale Station Road on the community's east side. For most Erindale streets it simply means jobs and services close by; for the streets that adjoin it, trucks, night loading, odours, lighting, and rail land directly on your backyard, and the resale buyer pool narrows. The test is simple: go four times — weekday morning, afternoon loading hours, evening, weekend — and check for a main road in between, a green buffer, which way the loading doors face, and whether anything runs around the clock.