178 homes for rent in Newmarket

Newmarket is the administrative centre of York Region — the regional government sits here — and it is the most compact and walkable of the northern towns. The historic Main Street along the Holland River, with Fairy Lake and the Old Town Hall at one end, is a genuine downtown with restaurants and independent shops rather than a preserved block. Upper Canada Mall and the Highway 404 corridor sit east of it, and Southlake Regional Health Centre, a major hospital serving a wide area north of Toronto, is one of the town's largest employers.

The market is mostly detached houses, with a meaningful share of townhouses and semis and a small condominium supply — but Newmarket has a noticeably larger rental market than its neighbours to the north, which reflects the hospital, the regional offices and the mall as employers rather than just commuters. The housing stock is mixed in age: older streets near the downtown, substantial 1980s and 1990s subdivision, and newer development to the east and north.

What a buyer should know is that Newmarket's appeal is the walkable centre, and that is a small part of the town. Streets within reach of Main Street and the GO station on the Barrie line are a different proposition — and priced differently — from the subdivisions near the 404, even though both are Newmarket. If walkability is the reason for buying here, it is worth checking on foot rather than on a map, because the distance from the edge of town to the centre is further than it looks.