Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0A home in Addington Highlands is worth 57% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $300,000, where Ontario’s towns sit at $695,000. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Addington Highlands. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $117,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
Two ways to price a home in Addington Highlands
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $386K
- Owners
- 880
- Ontario’s towns
- $695K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential, MPAC 2016 base
- Ontario’s towns
- $232K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
On the assessment roll, Addington Highlands’s houses sit 36% below Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 2,535 residential properties in Addington Highlands for 2024, 86% of them detached houses.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Ontario’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
A town of houses: 93% of the homes in Addington Highlands stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
Addington Highlands had 1,120 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Addington Highlands | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 25% | 9% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Permits in Addington Highlands ran at 12.5 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 76 homes were permitted in Addington Highlands, close to 13 each year. 96% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2023: 23 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Addington Highlands is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 57% under their $695,000 median
871 of Ontario’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Addington Highlands’s neighbours by home value
Next to Addington Highlands: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 14–38 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Addington Highlands.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addington Highlands | $300K | $386K | 80% | |
| North Frontenac | $400K | $469K | 94% | 13.8 |
| Tweed | $376K | $418K | 83% | 31.6 |
| Madoc | $400K | $442K | 87% | 33.6 |
| Central Frontenac | $348K | $412K | 88% | 33.8 |
| Centre Hastings | $400K | $477K | 85% | 38.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Addington Highlands
Is Addington Highlands expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Addington Highlands to less.
How many households in Addington Highlands are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 25% in Addington Highlands, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).