Photo: Michael Gil · CC BY 2.0Homes from 2001 on make up 43% of Alliston, where Ontario’s towns have 17%
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $750,000; averaged, their homes came to $803,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Ontario, so nothing here says what Alliston’s homes actually sold for.
What Alliston’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $803K
- Owners
- 13,220
- 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).
Houses in Alliston carry assessments 67% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 15,195 homes in Alliston: detached houses make 75% of them, condos 3%.
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.
Alliston’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 15,850 occupied homes in Alliston; 71% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Alliston | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 15% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 12% | 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.
Alliston sits near the middle of Ontario’s towns ($695,000)
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.
Home values around Alliston
Next to Alliston: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliston | $750K | $803K | 84% | |
| Adjala-Tosorontio | $860K | $959K | 93% | 14.3 |
| Bradford | $900K | $950K | 84% | 17.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Alliston
How many households in Alliston are in core housing need?
In Alliston, 12% of households are in core housing need, close to the 9% of Ontario’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Alliston expensive for Ontario?
Alliston is close to the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).