Photo: Boxcarphilly · CC BY 3.0Little is being built in Amaranth: 7 new homes a year per 1,000, against 15 for Ontario’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $950,000 and an average of $1,078,000. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Amaranth.
Two ways to price a home in Amaranth
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
- $1.08M
- Owners
- 1,135
- 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, Amaranth’s houses sit 78% above Ontario’s towns
Of Amaranth’s 1,430 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 96% are 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: 98% of the homes in Amaranth stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
The 2021 census counted 1,370 occupied homes in Amaranth. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Amaranth | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
The peak came in 2018, when Amaranth permitted 20 new homes
Building permits added 68 homes in Amaranth between 2018 and 2023: some 11 a year. Single-unit buildings took 92% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
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.
Amaranth is 37% above the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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.
Lower values near Amaranth: Shelburne, Orangeville and Grand Valley
Next to Amaranth: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amaranth | $950K | $1.08M | 89% | |
| Shelburne | $670K | $690K | 80% | 10.4 |
| Orangeville | $750K | $753K | 76% | 11.3 |
| Mono | $1.2M | $1.26M | 95% | 12.1 |
| Grand Valley | $700K | $752K | 86% | 13.6 |
| East Garafraxa | $1M | $1.2M | 92% | 15.4 |
| Melancthon | $800K | $842K | 85% | 19 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Amaranth
How many households in Amaranth are in core housing need?
In Amaranth, 4% of households are in core housing need, against 9% for 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 Amaranth expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Amaranth ranks among the dearer of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
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).