Photo: Hans-Jürgen Hübner · CC BY 3.0Owners in Assiginack value their homes 57% below the median of Ontario’s towns
That is a median of $300,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. For Assiginack there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario.
Assiginack’s homes, by two sources
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
- $366K
- Owners
- 350
- 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).
Assiginack’s detached houses are assessed 31% below the median of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 825 residential properties in Assiginack for 2024, 93% 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.
93% of Assiginack’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
At the 2021 census, Assiginack had 450 homes with someone living in them. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Assiginack | 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 | 14% | 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.
Assiginack is 57% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
The census values of Ontario’s towns, 871 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Assiginack: Sables-Spanish Rivers and Espanola
The places around Assiginack at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Assiginack with figures are 26–56 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assiginack | $300K | $366K | 82% | |
| Little Current | $300K | $360K | 82% | 26.2 |
| Central Manitoulin | $348K | $376K | 76% | 29.1 |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers | $230K | $268K | 86% | 50.8 |
| Espanola | $230K | $250K | 76% | 56.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Assiginack
Is Assiginack expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Assiginack sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Assiginack are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 14% of Assiginack’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 9% of Ontario’s towns.
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).