Photo: Nicholas4343 · CC BY-SA 3.0A home in Atikokan is worth 86% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
In figures: $100,000 for the median home in 2021, $695,000 for the middle of Ontario’s towns. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Atikokan the census value is the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Atikokan
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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
- $128K
- Owners
- 1,040
- 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).
Atikokan’s detached houses are assessed 70% below the median of Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,360 homes in Atikokan, detached houses 96% of them.
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: 92% of the homes in Atikokan stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
At the 2021 census, Atikokan had 1,260 homes with someone living in them. Most of them predate 1961.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Atikokan | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 15% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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 Atikokan ran at 7.1 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
Building permits added 45 homes in Atikokan between 2019 and 2023: some 9 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 16%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
A peak in 2020: 40 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.
Atikokan against Ontario’s towns: 86% under the $695,000 median
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.
Atikokan’s neighbours by home value
Next to Atikokan: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 73–151 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Atikokan.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atikokan | $100K | $128K | 83% | |
| Ignace | $134K | $159K | 79% | 72.9 |
| Rainy River, Unorganized | $324K | $360K | 96% | 111.4 |
| Fort Frances | $226K | $245K | 73% | 132.4 |
| Dryden | $200K | $226K | 73% | 143.8 |
| Sioux Lookout | $300K | $324K | 67% | 150.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Atikokan
Is Atikokan expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Atikokan sits below it.
How many households in Atikokan are in core housing need?
3% of Atikokan’s households, under the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).