Photo: Peter Giesbrecht · CC BY-SA 3.0Aylmer sits 36% below Ontario’s towns on home values
The census median was $448,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. What homes sold for in Aylmer isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.
What Aylmer’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Ontario’s assessments are still on MPAC’s values of 1 January 2016, far below today’s prices, so they compare only with other Ontario towns.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $461K
- Owners
- 2,110
- 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, Aylmer’s houses sit 20% below Ontario’s towns
Of Aylmer’s 2,405 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 84% are detached houses and 2% are condos.
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.
33% of Aylmer’s homes predate 1961, against 22% for Ontario’s towns
Of the 3,065 homes people lived in across Aylmer at the 2021 census, 66% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Aylmer | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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 Aylmer ran at 12.1 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Aylmer created 249 homes, about 42 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 17%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
The busiest year: 2021, with 81 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.
Aylmer is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 36% under their $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.
Home values around Aylmer
The places around Aylmer at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylmer | $448K | $461K | 69% | |
| Malahide | $576K | $606K | 87% | 1.7 |
| Central Elgin | $600K | $624K | 90% | 13.5 |
| Bayham | $472K | $524K | 89% | 14.3 |
| St. Thomas | $448K | $470K | 68% | 15.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Aylmer
How many households in Aylmer are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 5% of households in Aylmer, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Aylmer expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Aylmer sits among the cheaper 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).