Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0The middle home in Beckwith is valued at $600,000
3,190 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. For Beckwith there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario.
Two ways to price a home in Beckwith
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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
- $641K
- Owners
- 3,190
- 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).
Beckwith’s detached houses are assessed 44% above the median of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 3,450 residential properties in Beckwith for 2024, 98% 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.
95% of Beckwith’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
People lived in 3,370 homes in Beckwith at the 2021 census. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Beckwith | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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.
20.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Beckwith: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Beckwith issued permits for 441 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 74 a year. 99% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2020: 146 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
11,998 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10% on the year before
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. · Not measured by town: monthly permits (the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area)
Beckwith is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 14% under their $695,000 median
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 Beckwith: Carleton Place, Almonte and Munster - Ashton
Next to Beckwith: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckwith | $600K | $641K | 96% | |
| Carleton Place | $472K | $500K | 70% | 3.5 |
| Almonte | $500K | $561K | 83% | 14.9 |
| Corkery | $755K | $757K | 98% | 17.8 |
| Munster - Ashton | $552K | $667K | 93% | 18.3 |
| Drummond/North Elmsley | $460K | $531K | 93% | 18.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Beckwith
How many households in Beckwith are in core housing need?
In Beckwith, 2% 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 Beckwith expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Beckwith 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).