Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Blind River sits 71% below Ontario’s towns on home values
The 2021 census gives $200,000 as the median value; Ontario’s towns come to $695,000. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Blind River included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Blind River’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. MPAC hasn’t reassessed since its 1 January 2016 values, which is why the figure sits well under the census value; it compares only within Ontario.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $249K
- Owners
- 1,130
- 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).
Houses in Blind River carry assessments 52% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 1,955 residential properties in Blind River for 2024, 90% 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.
12% of Blind River’s homes need major repairs, against 6% for Ontario’s towns
Blind River had 1,600 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 78% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Blind River | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Blind River against Ontario’s towns: 71% under the $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 Blind River: Elliot Lake
The places around Blind River at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 31–47 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Blind River.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind River | $200K | $249K | 71% | |
| Elliot Lake | $150K | $186K | 61% | 30.6 |
| Huron Shores | $200K | $250K | 89% | 32.3 |
| Thessalon | $200K | $215K | 71% | 47.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Blind River
Is Blind River expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Blind River’s is worth less.
How many households in Blind River are in core housing need?
7% of Blind River’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. 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).