Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Permits in Bolton added 34.1 homes a year for every 1,000, where Ontario’s towns added 15
Census values for 2021: a median of $1,000,000 and an average of $1,212,000. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. For Bolton there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario.
Two ways to price a home in Bolton
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
- $1.21M
- Owners
- 21,020
- 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 Bolton carry 2.6 times the assessment of the median for Ontario’s towns
Of Bolton’s 24,320 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 82% are 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.
A younger stock than most: 36% of Bolton’s homes went up after 2000 (Ontario’s towns: 17%)
At the 2021 census, 81% of Bolton’s 23,700 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Bolton | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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 Bolton peaked in 2022: 1,500 new homes
Building permits added 4,714 homes in Bolton between 2018 and 2023: some 786 a year. The mix: 49% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 35,927 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 13% fewer
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 Toronto metro area)
Bolton is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 44% above 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.
Bolton’s neighbours by home value
Next to Bolton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | $1M | $1.21M | 89% | |
| Wildfield | $1.6M | $1.69M | 94% | 7.7 |
| Mount Royal | $1.35M | $1.33M | 95% | 8 |
| Castlemore Estates | $2.5M | $2.84M | 87% | 9.3 |
| Vales of Castlemore | $1.25M | $1.29M | 90% | 10.2 |
| Sandalwood East (mountainash) | $950K | $1.01M | 86% | 10.4 |
| Countryside | $1M | $1.1M | 83% | 10.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Bolton
Is Bolton expensive for Ontario?
Dearer than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Bolton to more.
How many households in Bolton are in core housing need?
8% of Bolton’s households, near 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).