Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Home values in Bonfield run 51% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $340,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Bonfield.
Bonfield’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. 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
- $382K
- Owners
- 790
- 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).
A detached house in Bonfield is assessed 20% lower than across Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 1,070 residential properties in Bonfield for 2024, 94% 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.
Single-detached houses are 93% of Bonfield’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
People lived in 890 homes in Bonfield at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Bonfield | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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 new homes a year per 1,000 in Bonfield: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Bonfield issued permits for 97 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 16 a year. Most were houses: 69% went into single-unit buildings, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2022: 36 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.
Bonfield against Ontario’s towns: 51% 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.
Bonfield’s neighbours by home value
The places around Bonfield at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonfield | $340K | $382K | 89% | |
| East Ferris | $400K | $465K | 95% | 10 |
| Chisholm | $348K | $392K | 96% | 16.6 |
| Callander | $400K | $447K | 88% | 17 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Bonfield
Is Bonfield expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Bonfield sits below it.
How many households in Bonfield are in core housing need?
6% of Bonfield’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).