Photo: XeresNelro · CC BY-SA 4.0Owners put the median home in Bracebridge at $600,000
Some 5,735 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. For Bracebridge there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario.
What Bracebridge’s homes are worth, two ways
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
- $626K
- Owners
- 5,735
- 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 Bracebridge carry assessments 16% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
Of Bracebridge’s 8,635 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 85% are detached houses and 3% 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.
Bracebridge’s homes: when they went up and what they are
7,235 occupied homes stood in Bracebridge in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 76% of them. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Bracebridge | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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 Bracebridge ran at 24.5 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
Over 2018–2023, 1,120 homes were permitted in Bracebridge, close to 187 each year. 76% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2018: 233 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.
Bracebridge is 14% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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.
Cheaper next to Bracebridge: Gravenhurst
The places around Bracebridge at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Bracebridge with figures are 16–40 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracebridge | $600K | $626K | 80% | |
| Gravenhurst | $524K | $644K | 79% | 15.7 |
| Muskoka Lakes | $725K | $1.09M | 91% | 21.1 |
| Huntsville | $576K | $665K | 80% | 30.8 |
| Lake of Bays | $800K | $1.03M | 91% | 34.6 |
| Georgian Bay | $695K | $825K | 89% | 40.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Bracebridge
Is Bracebridge expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Bracebridge sits below it.
How many households in Bracebridge are in core housing need?
In line with Ontario’s towns (9%): 10% in Bracebridge, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).