Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0Bradford’s housing is newer than most: 49% has gone up since 2001, against 17% for Ontario’s towns
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $900,000; the average was $950,000. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Bradford.
Bradford’s homes, by two sources
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
- $950K
- Owners
- 11,145
- 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).
Bradford’s detached houses are assessed at 2.1 times the median of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 83% of the 13,320 properties on Bradford’s 2024 roll.
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.
How Bradford’s homes break down, by age and kind
Of the 13,415 homes people lived in across Bradford at the 2021 census, 75% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Bradford | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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.
Bradford permitted 25 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Building permits added 1,738 homes in Bradford between 2018 and 2023: some 290 a year. 57% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns. Figures for monthly permits are published for the Toronto metro area as a whole, not for Bradford alone.
Most in 2022: 547 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 13%: 35,927 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
Bradford against Ontario’s towns: 29% over 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 Bradford: Alliston
Next to Bradford: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Bradford
Is Bradford expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Bradford ranks among the dearer of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Bradford are in core housing need?
11% of Bradford’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).