Photo: Jennifer Aitkens from Guelph, Ontario, Canada · CC BY 2.0Brooke-Alvinston sits 57% below Ontario’s towns on home values
Owners valued the median home at $300,000 in 2021, where the median of Ontario’s towns was $695,000. What homes sold for in Brooke-Alvinston isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $138,000. 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.
What Brooke-Alvinston’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $358K
- Owners
- 610
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Brooke-Alvinston’s houses sit 43% below Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 960 residential properties in Brooke-Alvinston for 2024, 96% 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 92% of Brooke-Alvinston’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
Brooke-Alvinston had 915 occupied homes at the 2021 census. More than half were built before 1961.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Brooke-Alvinston | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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 Brooke-Alvinston ran at 12.7 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Brooke-Alvinston created 60 homes, about 10 a year. 52% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2021: 16 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.
Brooke-Alvinston is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 57% under 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.
Home values around Brooke-Alvinston
Next to Brooke-Alvinston: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke-Alvinston | $300K | $358K | 85% | |
| Watford | $400K | $458K | 79% | 15 |
| Glencoe | $400K | $468K | 79% | 16.2 |
| Dawn-Euphemia | $348K | $386K | 83% | 19.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Brooke-Alvinston
Is Brooke-Alvinston expensive for Ontario?
No: Brooke-Alvinston’s census median is below the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
How many households in Brooke-Alvinston are in core housing need?
In Brooke-Alvinston, 9% of households are in core housing need, close to the 9% of Ontario’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).