Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in Burk's Falls are worth 53% less than the median of Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $324,000, where Ontario’s towns sit at $695,000. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Burk's Falls the census value is the measure.
Burk's Falls’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. 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
- $340K
- Owners
- 285
- 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 Burk's Falls is assessed 41% lower than across Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 88% of the 385 properties on Burk's Falls’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.
24% of Burk's Falls’s households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns
Of the 465 homes people lived in across Burk's Falls at the 2021 census, 63% were single-detached houses. Most of them predate 1961.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Burk's Falls | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 13% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 24% | 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.
Burk's Falls permitted 20.6 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Burk's Falls created 50 homes, about 8 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 17%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
The busiest year: 2019, with 34 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.
Burk's Falls is 53% 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.
Burk's Falls’s neighbours by home value
The places around Burk's Falls at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burk's Falls | $324K | $340K | 61% | |
| Armour | $400K | $506K | 93% | 6.1 |
| Strong | $352K | $456K | 88% | 12.9 |
| Perry | $400K | $484K | 90% | 13.4 |
| Magnetawan | $500K | $555K | 87% | 14.7 |
| Sundridge | $348K | $366K | 85% | 17.3 |
| Kearney | $500K | $558K | 92% | 17.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Burk's Falls
Is Burk's Falls expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Burk's Falls sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
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).