Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Central Frontenac sits 50% below Ontario’s towns on home values
The 2021 census gives $348,000 as the median value; Ontario’s towns come to $695,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Central Frontenac. Assessors valued the median residential property at $147,000 for 2024. 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.
What Central Frontenac’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. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $412K
- Owners
- 1,865
- 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 Central Frontenac carry assessments 25% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 4,075 residential properties in Central Frontenac for 2024, 90% 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.
A town of houses: 96% of the homes in Central Frontenac stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
The 2021 census counted 2,175 occupied homes in Central Frontenac. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Central Frontenac | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Building at the pace of Ontario’s towns: 17.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Central Frontenac, against 15
Central Frontenac issued permits for 212 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 35 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 97% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
A peak in 2021: 48 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.
Central Frontenac is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 50% under their $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 Central Frontenac: Addington Highlands
The places around Central Frontenac at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 27–38 km from Central Frontenac.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Frontenac | $348K | $412K | 88% | |
| North Frontenac | $400K | $469K | 94% | 26.8 |
| Tay Valley | $448K | $496K | 93% | 31.2 |
| Addington Highlands | $300K | $386K | 80% | 33.8 |
| South Frontenac | $500K | $559K | 93% | 37.3 |
| Stone Mills | $400K | $452K | 92% | 38.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Central Frontenac
Is Central Frontenac expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Central Frontenac sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Central Frontenac are in core housing need?
In line with Ontario’s towns (9%): 7% in Central Frontenac, 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).