Photo: Art Anderson · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in Centre Hastings value their homes 42% below the median of Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census gives $400,000 as the median value; Ontario’s towns come to $695,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Centre Hastings included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Centre Hastings
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
- $477K
- Owners
- 1,590
- 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, Centre Hastings’s houses sit 22% below Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 91% of the 2,055 properties on Centre Hastings’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.
Before 1961: 32% of the homes in Centre Hastings, where Ontario’s towns have 22%
Centre Hastings had 1,940 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 84% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Centre Hastings | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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 Centre Hastings ran at 17 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 199 homes were permitted in Centre Hastings, close to 33 each year. Houses dominate the permits, at 95% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
Most in 2022: 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.
Centre Hastings against Ontario’s towns: 42% under 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 Centre Hastings: Tweed
Next to Centre Hastings: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Hastings | $400K | $477K | 85% | |
| Madoc | $400K | $442K | 87% | 6.9 |
| Tweed | $376K | $418K | 83% | 12 |
| Marmora | $400K | $466K | 82% | 18.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Centre Hastings
How many households in Centre Hastings are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 4% of households in Centre Hastings, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Centre Hastings expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Centre Hastings’s is worth less.
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).