Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0A home in Chapleau is worth 82% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
In figures: $125,000 for the median home in 2021, $695,000 for the middle of Ontario’s towns. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Chapleau the census value is the measure.
What Chapleau’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. 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
- $150K
- Owners
- 660
- 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, Chapleau’s houses sit 69% below Ontario’s towns
Of Chapleau’s 815 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 79% are 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.
An older stock than most: 55% of Chapleau’s homes go back before 1961 (Ontario’s towns: 22%)
855 occupied homes stood in Chapleau in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 72% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Chapleau | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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 behind Ontario’s towns: 1.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Chapleau, against 15
Building permits added 5 homes in Chapleau between 2018 and 2023: some 1 a year. The mix: 40% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2019, with 2 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.
Chapleau against Ontario’s towns: 82% 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.
Chapleau’s neighbours by home value
Next to Chapleau: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Chapleau has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 104–131 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapleau | $125K | $150K | 77% | |
| Wawa | $150K | $170K | 79% | 104.3 |
| Algoma, Unorganized, North Part | $250K | $272K | 95% | 130.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Chapleau
Is Chapleau expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Chapleau’s is worth less.
How many households in Chapleau are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 2% in Chapleau, 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).