Photo: Rub-a-dub Hedgehog · CC BY 4.0Chatham sits 50% below Ontario’s towns on home values
The census median was $348,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Chatham the census value is the measure.
Chatham’s homes, by two sources
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
- $376K
- Owners
- 30,585
- 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 Chatham is assessed 38% lower than across Ontario’s towns
Of Chatham’s 40,480 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 86% are detached houses and 4% are condos.
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: 40% of the homes in Chatham, where Ontario’s towns have 22%
44,025 occupied homes stood in Chatham in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 76% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Chatham | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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.
Chatham permitted 12.2 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Chatham issued permits for 2,862 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 477 a year. 46% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 851 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.
Chatham against Ontario’s towns: 50% under the $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 Chatham
Next to Chatham: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Chatham with figures are 34–50 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham | $348K | $376K | 72% | |
| Dawn-Euphemia | $348K | $386K | 83% | 34.3 |
| Lakeshore | $576K | $619K | 92% | 45.9 |
| Enniskillen | $452K | $533K | 86% | 49.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Chatham
Is Chatham expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Chatham’s is worth less.
How many households in Chatham are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 7% of Chatham’s households in core housing need, much as for Ontario’s towns (9%).
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).