Photo: JustSomePics · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in Chesley value their homes 42% below the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $400,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Chesley. Assessors valued the median residential property at $165,000 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 Chesley’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. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $459K
- Owners
- 1,945
- 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 Chesley is assessed 28% lower than across Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 2,750 homes in Chesley, detached houses 91% of them.
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: 50% of Chesley’s homes go back before 1961 (Ontario’s towns: 22%)
Chesley had 2,785 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
| Chesley | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 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.
Chesley permitted 12.1 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 184 homes were permitted in Chesley, close to 31 each year. 51% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 53 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.
Chesley against Ontario’s towns: 42% 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 Chesley
The places around Chesley at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Chesley has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 21–27 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesley | $400K | $459K | 78% | |
| Port Elgin | $572K | $616K | 80% | 21 |
| Chatsworth | $500K | $635K | 91% | 23.6 |
| Walkerton | $436K | $480K | 79% | 25.5 |
| Hanover | $400K | $449K | 64% | 26.7 |
| Owen Sound | $400K | $447K | 58% | 27 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Chesley
How many households in Chesley are in core housing need?
4% of Chesley’s households, under the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Chesley expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Chesley to 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).