Photo: P199 · CC BY 2.5Owners in Deseronto value their homes 57% below the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $300,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Ontario, so nothing here says what Deseronto’s homes actually sold for.
Deseronto’s homes, by two sources
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
- $324K
- Owners
- 510
- 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, Deseronto’s houses sit 43% below Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 84% of the 655 properties on Deseronto’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.
More homes in poor repair than most: 13% in Deseronto (Ontario’s towns: 6%)
Deseronto had 720 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 74% of them single-detached houses. Most of them predate 1961.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Deseronto | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 13% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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 Deseronto ran at 12.2 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Deseronto issued permits for 40 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 8 a year. The mix: 20% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2019: 15 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
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.
Deseronto against Ontario’s towns: 57% 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.
Deseronto’s neighbours by home value
Next to Deseronto: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deseronto | $300K | $324K | 70% | |
| Greater Napanee | $400K | $471K | 72% | 7.8 |
| Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory | – | – | 64% | 8.8 |
| Tyendinaga | $400K | $468K | 92% | 13.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Deseronto
Is Deseronto expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Deseronto to less.
How many households in Deseronto are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 13% in Deseronto, 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).