Photo: Jodie Wilson from Mountain View, USA · CC BY 2.0The middle home in Douro-Dummer is valued at $600,000
Behind it are the answers of 2,655 owners at the 2021 census. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Douro-Dummer. Assessors valued the median residential property at $286,000 for 2024. MPAC hasn’t reassessed since its 1 January 2016 values, which is why the figure sits well under the census value; it compares only within Ontario.
Two ways to price a home in Douro-Dummer
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $715K
- Owners
- 2,655
- 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 Douro-Dummer is assessed 19% higher than across Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 94% of the 3,645 properties on Douro-Dummer’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.
98% of Douro-Dummer’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
At the 2021 census, Douro-Dummer had 2,925 homes with someone living in them. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Douro-Dummer | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
10.9 new homes a year per 1,000 in Douro-Dummer: fewer than Ontario’s towns (15)
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Douro-Dummer created 199 homes, about 33 a year. Most were houses: 94% went into single-unit buildings, against 66% for Ontario’s towns. Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Peterborough metro area, with Douro-Dummer one part of it.
Most in 2021: 48 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 24%: 293 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
Douro-Dummer is 14% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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 Douro-Dummer: Norwood and Peterborough
The places around Douro-Dummer at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douro-Dummer | $600K | $715K | 95% | |
| Bridgenorth | $624K | $725K | 90% | 15.5 |
| Norwood | $500K | $533K | 87% | 15.7 |
| Curve Lake First Nation 35 | – | – | 80% | 17.1 |
| Peterborough | $500K | $554K | 59% | 18 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Douro-Dummer
How many households in Douro-Dummer are in core housing need?
5% of Douro-Dummer’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 Douro-Dummer expensive for Ontario?
No: Douro-Dummer’s census median is below the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
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).