Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Homes in Dryden are worth 71% less than the median of Ontario’s towns
The census median was $200,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Dryden.
Two ways to price a home in Dryden
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
- $226K
- Owners
- 2,420
- 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).
Dryden’s detached houses are assessed 40% below the median of Ontario’s towns
Of Dryden’s 2,810 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 90% 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.
Dryden’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Dryden had 3,310 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 77% of them single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Dryden | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 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.
Building behind Ontario’s towns: 7.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Dryden, against 15
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Dryden created 169 homes, about 28 a year. Only 15% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2021: 73 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.
Dryden is 71% 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.
Dryden’s neighbours by home value
The places around Dryden at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 25–73 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Dryden.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dryden | $200K | $226K | 73% | |
| Machin | $200K | $276K | 84% | 25.2 |
| Kenora, Unorganized | $300K | $354K | 87% | 35.4 |
| Sioux Lookout | $300K | $324K | 67% | 72.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Dryden
Is Dryden expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Dryden sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Dryden are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 5% of households in Dryden, where Ontario’s towns sit at 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).