Photo: The Silverliner · CC BY-SA 3.0For every 1,000 homes, Dundalk permitted 60.8 new ones a year; Ontario’s towns permitted 15
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $600,000; the average was $636,500. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Dundalk. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $217,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
Two ways to price a home in Dundalk
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $637K
- Owners
- 2,220
- 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).
Detached houses make up 93% of Dundalk’s residential properties
The 2024 assessment roll counts 3,445 homes in Dundalk, detached houses 93% 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.
91% of Dundalk’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
People lived in 3,015 homes in Dundalk at the 2021 census. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Dundalk | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 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.
Dundalk’s busiest year for permits was 2022, with 292 new homes
Some 163 homes a year: 979 in all were permitted in Dundalk from 2018 to 2023. 72% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
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.
Dundalk against Ontario’s towns: 14% under the $695,000 median
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.
Home values around Dundalk
Next to Dundalk: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk | $600K | $637K | 84% | |
| Melancthon | $800K | $842K | 85% | 17 |
| Grey Highlands | $600K | $704K | 87% | 17.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Dundalk
How many households in Dundalk are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 5% in Dundalk, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Dundalk expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Dundalk 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).