Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in Dutton are worth 35% less than the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $452,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. For Dutton there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario.
Dutton’s homes, by two sources
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
- $497K
- Owners
- 1,225
- 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).
Houses in Dutton carry assessments 17% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 1,600 residential properties in Dutton for 2024, 93% of them 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.
90% of Dutton’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
The 2021 census counted 1,595 occupied homes in Dutton. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Dutton | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
20.1 new homes a year per 1,000 in Dutton: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Some 29 homes a year: 174 in all were permitted in Dutton from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 82% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
A peak in 2022: 55 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.
Dutton against Ontario’s towns: 35% 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.
Lower values near Dutton: West Lorne
Next to Dutton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutton | $452K | $497K | 83% | |
| West Lorne | $400K | $444K | 84% | 13.8 |
| Southwold | $600K | $655K | 92% | 17 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Dutton
How many households in Dutton are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 3% of households in Dutton, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Dutton expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Dutton’s is worth 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).