Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0East Ferris sits 42% below Ontario’s towns on home values
The census median was $400,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, East Ferris included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Two ways to price a home in East Ferris
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $465K
- Owners
- 1,790
- 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 96% of East Ferris’s residential properties
Detached houses account for 96% of the 2,150 properties on East Ferris’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.
Single-detached houses are 96% of East Ferris’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
East Ferris had 1,890 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| East Ferris | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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 East Ferris ran at 14.4 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
East Ferris issued permits for 152 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 25 a year. 96% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 50 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.
East Ferris is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 42% under their $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.
Cheaper next to East Ferris: Bonfield, North Bay and Chisholm
The places around East Ferris at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Ferris | $400K | $465K | 95% | |
| Callander | $400K | $447K | 88% | 8.4 |
| Bonfield | $340K | $382K | 89% | 10 |
| North Bay | $300K | $352K | 59% | 15.5 |
| Chisholm | $348K | $392K | 96% | 17.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in East Ferris
How many households in East Ferris are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 4% of households in East Ferris, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is East Ferris expensive for Ontario?
On census values, East Ferris sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
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).