Photo: Renard Franco · CC0Embrun builds fast: 54.2 new homes a year per 1,000, against 15 for Ontario’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $552,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $559,500. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Embrun. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $325,000. 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.
Embrun’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $560K
- Owners
- 6,010
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Embrun’s houses sit 37% above Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 7,365 residential properties in Embrun for 2024, 81% of them detached houses and 3% condos.
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.
46% of Embrun’s homes are from 2001 or later, against 17% for Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census, 79% of Embrun’s 7,225 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Embrun | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
The peak came in 2019, when Embrun permitted 479 new homes
Embrun issued permits for 2,199 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 367 a year. The mix: 47% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Rising: 11,998 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 10% more
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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area
Embrun is 21% 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 Embrun: Edwards - Carlsbad Springs, Casselman and Limoges
The places around Embrun at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embrun | $552K | $560K | 84% | |
| Vars | $600K | $588K | 93% | 10.6 |
| Metcalfe | $600K | $634K | 88% | 13.5 |
| Edwards - Carlsbad Springs | $500K | $562K | 84% | 16 |
| Casselman | $448K | $482K | 73% | 16.7 |
| Limoges | $400K | $447K | 83% | 16.7 |
| North Stormont | $348K | $378K | 83% | 16.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Embrun
How many households in Embrun are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 6% in Embrun, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Embrun expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Embrun sits below it.
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).