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Property prices in Enniskillen · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Enniskillen adds housing slowly, at 4.2 new homes a year per 1,000 (Ontario’s towns: 15)

Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $452,000, the average one $533,000. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. What homes sold for in Enniskillen isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.

Median home value
$452K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $533K
Median assessed value
$206K
2024, on MPAC’s 2016 base
New homes a year
5
permits, 2018–2023
4.2 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
730
census 2021
86% of households
What homes are worth

Enniskillen’s homes, by two sources

Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.

Census 2021$452K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$533K
Owners
730
Ontario’s towns
$695K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$206K

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).

By type of home

A detached house in Enniskillen is assessed 18% lower than across Ontario’s towns

Assessors listed 1,040 residential properties in Enniskillen for 2024, 97% of them detached houses.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns

Detached houses$209K
Multi-unit properties$211K
The mix of properties
Detached houses97%
Multi-unit properties3%
1,820 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (Ontario’s towns: 1,720 sq ft)

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.

The homes

A town of houses: 95% of the homes in Enniskillen stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)

People lived in 1,040 homes in Enniskillen at the 2021 census. At least half predate 1981.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns

Before 196133%
1961–198032%
1981–200026%
2001–20157%
2016–20212%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses95%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row housesunder 1%
Flats in a duplex1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys4%
Apartments, 5+ storeysunder 1%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
EnniskillenOntarioCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%7%8%
Needing major repairs9%6%6%
Too small for the household2%5%3%
Households in core housing need4%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.

New homes

Enniskillen’s busiest year for permits was 2018, with 6 new homes

Some 5 homes a year: 28 in all were permitted in Enniskillen from 2018 to 2023. Houses dominate the permits, at 96% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).

Permits by year, 2018–2023
Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
0246201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Enniskillen4.2
Ontario’s towns15
The typical Canadian town13.8
$2.32M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023

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.

Across Ontario

Enniskillen 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.

Lower values near Enniskillen: Petrolia

The places around Enniskillen at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.

PetroliaPlympton-WyomingPetroliaPlympton-WyomingEnniskillen
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Enniskillen$452K$533K86%
Petrolia$376K$383K79%2.1
Plympton-Wyoming$500K$597K88%15.4

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Enniskillen

How many households in Enniskillen are in core housing need?

4% of Enniskillen’s households, under the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.

Is Enniskillen expensive for Ontario?

On census values, Enniskillen 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).