Photo: Deconstructhis · Public domainA home in Exeter is worth 42% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $400,000, where Ontario’s towns sit at $695,000. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Exeter.
Two ways to price a home in Exeter
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $463K
- Owners
- 3,020
- 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 roll, 89% of Exeter’s properties are detached houses
The 2024 assessment roll counts 3,340 homes in Exeter, detached houses 89% 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.
Before 1961: 42% of the homes in Exeter, where Ontario’s towns have 22%
Exeter had 4,340 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 78% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Exeter | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
Building at the pace of Ontario’s towns: 14.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in Exeter, against 15
Over 2018–2023, 354 homes were permitted in Exeter, close to 59 each year. 46% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2020: 95 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.
Exeter is 42% 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.
Exeter’s neighbours by home value
The places around Exeter at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Exeter
How many households in Exeter are in core housing need?
4% of Exeter’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 Exeter expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Exeter 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).