Photo: Percy Russell Doherty · Public domainHome values in Fort Frances run 67% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
The census median was $226,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. What homes sold for in Fort Frances isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.
What Fort Frances’s homes are worth, two ways
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
- $245K
- Owners
- 2,520
- 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 Fort Frances carry assessments 49% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
Of Fort Frances’s 2,945 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 93% are 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.
Major repairs needed: 10% of the homes in Fort Frances, where Ontario’s towns have 6%
At the 2021 census, 77% of Fort Frances’s 3,445 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Fort Frances | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 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.
Building behind Ontario’s towns: 1.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Fort Frances, against 15
Fort Frances issued permits for 49 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 8 a year. About 48% went into single-unit buildings, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
Most in 2018: 18 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.
Fort Frances is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 67% 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 Fort Frances: Machin, Atikokan and Dryden
Next to Fort Frances: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Fort Frances has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 22–137 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Frances | $226K | $245K | 73% | |
| Rainy River, Unorganized | $324K | $360K | 96% | 22 |
| Emo | $300K | $289K | 76% | 31.1 |
| Machin | $200K | $276K | 84% | 129.8 |
| Atikokan | $100K | $128K | 83% | 132.4 |
| Dryden | $200K | $226K | 73% | 136.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Fort Frances
Is Fort Frances expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Fort Frances’s is worth less.
How many households in Fort Frances are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 6% in Fort Frances, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).