Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median $600,000: what owners say homes in Georgian Bluffs are worth
Some 4,010 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. What homes sold for in Georgian Bluffs isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. Assessors valued the median residential property at $248,000 for 2024. 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.
Georgian Bluffs’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $625K
- Owners
- 4,010
- 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).
Detached houses make up 96% of Georgian Bluffs’s residential properties
Of Georgian Bluffs’s 5,125 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 96% 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.
Single-detached houses are 93% of Georgian Bluffs’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
Georgian Bluffs had 4,495 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Georgian Bluffs | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 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.
Permits in Georgian Bluffs ran at 14 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Georgian Bluffs issued permits for 367 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 61 a year. 85% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2021: 85 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.
Georgian Bluffs is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 14% under their $695,000 median
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 Georgian Bluffs: Owen Sound and Wiarton
Next to Georgian Bluffs: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgian Bluffs | $600K | $625K | 93% | |
| Owen Sound | $400K | $447K | 58% | 6.9 |
| Wiarton | $500K | $535K | 83% | 16.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Georgian Bluffs
How many households in Georgian Bluffs are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 4% in Georgian Bluffs, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Georgian Bluffs expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Georgian Bluffs 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).