Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0A home in Glencoe is worth 42% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
The census median was $400,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Glencoe.
What Glencoe’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 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
- $468K
- Owners
- 1,720
- 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 Glencoe carry assessments 31% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 92% of the 2,340 properties on Glencoe’s 2024 roll.
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 87% of Glencoe’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 2,400 occupied homes in Glencoe. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Glencoe | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
8.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Glencoe: fewer than Ontario’s towns (15)
Glencoe issued permits for 121 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 20 a year. Most were houses: 70% went into single-unit buildings, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 36 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.
Glencoe against Ontario’s towns: 42% under the $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 Glencoe: Brooke-Alvinston
Next to Glencoe: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Glencoe has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–25 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe | $400K | $468K | 79% | |
| Brooke-Alvinston | $300K | $358K | 85% | 16.2 |
| Dutton | $452K | $497K | 83% | 19.3 |
| West Lorne | $400K | $444K | 84% | 20 |
| Adelaide-Metcalfe | $600K | $644K | 82% | 23.4 |
| Strathroy | $500K | $532K | 78% | 25.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Glencoe
How many households in Glencoe are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 3% in Glencoe, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Glencoe expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Glencoe 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).