Photo: Cindy Funk · CC BY 2.0Home values in Goderich run 39% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
The census median was $424,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Goderich. Assessors valued the median residential property at $223,000 for 2024. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
Two ways to price a home in Goderich
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $468K
- Owners
- 2,395
- 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).
Goderich’s houses carry 2.8 times the assessment of its condos
Assessors listed 3,050 residential properties in Goderich for 2024, 83% of them detached houses and 2% condos.
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: 45% of the homes in Goderich, where Ontario’s towns have 22%
Goderich had 3,670 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 66% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Goderich | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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 Goderich ran at 15.5 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Some 48 homes a year: 290 in all were permitted in Goderich from 2018 to 2023. The mix: 30% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2019, with 117 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.
Goderich is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 39% 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 Goderich: Clinton
The places around Goderich at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goderich | $424K | $468K | 65% | |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh | $428K | $514K | 90% | 13.3 |
| Clinton | $400K | $448K | 81% | 15.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Goderich
Is Goderich expensive for Ontario?
No: Goderich’s census median is below the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
How many households in Goderich are in core housing need?
More than most: 13% of households in Goderich, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
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).