Photo: Dan MacNeal · CC BY 4.0Since 2001, Grand Valley has built 38% of the homes it has today; Ontario’s towns, 17%
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $700,000; the average was $752,000. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Grand Valley.
What Grand Valley’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. 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
- $752K
- Owners
- 1,135
- 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 assessment roll, Grand Valley’s houses sit 35% above Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,490 homes in Grand Valley, 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.
88% of Grand Valley’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
The 2021 census counted 1,395 occupied homes in Grand Valley.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Grand Valley | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 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 ahead of Ontario’s towns: 23.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Grand Valley, against 15
Some 41 homes a year: 243 in all were permitted in Grand Valley from 2018 to 2023. Houses dominate the permits, at 88% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
Most in 2018: 77 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.
Grand Valley against Ontario’s towns: about level with the $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.
Grand Valley’s neighbours by home value
The places around Grand Valley at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley | $700K | $752K | 86% | |
| East Garafraxa | $1M | $1.2M | 92% | 10 |
| Amaranth | $950K | $1.08M | 89% | 13.6 |
| Orangeville | $750K | $753K | 76% | 17 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Grand Valley
How many households in Grand Valley are in core housing need?
6% of Grand Valley’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 Grand Valley expensive for Ontario?
In the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, and so, near enough, does Grand Valley.
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).