Photo: Skeezix1000 · CC BY-SA 3.0Home values in Gravenhurst run 25% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
In figures: $524,000 for the median home in 2021, $695,000 for the middle of Ontario’s towns. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Gravenhurst. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $267,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
What Gravenhurst’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. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $644K
- Owners
- 4,320
- 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).
A detached house in Gravenhurst is assessed 25% higher than across Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 87% of the 7,880 properties on Gravenhurst’s 2024 roll; condos for 3%.
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.
The homes of Gravenhurst, by period and type
Gravenhurst had 5,495 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 78% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Gravenhurst | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
Gravenhurst against Ontario’s towns: 25% 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.
Home values around Gravenhurst
The places around Gravenhurst at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Gravenhurst with figures are 16–28 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravenhurst | $524K | $644K | 79% | |
| Bracebridge | $600K | $626K | 80% | 15.7 |
| Muskoka Lakes | $725K | $1.09M | 91% | 25.2 |
| Severn | $650K | $738K | 90% | 27.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Gravenhurst
Is Gravenhurst expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Gravenhurst’s is worth less.
How many households in Gravenhurst are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 9% of households in Gravenhurst, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).