Photo: Qui1che · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in Greater Madawaska value their homes 32% below the median of Ontario’s towns
That is a median of $476,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Greater Madawaska.
Greater Madawaska’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Ontario’s assessments are still on MPAC’s values of 1 January 2016, far below today’s prices, so they compare only with other Ontario towns.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $533K
- Owners
- 1,250
- 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 roll, 92% of Greater Madawaska’s properties are detached houses
The 2024 assessment roll counts 2,815 homes in Greater Madawaska, detached houses 92% 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.
A town of houses: 98% of the homes in Greater Madawaska stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
People lived in 1,345 homes in Greater Madawaska at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Greater Madawaska | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
Building ahead of Ontario’s towns: 31.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Greater Madawaska, against 15
Building permits added 245 homes in Greater Madawaska between 2018 and 2023: some 41 a year. 98% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 63 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.
Greater Madawaska is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 32% 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 Greater Madawaska: Admaston/Bromley, Renfrew and Horton
Next to Greater Madawaska: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 20–27 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Greater Madawaska.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Madawaska | $476K | $533K | 94% | |
| Admaston/Bromley | $348K | $406K | 90% | 19.7 |
| Renfrew | $300K | $322K | 59% | 21 |
| Horton | $348K | $405K | 91% | 26.6 |
| McNab/Braeside | $424K | $504K | 90% | 27.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Greater Madawaska
How many households in Greater Madawaska are in core housing need?
4% of Greater Madawaska’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 Greater Madawaska expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Greater Madawaska to less.
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).