Photo: Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0Half the owned homes in Guelph are valued above $700,000
Behind it are the answers of 37,090 owners at the 2021 census. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Guelph.
What Guelph’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. MPAC hasn’t reassessed since its 1 January 2016 values, which is why the figure sits well under the census value; it compares only within Ontario.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $732K
- Owners
- 37,090
- 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 Guelph carry assessments 61% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
In 2024, Guelph had 45,810 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 64% of them and condos 11%.
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.
Guelph’s homes: when they went up and what they are
56,480 occupied homes stood in Guelph in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 49% of them. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Guelph | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 18% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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 Guelph ran at 18.1 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Guelph created 6,176 homes, about 1,029 a year. Very few were houses: 12% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
The busiest year: 2023, with 1,392 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 597 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 9% fewer
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. · Not measured by town: monthly permits (the Guelph metro area)
Guelph against Ontario’s towns: about level with 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 Guelph: Cambridge
The places around Guelph at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guelph | $700K | $732K | 66% | |
| Rockwood | $900K | $989K | 89% | 5.3 |
| Puslinch | $1M | $1.27M | 95% | 9.9 |
| Grand River South | $850K | $859K | 84% | 16.5 |
| Grand River North | $700K | $708K | 91% | 17.8 |
| Cambridge | $650K | $690K | 69% | 18 |
| Idlewood | $800K | $832K | 90% | 18.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Guelph
How many households in Guelph are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 11% of Guelph’s households in core housing need, much as for Ontario’s towns (9%).
Is Guelph expensive for Ontario?
Guelph is close to the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $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).