Photo: RichardBH from Hamilton, Canada · CC BY 2.0In Battlefield, 50% of households live in an apartment (Ontario’s towns: 13%)
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $650,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $640,834. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Battlefield included, so owners’ values are the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $353,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. Battlefield doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Hamilton.
Two ways to price a home in Battlefield
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $641K
- Owners
- 1,625
- 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, Hamilton’s houses sit 52% above Ontario’s towns
In 2024, Hamilton had 178,695 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 71% of them and condos 6%.
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.
20% of Battlefield’s households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 3,135 occupied homes in Battlefield. Half went up before 1981. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Battlefield | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 20% | 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 at the pace of Ontario’s towns: 16 new homes a year per 1,000 in Hamilton, against 15
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Hamilton created 20,374 homes, about 3,396 a year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 15% were single-unit, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2023: 5,130 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
3,048 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8% on the year before
Monthly permits for the Hamilton metro area
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.
Battlefield 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 Battlefield: Riverdale West and Vincent
Next to Battlefield: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield | $650K | $641K | 52% | |
| Stoney Creek | $700K | $675K | 39% | 0.9 |
| Corman | $650K | $619K | 60% | 1.2 |
| Riverdale West | $424K | $489K | 16% | 1.5 |
| Kentley | $700K | $678K | 40% | 1.5 |
| Vincent | $600K | $647K | 72% | 1.7 |
| Riverdale East | $745K | $660K | 73% | 1.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Battlefield
Is Battlefield expensive for Ontario?
Neither more nor less: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Battlefield is near it.
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).