Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Burkholme are worth a median $600,000
The census of 2021 asked 840 owner households what their home was worth. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Burkholme included, so owners’ values are the measure.
What Burkholme’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’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
- $593K
- Owners
- 840
- 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). · Not measured by town: assessed values, values by property type and building permits (the city of Hamilton)
Hamilton’s detached houses are assessed 52% above the median of Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 178,695 homes in Hamilton: detached houses make 71% of them, 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.
Before 1961: 42% of the homes in Burkholme, where Ontario’s towns have 22%
Burkholme had 1,455 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 63% of them single-detached houses. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Burkholme | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 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.
Hamilton permitted 16 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Hamilton issued permits for 20,374 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 3,396 a year. Only 15% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 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
Shared with the rest of the Hamilton metro area: monthly permits
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.
Burkholme is 14% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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.
Cheaper next to Burkholme: Eastmount
Next to Burkholme: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkholme | $600K | $593K | 57% | |
| Macassa | $600K | $605K | 61% | 0.9 |
| Eastmount | $500K | $524K | 66% | 1.2 |
| Hampton Heights | $600K | $586K | 57% | 1.2 |
| Hill Park | $600K | $589K | 62% | 1.2 |
| Lawfield | $600K | $659K | 58% | 1.3 |
| Bruleville | $600K | $614K | 54% | 1.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Burkholme
Is Burkholme expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Burkholme to less.
How many households in Burkholme are in core housing need?
In Burkholme, 11% of households are in core housing need, close to the 9% of Ontario’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).