Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in Carlisle value their homes 60% above the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $1,110,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Carlisle. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $353,000. 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. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Hamilton, Carlisle included.
Carlisle’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. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.27M
- Owners
- 2,185
- 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 Hamilton is assessed 52% higher than across Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 71% of the 178,695 properties on Hamilton’s 2024 roll; condos for 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.
96% of Carlisle’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
At the 2021 census, Carlisle had 2,435 homes with someone living in them. The older half dates from 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
| Carlisle | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
16 new homes a year per 1,000 in Hamilton: in step with Ontario’s towns (15)
Hamilton issued permits for 20,374 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 3,396 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 15%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%. Carlisle doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Hamilton metro area.
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
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.
Carlisle is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 60% above their $695,000 median
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 Carlisle: Freelton, Waterdown and Colborne
The places around Carlisle at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | $1.11M | $1.27M | 92% | |
| Freelton | $950K | $1.07M | 90% | 3.7 |
| Waterdown | $900K | $923K | 84% | 9.6 |
| Colborne | $950K | $1.04M | 88% | 13 |
| York Road | $900K | $899K | 74% | 13.9 |
| Burlington | $900K | $1.02M | 75% | 14.5 |
| Golf Course | $700K | $844K | 88% | 15.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Carlisle
How many households in Carlisle are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 3% of households in Carlisle, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Carlisle expensive for Ontario?
Dearer than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Carlisle to more.
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).