Photo: Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro) · Public domainHome values in Corktown run 42% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
In figures: $400,000 for the median home in 2021, $695,000 for the middle of Ontario’s towns. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Corktown. Assessors valued the median residential property at $353,000 for 2024. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. Corktown shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Hamilton.
Corktown’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $467K
- Owners
- 910
- 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).
Hamilton’s detached houses are assessed 52% above the median of 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.
Apartments are 90% of Corktown’s homes, against 13% for Ontario’s towns
People lived in 4,855 homes in Corktown at the 2021 census. 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
| Corktown | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 20% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 15% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 29% | 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
Some 3,396 homes a year: 20,374 in all were permitted in Hamilton from 2018 to 2023. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 15% were single-unit, against 66% for Ontario’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Hamilton metro area, Corktown included.
Most in 2023: 5,130 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 8%: 3,048 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
Corktown is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 42% under 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.
Home values around Corktown
The places around Corktown at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Corktown
How many households in Corktown are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 29% of Corktown’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 9% of Ontario’s towns.
Is Corktown expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Corktown’s is worth 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).