Photo: DouglasGoldman · CC BY-SA 4.0A newly built town: 44% of the homes in Crerar date from 2001 or later (Ontario’s towns: 17%)
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $750,000, the average one $662,378. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Crerar.
Two ways to price a home in Crerar
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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
- $662K
- Owners
- 740
- 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). · The assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers here cover the city of Hamilton
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.
More condos than most: 37% of the homes in Crerar (Ontario’s towns: 7%)
The 2021 census counted 1,010 occupied homes in Crerar; 51% of them are single-detached houses. 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
| Crerar | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 37% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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
Some 3,396 homes a year: 20,374 in all were permitted in Hamilton from 2018 to 2023. Only 15% went into single-unit buildings, beside 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
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over 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.
Crerar 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 Crerar: Bruleville, Butler and Greeningdon
The places around Crerar at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crerar | $750K | $662K | 75% | |
| Jerome | $800K | $823K | 77% | 0.9 |
| Barnstown | $800K | $795K | 81% | 1.1 |
| Bruleville | $600K | $614K | 54% | 1.1 |
| Rushdale | $750K | $731K | 84% | 1.3 |
| Butler | $700K | $703K | 72% | 1.3 |
| Greeningdon | $600K | $608K | 55% | 1.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Crerar
Is Crerar expensive for Ontario?
About average: Crerar’s census median is close to the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
How many households in Crerar are in core housing need?
In Crerar, 9% 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).