Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0An old town: 91% of the homes in Delta East predate 1961, where Ontario’s towns have 22%
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $650,000; the average was $638,609. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Delta East. 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. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Hamilton, Delta East included.
Two ways to price a home in Delta East
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $639K
- Owners
- 1,995
- 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
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.
More homes in poor repair than most: 9% in Delta East (Ontario’s towns: 6%)
Of the 2,505 homes people lived in across Delta East at the 2021 census, 82% were 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
| Delta East | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
16 new homes a year per 1,000 in Hamilton: in step with Ontario’s towns (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.
A peak 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. · Monthly permits: one figure for all of the Hamilton metro area
Delta East against Ontario’s towns: about level with the $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 Delta East: Bartonville, Crown Point East and Crown Point West
Next to Delta East: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta East | $650K | $639K | 79% | |
| Bartonville | $552K | $539K | 54% | 1 |
| Crown Point East | $428K | $448K | 62% | 1.1 |
| Crown Point West | $452K | $469K | 66% | 1.3 |
| Sherwood | $800K | $823K | 51% | 1.3 |
| Blakeley | $552K | $574K | 35% | 1.5 |
| Rosedale | $600K | $600K | 85% | 1.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Delta East
Is Delta East expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Delta East sits mid-table among Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Delta East are in core housing need?
9% of Delta East’s households, near the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).