Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.066% of Eastmount’s homes were built before 1961, against 22% across Ontario’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $500,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $523,504. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Eastmount. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued 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. Eastmount doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Hamilton.
What Eastmount’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. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $524K
- Owners
- 1,290
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Hamilton’s houses sit 52% above 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.
More homes in poor repair than most: 12% in Eastmount (Ontario’s towns: 6%)
The 2021 census counted 1,960 occupied homes in Eastmount; 69% of them are single-detached houses. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Eastmount | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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. Very few were houses: 15% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
The busiest year: 2023, with 5,130 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 8%: 3,048 new homes in the year to August 2026
The monthly permits numbers here cover 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.
Eastmount against Ontario’s towns: 28% under 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.
Home values around Eastmount
The places around Eastmount at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Eastmount
Is Eastmount expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Eastmount sits below it.
How many households in Eastmount are in core housing need?
In Eastmount, 13% of households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs 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).