A median $755,000: what owners say homes in Eleanor are worth
Behind it are the answers of 1,030 owners at the 2021 census. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Ontario, so nothing here says what Eleanor’s homes actually sold for. Assessors valued the median residential property at $353,000 for 2024. 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. Figures for assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Hamilton as a whole, not for Eleanor alone.
Eleanor’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. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $747K
- Owners
- 1,030
- 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).
Houses in Hamilton carry assessments 52% over the middle 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.
A town of houses: 90% of the homes in Eleanor stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
Eleanor had 1,170 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 2001. 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
| Eleanor | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Permits in Hamilton ran at 16 homes a year per 1,000, near 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.
A peak in 2023: 5,130 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Rising: 3,048 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 8% more
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.
Eleanor is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 9% 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 Eleanor: Templemead, Butler and Quinndale
The places around Eleanor at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Eleanor
How many households in Eleanor are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 4% of Eleanor’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 9% of Ontario’s towns.
Is Eleanor expensive for Ontario?
Dearer than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Eleanor 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).