Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Home values in Fessenden run 21% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
That is a median of $552,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Ontario, so nothing here says what Fessenden’s homes actually sold for. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $353,000. 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. Fessenden doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Hamilton.
Fessenden’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $580K
- Owners
- 835
- 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
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.
Condominiums are 21% of Fessenden’s homes, against 7% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 1,300 occupied homes in Fessenden; 29% of them are row houses. Half went up before 1981. 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
| Fessenden | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 21% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 15% were single-unit, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most 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
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.
Fessenden against Ontario’s towns: 21% under 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.
Home values around Fessenden
Next to Fessenden: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fessenden | $552K | $580K | 65% | |
| Mountview | $665K | $715K | 67% | 0.8 |
| Gurnett | $700K | $716K | 77% | 0.9 |
| Gilbert | $695K | $655K | 64% | 0.9 |
| Gilkson | $650K | $603K | 79% | 1.2 |
| Westcliffe East | $750K | $784K | 85% | 1.3 |
| Falkirk East | $800K | $755K | 89% | 1.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Fessenden
How many households in Fessenden are in core housing need?
5% of Fessenden’s households, under 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.
Is Fessenden expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Fessenden’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).