Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in Freelton value their homes 37% above the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $950,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. What homes sold for in Freelton isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. 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. Behind assessed values, values by property type and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Hamilton, with Freelton one part of it.
Two ways to price a home in Freelton
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.07M
- Owners
- 815
- 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).
Hamilton’s detached houses are assessed 52% above the median of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 178,695 residential properties in Hamilton for 2024, 71% of them detached houses and 6% condos.
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.
92% of Freelton’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
People lived in 950 homes in Freelton at the 2021 census. At least half predate 1981. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Freelton | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Hamilton permitted 16 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Building permits added 20,374 homes in Hamilton between 2018 and 2023: some 3,396 a year. Only 15% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Hamilton metro area, Freelton included.
The busiest year: 2023, with 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
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.
Freelton is 37% above the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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 Freelton: Waterdown, York Road and Golf Course
The places around Freelton at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Freelton
How many households in Freelton are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 3% of households in Freelton, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Freelton expensive for Ontario?
Dearer than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Freelton 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).