Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Half the owned homes in Highway Valley are valued above $800,000
1,525 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Highway Valley. 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. Behind assessed values, values by property type and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Hamilton, with Highway Valley one part of it.
Two ways to price a home in Highway Valley
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $823K
- Owners
- 1,525
- 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.
89% of Highway Valley’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
The 2021 census counted 1,625 occupied homes in Highway Valley. The older half dates from before 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
| Highway Valley | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
Building at the pace of Ontario’s towns: 16 new homes a year per 1,000 in Hamilton, against 15
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Hamilton created 20,374 homes, about 3,396 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 15%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
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. · Data for monthly permits covers the Hamilton metro area
Highway Valley is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 15% above their $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.
Lower values near Highway Valley: Guernsey, Westmeria and Eastdale
Next to Highway Valley: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Valley | $800K | $823K | 93% | |
| Poplar Park | $800K | $752K | 93% | 1.4 |
| Guernsey | $695K | $681K | 94% | 1.4 |
| Westmeria | $600K | $720K | 93% | 1.5 |
| Fruitland | $850K | $948K | 85% | 1.6 |
| Eastdale | $650K | $701K | 92% | 2.1 |
| Riverdale East | $745K | $660K | 73% | 2.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Highway Valley
How many households in Highway Valley are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 3% in Highway Valley, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Highway Valley expensive for Ontario?
Yes: Highway Valley’s census median is above the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
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).