Horning’s housing is newer than most: 49% has gone up since 2001, against 17% for Ontario’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $900,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $998,715. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Horning.
Two ways to price a home in Horning
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Ontario’s assessments are still on MPAC’s values of 1 January 2016, far below today’s prices, so they compare only with other Ontario towns.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $999K
- Owners
- 1,245
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits for the city of Hamilton
A detached house in Hamilton is assessed 52% higher than across 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.
Condominiums are 28% of Horning’s homes, against 7% for Ontario’s towns
1,490 occupied homes stood in Horning in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 60% of them. 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
| Horning | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 28% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
16 new homes a year per 1,000 in Hamilton: in step with Ontario’s towns (15)
Hamilton issued permits for 20,374 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 3,396 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 15%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
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
Measured across the Hamilton metro area: monthly permits
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.
Horning is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 29% 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 Horning: Gurnett and Fessenden
Next to Horning: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Horning
How many households in Horning are in core housing need?
6% of Horning’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 Horning expensive for Ontario?
Dearer than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Horning 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).