Homes built before 1961 make up 79% of Inch Park, against 22% for Ontario’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $552,000; averaged, their homes came to $586,593. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Inch Park. Assessors valued the median residential property at $353,000 for 2024. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Hamilton, Inch Park included.
Two ways to price a home in Inch Park
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $587K
- Owners
- 1,450
- 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.
How Inch Park’s homes break down, by age and kind
Of the 1,775 homes people lived in across Inch Park at the 2021 census, 84% were single-detached houses. 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
| Inch Park | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 20,374 homes were permitted in Hamilton, close to 3,396 each year. Very few were houses: 15% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
Most 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
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.
Inch Park is 21% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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 Inch Park: Eastmount and Corktown
Next to Inch Park: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Inch Park
How many households in Inch Park are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 7% in Inch Park, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Inch Park expensive for Ontario?
No: Inch Park’s census median is below 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).