Homes in Lawfield are worth a median $600,000
That figure comes from 1,335 owner households at the 2021 census. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Lawfield the census value is the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Lawfield
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. 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, Lawfield included.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $659K
- Owners
- 1,335
- 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.
Core housing need: 14% of Lawfield’s households, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%
Lawfield had 2,335 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 60% of them single-detached houses. 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
| Lawfield | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 14% | 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
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Hamilton created 20,374 homes, about 3,396 a year. Only 15% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
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. · Monthly permits: the Hamilton metro area
Lawfield is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 14% under 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.
Lawfield’s neighbours by home value
Next to Lawfield: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawfield | $600K | $659K | 58% | |
| Rushdale | $750K | $731K | 84% | 0.9 |
| Berrisfield | $650K | $587K | 64% | 1.2 |
| Bruleville | $600K | $614K | 54% | 1.2 |
| Burkholme | $600K | $593K | 57% | 1.3 |
| Macassa | $600K | $605K | 61% | 1.3 |
| Hampton Heights | $600K | $586K | 57% | 1.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Lawfield
Is Lawfield expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Lawfield sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
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).