Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0A median $850,000: what owners say homes in Lynden are worth
Behind it are the answers of 3,245 owners at the 2021 census. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Lynden included, so owners’ values are the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued 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. Nobody publishes assessed values, values by property type and building permits for Lynden alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Hamilton.
What Lynden’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $937K
- Owners
- 3,245
- 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).
Houses in Hamilton carry assessments 52% over the middle of 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.
Single-detached houses are 90% of Lynden’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
Lynden had 3,770 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Lynden | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 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.
Permits in Hamilton ran at 16 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Hamilton issued permits for 20,374 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 3,396 a year. Very few were houses: 15% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Hamilton metro area
Lynden against Ontario’s towns: 22% over the $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 Lynden: Golf Course and Shaver
The places around Lynden at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynden | $850K | $937K | 92% | |
| Spring Valley | $900K | $974K | 93% | 9.8 |
| Turnball | $850K | $898K | 89% | 10.5 |
| Golf Course | $700K | $844K | 88% | 10.9 |
| Shaver | $700K | $841K | 89% | 10.9 |
| Leeming | $900K | $900K | 94% | 11 |
| Sulphur Springs | $1M | $1.18M | 90% | 11.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Lynden
How many households in Lynden are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 3% of Lynden’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 9% of Ontario’s towns.
Is Lynden expensive for Ontario?
Yes: Lynden’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).