An apartment town: 34% of Macassa’s homes, against 13% across Ontario’s towns
A median of $600,000 and a mean of $604,971: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Macassa the census value is the measure. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $353,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. Macassa doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Hamilton.
Macassa’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $605K
- Owners
- 690
- 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).
Hamilton’s detached houses are assessed 52% above the median of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 178,695 residential properties in Hamilton for 2024, 71% of them detached houses and 6% condos.
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.
58% of Macassa’s homes predate 1961, against 22% for Ontario’s towns
People lived in 1,135 homes in Macassa at the 2021 census. 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
| Macassa | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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.
Hamilton permitted 16 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Building permits added 20,374 homes in Hamilton between 2018 and 2023: some 3,396 a year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 15% were single-unit, against 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: one figure for all of the Hamilton metro area
Macassa against Ontario’s towns: 14% under the $695,000 median
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 Macassa: Raleigh and Eastmount
The places around Macassa at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macassa | $600K | $605K | 61% | |
| Hampton Heights | $600K | $586K | 57% | 0.4 |
| Burkholme | $600K | $593K | 57% | 0.9 |
| Raleigh | $552K | $561K | 61% | 1 |
| Lawfield | $600K | $659K | 58% | 1.3 |
| Eastmount | $500K | $524K | 66% | 1.5 |
| Berrisfield | $650K | $587K | 64% | 1.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Macassa
How many households in Macassa are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 13% in Macassa, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Macassa expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Macassa’s is worth less.
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).