Quinndale sits 28% below Ontario’s towns on home values
The census median was $500,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Quinndale.
Quinndale’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $548K
- Owners
- 880
- 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 published for the city of Hamilton, not by town
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.
39% of Quinndale’s homes are condos, where Ontario’s towns have 7%
1,260 occupied homes stood in Quinndale in 2021, and row houses made up 59% of them. The older half dates from before 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
| Quinndale | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 39% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 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.
16 new homes a year per 1,000 in Hamilton: in step with Ontario’s towns (15)
Over 2018–2023, 20,374 homes were permitted in Hamilton, close to 3,396 each year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 15%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
Most in 2023: 5,130 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 8%: 3,048 new homes in the year to August 2026
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. · Data for monthly permits covers the Hamilton metro area
Quinndale is 28% 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.
Quinndale’s neighbours by home value
Next to Quinndale: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinndale | $500K | $548K | 69% | |
| Templemead | $695K | $675K | 73% | 0.7 |
| Berrisfield | $650K | $587K | 64% | 1 |
| Eleanor | $755K | $747K | 88% | 1.2 |
| Lisgar | $650K | $676K | 68% | 1.2 |
| Rushdale | $750K | $731K | 84% | 1.2 |
| Lawfield | $600K | $659K | 58% | 1.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Quinndale
Is Quinndale expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Quinndale’s is worth less.
How many households in Quinndale are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 7% of households in Quinndale, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
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).