Half the owned homes in Rolston are valued above $650,000
Some 1,270 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Rolston.
What Rolston’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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
- $606K
- Owners
- 1,270
- 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). · Shared with the rest of the city of Hamilton: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
A detached house in Hamilton is assessed 52% higher than across 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.
Core housing need: 14% of Rolston’s households, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%
Of the 2,270 homes people lived in across Rolston at the 2021 census, 49% were single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rolston | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 14% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 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.
16 new homes a year per 1,000 in Hamilton: in step with Ontario’s towns (15)
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.
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
Monthly permits for the Hamilton metro area
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.
Rolston against Ontario’s towns: about level with 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 Rolston: Greeningdon
The places around Rolston at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Rolston
Is Rolston expensive for Ontario?
Neither more nor less: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Rolston is near it.
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).