Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0A median $755,000: what owners say homes in Sheldon are worth
The census of 2021 asked 7,920 owner households what their home was worth. What homes sold for in Sheldon isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. 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. Behind assessed values, values by property type and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Hamilton, with Sheldon one part of it.
Sheldon’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. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $778K
- Owners
- 7,920
- 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
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.
Condominiums are 29% of Sheldon’s homes, against 7% for Ontario’s towns
9,160 occupied homes stood in Sheldon in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 65% of them. At least half predate 2001. 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
| Sheldon | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 29% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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. 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
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
Sheldon is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 9% above their $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 Sheldon: Butler and Templemead
Next to Sheldon: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Sheldon
How many households in Sheldon are in core housing need?
In Sheldon, 5% of households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Sheldon expensive for Ontario?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Sheldon’s is worth more.
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).