Photo: Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro) · Public domainAn old town: 67% of the homes in Stinson predate 1961, where Ontario’s towns have 22%
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $600,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $566,028. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Stinson the census value is the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property 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. Figures for assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Hamilton as a whole, not for Stinson alone.
Two ways to price a home in Stinson
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $566K
- Owners
- 535
- 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
Of Hamilton’s 178,695 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 71% are detached houses and 6% are 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.
More apartments than most: 69% of the homes in Stinson (Ontario’s towns: 13%)
People lived in 1,925 homes in Stinson 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
| Stinson | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 28% | 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
Some 3,396 homes a year: 20,374 in all were permitted in Hamilton from 2018 to 2023. 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. · Monthly permits: the Hamilton metro area
Stinson is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 14% under 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 Stinson: Landsdale, Corktown and Gibson
The places around Stinson at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Stinson
How many households in Stinson are in core housing need?
More than most: 28% of households in Stinson, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Stinson expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Stinson sits below 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).