Since 2001, Trillium has built 61% of the homes it has today; Ontario’s towns, 17%
Owners valued the median home at $800,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $913,262. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Trillium included, so owners’ values are the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $353,000. Ontario’s assessments are still on MPAC’s values of 1 January 2016, far below today’s prices, so they compare only with other Ontario towns. Figures for assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Hamilton as a whole, not for Trillium alone.
Trillium’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. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $913K
- Owners
- 935
- 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.
Trillium’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 1,075 occupied homes in Trillium; 53% of them are row houses. 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
| Trillium | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 19% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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
Some 3,396 homes a year: 20,374 in all were permitted in Hamilton from 2018 to 2023. Only 15% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2023: 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
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.
Trillium is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 15% 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 Trillium: Westmeria, Guernsey and Lakeshore
The places around Trillium at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trillium | $800K | $913K | 87% | |
| Industrial | $850K | $909K | 86% | 2.1 |
| Westmeria | $600K | $720K | 93% | 2.5 |
| Guernsey | $695K | $681K | 94% | 2.9 |
| Lakeshore | $452K | $580K | 72% | 3.5 |
| Fifty Point | $800K | $971K | 92% | 3.9 |
| Highway Valley | $800K | $823K | 93% | 4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Trillium
How many households in Trillium are in core housing need?
5% of Trillium’s households, under the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Trillium expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Trillium ranks among the dearer of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
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).