Photo: Jason Zhang · CC0A home in York Road is worth 29% more than the middle of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $900,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for York Road. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $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. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Hamilton, York Road included.
York Road’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
- $899K
- Owners
- 1,540
- 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.
An older stock than most: 48% of York Road’s homes go back before 1961 (Ontario’s towns: 22%)
At the 2021 census, 72% of York Road’s 2,055 occupied homes were single-detached houses. 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
| York Road | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Hamilton created 20,374 homes, about 3,396 a year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 15% were single-unit, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
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
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over 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.
York Road is 29% above 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.
Cheaper next to York Road: Central Business Dis, Ainslie Wood West and Ainslie Wood East
Next to York Road: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Road | $900K | $899K | 74% | |
| Central Business Dis | $700K | $733K | 46% | 1.9 |
| Colborne | $950K | $1.04M | 88% | 2.4 |
| Ainslie Wood West | $600K | $577K | 23% | 2.7 |
| Ainslie Wood East | $650K | $689K | 48% | 2.7 |
| Westdale South | $755K | $878K | 38% | 3.1 |
| Golf Course | $700K | $844K | 88% | 3.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in York Road
Is York Road expensive for Ontario?
Yes: York Road’s census median is above the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
How many households in York Road are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 8% of York Road’s households in core housing need, much as for Ontario’s towns (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).