Photo: Hearst1958 · CC BY-SA 4.0A home in Hearst is worth 68% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
The census median was $220,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Hearst.
Hearst’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. 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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $234K
- Owners
- 1,365
- 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).
A detached house in Hearst is assessed 41% lower than across Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 1,565 residential properties in Hearst for 2024, 80% of them detached houses.
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.
Hearst’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 2,250 occupied homes in Hearst; 59% of them are single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Hearst | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Hearst permitted 1.4 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Hearst created 21 homes, about 4 a year. Most were houses: 56% went into single-unit buildings, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 7 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Hearst is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 68% 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 Hearst: Kapuskasing, Hornepayne and Moonbeam
The places around Hearst at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 95–113 km from Hearst.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hearst | $220K | $234K | 61% | |
| Kapuskasing | $150K | $168K | 67% | 95.3 |
| Hornepayne | $100K | $111K | 80% | 96.2 |
| Moonbeam | $174K | $223K | 93% | 113 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Hearst
Is Hearst expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Hearst to less.
How many households in Hearst are in core housing need?
3% of Hearst’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.
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).