Photo: P199 · Public domainOwners in Highlands East value their homes 42% below the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $400,000 in 2021, where the median of Ontario’s towns was $695,000. What homes sold for in Highlands East isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $178,000. 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.
What Highlands East’s homes are worth, two ways
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
- $511K
- Owners
- 1,665
- 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).
Detached houses make up 92% of Highlands East’s residential properties
Of Highlands East’s 4,625 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 92% are 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.
Single-detached houses are 97% of Highlands East’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
People lived in 1,875 homes in Highlands East at the 2021 census. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Highlands East | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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.
Permits in Highlands East ran at 22.2 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
Highlands East issued permits for 242 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 40 a year. Most were houses: 100% went into single-unit buildings, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2022: 75 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.
Highlands East is 42% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
871 of Ontario’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Highlands East: Faraday and Bancroft
Next to Highlands East: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 18–36 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Highlands East.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands East | $400K | $511K | 89% | |
| Haliburton Village | $600K | $677K | 85% | 18.3 |
| Faraday | $360K | $482K | 90% | 24.7 |
| Minden Hills | $500K | $578K | 89% | 35 |
| Bancroft | $348K | $383K | 66% | 35.1 |
| Hastings Highlands | $400K | $476K | 92% | 35.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Highlands East
Is Highlands East expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Highlands East sits below it.
How many households in Highlands East are in core housing need?
In line with Ontario’s towns (9%): 10% in Highlands East, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).