Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0A home in Howick is worth 35% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $452,000, where Ontario’s towns sit at $695,000. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Howick. Assessors valued the median residential property at $192,000 for 2024. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
Howick’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. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $507K
- Owners
- 960
- 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 Howick is assessed 19% lower than across Ontario’s towns
Of Howick’s 1,325 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 91% 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.
89% of Howick’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
People lived in 1,345 homes in Howick 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
| Howick | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 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.
Building behind Ontario’s towns: 10.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in Howick, against 15
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Howick created 81 homes, about 14 a year. Single-unit buildings took 67% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
A peak in 2019: 18 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.
Howick is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 35% 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 Howick: Wingham
The places around Howick at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howick | $452K | $507K | 84% | |
| Morris-Turnberry | $448K | $519K | 88% | 13.2 |
| Wingham | $400K | $416K | 71% | 18 |
| Palmerston | $500K | $533K | 76% | 18.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Howick
How many households in Howick are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 3% in Howick, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Howick expensive for Ontario?
No: Howick’s census median is below the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
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).