Photo: P199 · Public domainOwners in Huron Shores value their homes 71% below the median of Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $200,000, where Ontario’s towns sit at $695,000. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Huron Shores. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $83,000. 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.
Two ways to price a home in Huron Shores
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $250K
- Owners
- 715
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Huron Shores’s houses sit 51% below Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 92% of the 1,290 properties on Huron Shores’s 2024 roll.
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.
96% of Huron Shores’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
Huron Shores had 830 occupied homes 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
| Huron Shores | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 15% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 17% | 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.
10.1 new homes a year per 1,000 in Huron Shores: fewer than Ontario’s towns (15)
Over 2018–2023, 43 homes were permitted in Huron Shores, close to 7 each year. Most were houses: 98% went into single-unit buildings, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2022: 14 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.
Huron Shores against Ontario’s towns: 71% under the $695,000 median
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 Huron Shores: Elliot Lake
Next to Huron Shores: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 16–57 km from Huron Shores.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron Shores | $200K | $250K | 89% | |
| Thessalon | $200K | $215K | 71% | 15.7 |
| Blind River | $200K | $249K | 71% | 32.3 |
| St. Joseph | $348K | $368K | 88% | 54.5 |
| Elliot Lake | $150K | $186K | 61% | 55 |
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional | $260K | $324K | 92% | 57.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Huron Shores
Is Huron Shores expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Huron Shores sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Huron Shores are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 17% of Huron Shores’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 9% 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).