Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ignace sits 81% below Ontario’s towns on home values
That is a median of $134,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. For Ignace there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $32,500. 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.
Two ways to price a home in Ignace
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $159K
- Owners
- 435
- 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, Ignace’s houses sit 73% below Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 85% of the 690 properties on Ignace’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.
A town of houses: 93% of the homes in Ignace stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
Ignace had 550 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Ignace | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 14% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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.
Ignace is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 81% 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 Ignace: Atikokan
Next to Ignace: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Ignace with figures are 73–116 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ignace | $134K | $159K | 79% | |
| Atikokan | $100K | $128K | 83% | 72.9 |
| Sioux Lookout | $300K | $324K | 67% | 78.5 |
| Dryden | $200K | $226K | 73% | 93.4 |
| Machin | $200K | $276K | 84% | 116.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Ignace
Is Ignace expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Ignace sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Ignace are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 18% in Ignace, 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. 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).