Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0A home in Kenora is worth 57% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census gives $300,000 as the median value; Ontario’s towns come to $695,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Ontario, so nothing here says what Kenora’s homes actually sold for.
Two ways to price a home in Kenora
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $340K
- Owners
- 4,780
- 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).
Houses in Kenora carry assessments 17% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 6,220 residential properties in Kenora for 2024, 87% of them detached houses and 2% condos.
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.
10% of Kenora’s homes need major repairs, against 6% for Ontario’s towns
Kenora had 6,510 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 77% of them 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
| Kenora | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Kenora against Ontario’s towns: 57% under the $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 Kenora: Machin, Pinawa and Whitemouth
The places around Kenora at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Kenora has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 63–109 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenora | $300K | $340K | 74% | |
| Division No. 1, Unorganized | $400K | $450K | 93% | 63.2 |
| Kenora, Unorganized | $300K | $354K | 87% | 86 |
| Machin | $200K | $276K | 84% | 94.6 |
| Pinawa | $246K | $252K | 87% | 108.4 |
| Whitemouth | $220K | $234K | 88% | 109.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Kenora
Is Kenora expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Kenora sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Kenora are in core housing need?
In Kenora, 7% of households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).