A median $800,000: what owners say homes in Idlewood are worth
Some 1,590 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Idlewood. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $309,000. 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. Idlewood shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Kitchener.
Idlewood’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $832K
- Owners
- 1,590
- 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 Kitchener is assessed 37% higher than across Ontario’s towns
In 2024, Kitchener had 81,065 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 60% of them and condos 13%.
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.
How Idlewood’s homes break down, by age and kind
Of the 1,765 homes people lived in across Idlewood at the 2021 census, 83% were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Idlewood | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 1% | 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.
32.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Kitchener: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Some 2,921 homes a year: 17,524 in all were permitted in Kitchener from 2018 to 2023. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 13% were single-unit, against 66% for Ontario’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area, Idlewood included.
The busiest year: 2023, with 4,095 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
4,795 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 10% on the year before
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.
Idlewood against Ontario’s towns: 15% over 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 Idlewood: Centreville Chicopee, Stanley Park and Heritage Park
The places around Idlewood at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idlewood | $800K | $832K | 90% | |
| Grand River South | $850K | $859K | 84% | 1.6 |
| Centreville Chicopee | $600K | $607K | 62% | 1.7 |
| Stanley Park | $628K | $618K | 60% | 1.8 |
| Heritage Park | $695K | $643K | 49% | 1.8 |
| Grand River North | $700K | $708K | 91% | 2 |
| Rosemount | $695K | $686K | 56% | 2.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Idlewood
How many households in Idlewood are in core housing need?
1% of Idlewood’s households, under the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Idlewood expensive for Ontario?
Yes: Idlewood’s census median is above 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).