An apartment town: 36% of Rosemount’s homes, against 13% across Ontario’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $695,000 and an average of $686,154. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Rosemount. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $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. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Kitchener, Rosemount included.
Two ways to price a home in Rosemount
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $686K
- Owners
- 1,560
- 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 Kitchener carry assessments 37% over the middle of 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.
50% of Rosemount’s homes predate 1961, against 22% for Ontario’s towns
Rosemount had 2,790 occupied homes at the 2021 census. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rosemount | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
Permits in Kitchener ran at 32.5 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
Over 2018–2023, 17,524 homes were permitted in Kitchener, close to 2,921 each year. Very few were houses: 13% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area
Rosemount sits near the middle of Ontario’s towns ($695,000)
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 Rosemount: Auditorium and Stanley Park
The places around Rosemount at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemount | $695K | $686K | 56% | |
| Heritage Park | $695K | $643K | 49% | 1 |
| Grand River North | $700K | $708K | 91% | 1.7 |
| Auditorium | $650K | $693K | 60% | 1.7 |
| Stanley Park | $628K | $618K | 60% | 1.8 |
| Central Frederick | $695K | $649K | 45% | 1.8 |
| Bridgeport East | $700K | $672K | 67% | 2.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rosemount
How many households in Rosemount are in core housing need?
In Rosemount, 9% of households are in core housing need, close to the 9% of 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.
Is Rosemount expensive for Ontario?
In the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, and so, near enough, does Rosemount.
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).