Photo: Michael Hiemstra from Canada · CC BY 2.0Since 2001, Rosenberg has built 98% of the homes it has today; Ontario’s towns, 17%
The middle home was worth $750,000 at the 2021 census, the average $747,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Rosenberg.
Rosenberg’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. 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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $747K
- Owners
- 2,240
- 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). · Measured across the city of Kitchener: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
Kitchener’s detached houses are assessed 37% above the median of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 81,065 residential properties in Kitchener for 2024, 60% of them detached houses and 13% 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.
More condos than most: 22% of the homes in Rosenberg (Ontario’s towns: 7%)
Of the 3,075 homes people lived in across Rosenberg at the 2021 census, 52% were single-detached houses. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rosenberg | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 22% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 13%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
A peak in 2023: 4,095 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 4,795 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 10% fewer
Monthly permits for the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area
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.
Rosenberg against Ontario’s towns: about level with 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 Rosenberg: Country Hills West, Laurentian West and Country Hills
Next to Rosenberg: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosenberg | $750K | $747K | 73% | |
| Huron South | $800K | $829K | 86% | 1.7 |
| Country Hills West | $650K | $635K | 80% | 2.3 |
| Laurentian West | $700K | $693K | 77% | 2.8 |
| Country Hills | $695K | $624K | 50% | 3.2 |
| Laurentian Hills | $600K | $572K | 56% | 3.7 |
| Alpine | $552K | $518K | 53% | 3.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rosenberg
How many households in Rosenberg are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 6% in Rosenberg, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Rosenberg expensive for Ontario?
In the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, and so, near enough, does Rosenberg.
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).