Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 3.0An apartment town: 55% of Southdale’s homes, against 13% across Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $500,000, with an average of $519,075. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Ontario, so nothing here says what Southdale’s homes actually sold for.
Southdale’s homes, by two sources
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
- $519K
- Owners
- 865
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits: one figure for all of the city of Kitchener
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.
Core housing need: 19% of Southdale’s households, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%
At the 2021 census, Southdale had 2,385 homes with someone living in them. At least half predate 1981. 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
| Southdale | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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.
Kitchener permitted 32.5 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Kitchener issued permits for 17,524 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 2,921 a year. Only 13% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns. Figures for monthly permits are published for the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area as a whole, not for Southdale alone.
Most 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
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.
Southdale is 28% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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.
Southdale’s neighbours by home value
Next to Southdale: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southdale | $500K | $519K | 36% | |
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park | $576K | $562K | 48% | 1.1 |
| Cedar Hill | $572K | $475K | 29% | 1.3 |
| Meinzinger Park-Lakeside | $600K | $616K | 60% | 1.5 |
| Alpine | $552K | $518K | 53% | 1.6 |
| Victoria Park | $650K | $726K | 24% | 1.7 |
| Laurentian Hills | $600K | $572K | 56% | 1.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Southdale
Is Southdale expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Southdale to less.
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).