Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Apartments make up 57% of the homes in Vanier, where Ontario’s towns have 13%
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $572,000, the average one $547,202. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Ontario, so nothing here says what Vanier’s homes actually sold for.
What Vanier’s homes are worth, two ways
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. Vanier doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Kitchener.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $547K
- Owners
- 2,255
- 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).
Kitchener’s detached houses are assessed 37% above the median of Ontario’s towns
Of Kitchener’s 81,065 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 60% are detached houses and 13% are 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.
Core housing need: 15% of Vanier’s households, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%
People lived in 6,580 homes in Vanier at the 2021 census. 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
| Vanier | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 14% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 15% | 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. Only 13% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
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. · Not measured by town: monthly permits (the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area)
Vanier against Ontario’s towns: 18% 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.
Vanier’s neighbours by home value
The places around Vanier at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanier | $572K | $547K | 34% | |
| Trillium Industrial Park | $675K | $1.06M | 37% | 1.3 |
| Centreville Chicopee | $600K | $607K | 62% | 1.8 |
| Stanley Park | $628K | $618K | 60% | 1.9 |
| Country Hills | $695K | $624K | 50% | 2.3 |
| Alpine | $552K | $518K | 53% | 2.4 |
| Idlewood | $800K | $832K | 90% | 2.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Vanier
Is Vanier expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Vanier sits below it.
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).