Apartments make up 48% of the homes in Westmount, where Ontario’s towns have 13%
The 2021 census put the median home at $750,000, with an average of $892,954. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. For Westmount there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario.
What Westmount’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. 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
- $893K
- Owners
- 1,185
- 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
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.
How Westmount’s homes break down, by age and kind
Westmount had 2,180 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980. 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
| Westmount | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 18% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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
Some 2,921 homes a year: 17,524 in all were permitted in Kitchener from 2018 to 2023. Very few were houses: 13% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%). For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area, Westmount 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.
Westmount against Ontario’s towns: about level with 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.
Cheaper next to Westmount: Victoria Hills, Cherry Hill and Victoria Park
The places around Westmount at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | $750K | $893K | 54% | |
| Victoria Hills | $500K | $506K | 39% | 0.7 |
| Cherry Hill | $500K | $573K | 27% | 1.2 |
| Victoria Park | $650K | $726K | 24% | 2 |
| Highland West | $695K | $711K | 75% | 2.2 |
| Forest Hill | $695K | $673K | 61% | 2.3 |
| Meinzinger Park-Lakeside | $600K | $616K | 60% | 2.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Westmount
How many households in Westmount are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 11% of households in Westmount, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Westmount expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Westmount sits mid-table among Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
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).