Photo: Fungus Guy · CC BY-SA 3.0A home in Laird is worth 57% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census gives $300,000 as the median value; Ontario’s towns come to $695,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Laird. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $143,000. 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.
Two ways to price a home in Laird
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $330K
- Owners
- 430
- Ontario’s towns
- $695K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential, MPAC 2016 base
- Houses
- $189K
- Properties
- 850
- 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).
A town of houses: 100% of the homes in Laird stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
Laird had 470 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Laird | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | under 1% | 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.
10.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Laird: fewer than Ontario’s towns (15)
Some 5 homes a year: 30 in all were permitted in Laird from 2018 to 2023. Most were houses: 100% went into single-unit buildings, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 10 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Laird is 57% 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.
Cheaper next to Laird: Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Next to Laird: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laird | $300K | $330K | 96% | |
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional | $260K | $324K | 92% | 10.1 |
| St. Joseph | $348K | $368K | 88% | 13.8 |
| Garden River 14 | – | – | 55% | 17.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Laird
Is Laird expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Laird to less.
How many households in Laird are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts under 1% of Laird’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 9% of Ontario’s towns.
What are houses and condos assessed at in Laird?
The 2024 roll puts the median house at $189,000.
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).