Photo: Adam Bishop · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Leamington are worth 42% less than the median of Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census gives $400,000 as the median value; Ontario’s towns come to $695,000. For Leamington there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $169,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
Two ways to price a home in Leamington
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $450K
- Owners
- 7,205
- 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).
Houses in Leamington carry assessments 28% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 74% of the 9,230 properties on Leamington’s 2024 roll; condos for 5%.
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.
Before 1961: 31% of the homes in Leamington, where Ontario’s towns have 22%
Leamington had 10,545 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 65% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Leamington | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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 Leamington ran at 9.1 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Leamington created 545 homes, about 91 a year. 40% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 66% for Ontario’s towns. Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Windsor metro area, with Leamington one part of it.
A peak in 2019: 168 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 1,277 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 32% 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.
Leamington is 42% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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.
Leamington’s neighbours by home value
The places around Leamington at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 12–28 km from Leamington.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leamington | $400K | $450K | 69% | |
| Kingsville | $448K | $514K | 85% | 12 |
| Essex | $400K | $440K | 85% | 25.1 |
| Lakeshore | $576K | $619K | 92% | 28.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Leamington
Is Leamington expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Leamington’s is worth less.
How many households in Leamington are in core housing need?
In line with Ontario’s towns (9%): 9% in Leamington, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).