Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0For every 1,000 homes, Listowel permitted 32.5 new ones a year; Ontario’s towns permitted 15
Owners valued the median home at $500,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $565,500. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Listowel the census value is the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $243,000. 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 Listowel
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $566K
- Owners
- 3,870
- 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 against condos in Listowel: 2.3 times the assessed value
The 2024 assessment roll counts 5,350 homes in Listowel: detached houses make 81% of them, condos 4%.
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.
An older stock than most: 32% of Listowel’s homes go back before 1961 (Ontario’s towns: 22%)
At the 2021 census, 70% of Listowel’s 5,955 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Listowel | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
The peak came in 2019, when Listowel permitted 340 new homes
Over 2018–2023, 1,197 homes were permitted in Listowel, close to 200 each year. Single-unit buildings took 45%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
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.
Listowel is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 28% under their $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 Listowel: Howick and Morris-Turnberry
Next to Listowel: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Listowel has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 20–28 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listowel | $500K | $566K | 71% | |
| Howick | $452K | $507K | 84% | 19.6 |
| Palmerston | $500K | $533K | 76% | 22.1 |
| Drayton | $695K | $723K | 86% | 23.7 |
| Perth East | $600K | $645K | 82% | 23.9 |
| Morris-Turnberry | $448K | $519K | 88% | 28 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Listowel
Is Listowel expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Listowel sits below it.
How many households in Listowel are in core housing need?
7% of Listowel’s households, near the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).