Owners in Highland value their homes 25% below the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $520,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Highland included, so owners’ values are the measure.
What Highland’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Ontario’s assessments are still on MPAC’s values of 1 January 2016, far below today’s prices, so they compare only with other Ontario towns. Highland doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of London.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $561K
- Owners
- 5,040
- 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).
A detached house in London is assessed at 2.4 times a condo
Of London’s 156,290 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 58% are detached houses and 22% 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.
The homes of Highland, by period and type
Highland had 8,225 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 45% of them single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 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
| Highland | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 19% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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 London ran at 16.7 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
London issued permits for 17,168 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 2,861 a year. About 23% went into single-unit buildings, where Ontario’s towns built 66%. Figures for monthly permits are published for the London metro area as a whole, not for Highland alone.
The busiest year: 2021, with 3,998 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 16%: 5,327 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
Highland is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 25% under their $695,000 median
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.
Lower values near Highland: Southcrest, White Oaks and Westminster
Next to Highland: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland | $520K | $561K | 61% | |
| Southcrest | $424K | $423K | 38% | 2 |
| Bostwick | $650K | $707K | 63% | 2.3 |
| South London | $500K | $535K | 45% | 2.3 |
| White Oaks | $400K | $423K | 66% | 2.5 |
| Westmount | $650K | $679K | 63% | 3.3 |
| Westminster | $448K | $457K | 83% | 3.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Highland
Is Highland expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Highland to less.
How many households in Highland are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 10% of Highland’s households in core housing need, much as for Ontario’s towns (9%).
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).