Photo: Scott Webb scottwebb · CC0Owners in Westminster value their homes 36% below the median of Ontario’s towns
That is a median of $448,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. What homes sold for in Westminster isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $227,000. 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. Nobody publishes assessed values, values by property type and building permits for Westminster alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of London.
Westminster’s homes, by two sources
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
- $457K
- Owners
- 3,110
- 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
The 2024 assessment roll counts 156,290 homes in London: detached houses make 58% of them, condos 22%.
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 Westminster’s homes break down, by age and kind
At the 2021 census, 63% of Westminster’s 3,785 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Westminster | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 20% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Building at the pace of Ontario’s towns: 16.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in London, against 15
Building permits added 17,168 homes in London between 2018 and 2023: some 2,861 a year. 23% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 66% for Ontario’s towns. Westminster doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the London metro area.
A peak in 2021: 3,998 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
5,327 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 16% 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.
Westminster against Ontario’s towns: 36% under 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 Westminster: Glen Cairn, White Oaks and Hamilton Road
Next to Westminster: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster | $448K | $457K | 83% | |
| Glen Cairn | $400K | $434K | 59% | 2.2 |
| White Oaks | $400K | $423K | 66% | 2.2 |
| Jackson | $650K | $642K | 87% | 3.7 |
| Highland | $520K | $561K | 61% | 3.9 |
| South London | $500K | $535K | 45% | 4.2 |
| Hamilton Road | $400K | $414K | 72% | 4.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Westminster
How many households in Westminster are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 4% in Westminster, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Westminster expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Westminster sits among the cheaper of 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).