Photo: Shhewitt · CC0Loyalist sits 36% below Ontario’s towns on home values
The census median was $448,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Loyalist.
What Loyalist’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $479K
- Owners
- 5,625
- 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).
Detached houses make up 84% of Loyalist’s residential properties
The 2024 assessment roll counts 6,675 homes in Loyalist, detached houses 84% of them.
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 Loyalist, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 78% of Loyalist’s 6,830 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Loyalist | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
Building ahead of Ontario’s towns: 23.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Loyalist, against 15
Over 2018–2023, 892 homes were permitted in Loyalist, close to 149 each year. Single-unit buildings took 67% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%. Figures for monthly permits are published for the Kingston metro area as a whole, not for Loyalist alone.
A peak in 2022: 204 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 46%: 1,945 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.
Loyalist is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 36% 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 Loyalist: Greater Napanee and Stone Mills
Next to Loyalist: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 13–27 km from Loyalist.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyalist | $448K | $479K | 83% | |
| Kingston | $500K | $534K | 56% | 13.4 |
| Greater Napanee | $400K | $471K | 72% | 23 |
| South Frontenac | $500K | $559K | 93% | 25.5 |
| Frontenac Islands | $500K | $676K | 93% | 26.9 |
| Stone Mills | $400K | $452K | 92% | 27.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Loyalist
Is Loyalist expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Loyalist to less.
How many households in Loyalist are in core housing need?
In line with Ontario’s towns (9%): 7% in Loyalist, 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).