Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Home values in Machin run 71% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
That is a median of $200,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Machin. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $86,000. 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 Machin
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $276K
- Owners
- 380
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Machin’s houses sit 45% below Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 595 homes in Machin, detached houses 87% 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.
91% of Machin’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
Machin had 460 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Machin | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 13% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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.
Machin is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 71% 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 Machin: Ignace
The places around Machin at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 14–116 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Machin.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machin | $200K | $276K | 84% | |
| Kenora, Unorganized | $300K | $354K | 87% | 13.8 |
| Dryden | $200K | $226K | 73% | 25.2 |
| Kenora | $300K | $340K | 74% | 94.6 |
| Sioux Lookout | $300K | $324K | 67% | 96 |
| Ignace | $134K | $159K | 79% | 116.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Machin
Is Machin expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Machin sits below it.
How many households in Machin are in core housing need?
More than most: 13% of households in Machin, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).