Photo: Jean7031 · CC BY-SA 3.0Cachet’s home values run 2.9 times those of the middle of Ontario’s towns
In figures: $2,000,000 for the median home in 2021, $695,000 for the middle of Ontario’s towns. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Cachet. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $787,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. Cachet doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Markham.
What Cachet’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. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $2.27M
- Owners
- 1,815
- 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).
Markham’s detached houses are assessed at 3.7 times the median of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 108,480 residential properties in Markham for 2024, 61% of them detached houses and 16% 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.
56% of Cachet’s homes are from 2001 or later, against 17% for Ontario’s towns
Of the 2,005 homes people lived in across Cachet at the 2021 census, 84% were single-detached houses. 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
| Cachet | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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 Markham ran at 12.4 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Markham created 9,308 homes, about 1,551 a year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 16% were single-unit, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2021: 2,900 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 13%: 35,927 new homes in the year to August 2026
The monthly permits numbers here cover the Toronto metro area
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.
Cachet is 188% above the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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 Cachet: Berczy Village, Unionville and Buttonville
The places around Cachet at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cachet | $2M | $2.27M | 91% | |
| Berczy Village | $1.3M | $1.24M | 85% | 1.8 |
| Unionville | $1.51M | $1.5M | 84% | 2.2 |
| Buttonville | $1.5M | $1.54M | 89% | 2.6 |
| Quantztown | $1.4M | $1.32M | 91% | 3.1 |
| Brown's Corners | $700K | $769K | 67% | 3.4 |
| Cathedraltown | $1.25M | $1.31M | 86% | 3.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Cachet
Is Cachet expensive for Ontario?
Yes: Cachet’s census median is above the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
How many households in Cachet are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 6% of Cachet’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 9% of Ontario’s towns.
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).