Photo: Enoch Leung from Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Quantztown are worth 2 times the median of Ontario’s towns
That is a median of $1,400,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Quantztown.
What Quantztown’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.32M
- Owners
- 3,740
- 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). · Measured across the city of Markham: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
Markham’s detached houses are assessed at 3.7 times the median of Ontario’s towns
Of Markham’s 108,480 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 61% are detached houses and 16% 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 Quantztown, by period and type
The 2021 census counted 4,135 occupied homes in Quantztown; 83% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001. 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
| Quantztown | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
Building at the pace of Ontario’s towns: 12.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Markham, against 15
Over 2018–2023, 9,308 homes were permitted in Markham, close to 1,551 each year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 16%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
The busiest year: 2021, with 2,900 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 35,927 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 13% fewer
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over 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.
Quantztown is 101% above the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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 Quantztown: Berczy Village, Wismer Commons and Mount Joy
Next to Quantztown: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantztown | $1.4M | $1.32M | 91% | |
| Berczy Village | $1.3M | $1.24M | 85% | 1.7 |
| Wismer Commons | $1.17M | $1.15M | 84% | 2 |
| Unionville | $1.51M | $1.5M | 84% | 2.3 |
| Mount Joy | $1.2M | $1.21M | 91% | 2.4 |
| Markham Village | $1.2M | $1.21M | 75% | 2.7 |
| Cachet | $2M | $2.27M | 91% | 3.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Quantztown
Is Quantztown expensive for Ontario?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Quantztown’s is worth more.
How many households in Quantztown are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 10% of households in Quantztown, where Ontario’s towns sit at 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).