Photo: P199 · CC0Expensive homes pull McDougall’s average 26% above the middle
Owners valued the median home at $500,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $632,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. What homes sold for in McDougall isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.
Two ways to price a home in McDougall
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
- $632K
- Owners
- 1,060
- 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).
Houses in McDougall carry assessments 20% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 1,970 residential properties in McDougall for 2024, 92% of them detached houses.
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.
A town of houses: 97% of the homes in McDougall stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
McDougall had 1,155 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| McDougall | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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.
21 new homes a year per 1,000 in McDougall: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Building permits added 145 homes in McDougall between 2018 and 2023: some 24 a year. Single-unit buildings took 94% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
Most in 2022: 34 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
McDougall is 28% below 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 McDougall: Parry Sound
The places around McDougall at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDougall | $500K | $632K | 92% | |
| Parry Sound | $360K | $399K | 60% | 12 |
| McKellar | $600K | $674K | 96% | 12.5 |
| Carling | $500K | $698K | 94% | 14.1 |
| The Archipelago | $600K | $772K | 92% | 17 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in McDougall
How many households in McDougall are in core housing need?
2% of McDougall’s households, under the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is McDougall expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and McDougall sits below it.
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).