Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median $600,000: what owners say homes in McKellar are worth
It is the middle of what 655 owner households told the 2021 census. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for McKellar.
Two ways to price a home in McKellar
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. 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
- $674K
- Owners
- 655
- 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, McKellar’s houses sit 37% above Ontario’s towns
Of McKellar’s 1,610 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 90% are 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.
Single-detached houses are 99% of McKellar’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 690 occupied homes in McKellar. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| McKellar | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 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.
Permits in McKellar ran at 25.2 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
From 2018 to 2023, permits in McKellar created 106 homes, about 18 a year. Single-unit buildings took 100% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
Most in 2019: 23 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.
McKellar against Ontario’s towns: 14% under the $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 McKellar: McDougall, Parry Sound and Seguin
Next to McKellar: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKellar | $600K | $674K | 96% | |
| McDougall | $500K | $632K | 92% | 12.5 |
| Parry Sound | $360K | $399K | 60% | 16.4 |
| Seguin | $552K | $747K | 90% | 16.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in McKellar
Is McKellar expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, McKellar to less.
How many households in McKellar are in core housing need?
In line with Ontario’s towns (9%): 10% in McKellar, 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).