Photo: JustSomePics · CC BY-SA 4.0Owners put the median home in Meaford at $600,000
That figure comes from 3,865 owner households at the 2021 census. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Meaford included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Meaford’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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
- $688K
- Owners
- 3,865
- 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).
Meaford’s homes by type: detached houses lead, at 92%
Detached houses account for 92% of the 5,115 properties on Meaford’s 2024 roll.
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.
34% of Meaford’s homes predate 1961, against 22% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 5,035 occupied homes in Meaford; 81% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Meaford | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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 Meaford ran at 12.4 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Meaford issued permits for 389 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 65 a year. Single-unit buildings took 77% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
Most in 2021: 84 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.
Meaford is 14% below 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 Meaford: Owen Sound and Chatsworth
Next to Meaford: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 20–27 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Meaford.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meaford | $600K | $688K | 81% | |
| Thornbury | $950K | $1.2M | 87% | 19.9 |
| Owen Sound | $400K | $447K | 58% | 21.5 |
| Georgian Bluffs | $600K | $625K | 93% | 26.6 |
| Chatsworth | $500K | $635K | 91% | 27.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Meaford
How many households in Meaford are in core housing need?
In line with Ontario’s towns (9%): 7% in Meaford, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Meaford expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Meaford to less.
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).