Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners put the median home in Melancthon at $800,000
Some 790 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Melancthon. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $306,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
Melancthon’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $842K
- Owners
- 790
- 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 Melancthon carry assessments 38% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 1,145 residential properties in Melancthon for 2024, 97% 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.
Single-detached houses are 97% of Melancthon’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
Melancthon had 1,035 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Melancthon | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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 Melancthon ran at 12.4 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Melancthon created 73 homes, about 12 a year. Most were houses: 92% went into single-unit buildings, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2021: 17 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.
Melancthon is 15% 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 Melancthon: Shelburne and Dundalk
The places around Melancthon at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melancthon | $800K | $842K | 85% | |
| Shelburne | $670K | $690K | 80% | 10.2 |
| Dundalk | $600K | $637K | 84% | 17 |
| Mulmur | $800K | $928K | 95% | 18.8 |
| Amaranth | $950K | $1.08M | 89% | 19 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Melancthon
How many households in Melancthon are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 5% of households in Melancthon, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Melancthon expensive for Ontario?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Melancthon’s is worth more.
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).