Photo: Hozombel at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Milton’s housing is newer than most: 73% has gone up since 2001, against 17% for Ontario’s towns
The middle home was worth $950,000 at the 2021 census, the average $1,022,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Milton. Assessors valued the median residential property at $537,000 for 2024. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
Two ways to price a home in Milton
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.02M
- Owners
- 33,000
- 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).
Milton’s detached houses are assessed at 2.5 times the median of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 56% of the 40,960 properties on Milton’s 2024 roll; condos for 8%.
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.
Milton’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Milton had 40,035 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 57% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Milton | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 13% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
30.9 new homes a year per 1,000 in Milton: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Milton issued permits for 7,599 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 1,267 a year. The mix: 22% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2023: 1,785 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
35,927 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13% on the year before
Source area for monthly permits: 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.
Milton against Ontario’s towns: 37% over 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 Milton: Meadowvale
The places around Milton at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | $950K | $1.02M | 83% | |
| Lisgar | $1M | $1M | 93% | 10.4 |
| Churchill Meadows | $1M | $1.03M | 80% | 11.7 |
| Meadowvale | $850K | $819K | 74% | 12.3 |
| Central Erin Mills | $950K | $1.09M | 73% | 13.7 |
| Oakville | $1.2M | $1.39M | 78% | 13.9 |
| Erin Mills | $950K | $1.05M | 86% | 14.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Milton
Is Milton expensive for Ontario?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Milton’s is worth more.
How many households in Milton are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 9% of households in Milton, 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).