Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0A home in Mitchell is worth 28% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $500,000, where Ontario’s towns sit at $695,000. What homes sold for in Mitchell isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $229,000. 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 Mitchell
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $514K
- Owners
- 2,365
- 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 roll, 93% of Mitchell’s properties are detached houses
Detached houses account for 93% of the 3,390 properties on Mitchell’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.
Single-detached houses are 88% of Mitchell’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 3,435 occupied homes in Mitchell. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Mitchell | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
12 new homes a year per 1,000 in Mitchell: fewer than Ontario’s towns (15)
Building permits added 237 homes in Mitchell between 2018 and 2023: some 40 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 74% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
The busiest year: 2021, with 46 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.
Mitchell 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 Mitchell: Seaforth
The places around Mitchell at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 19–25 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Mitchell.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | $500K | $514K | 79% | |
| Seaforth | $400K | $443K | 78% | 18.7 |
| Perth South | $620K | $748K | 78% | 20.7 |
| Stratford | $500K | $547K | 66% | 21.2 |
| Perth East | $600K | $645K | 82% | 21.5 |
| St. Marys | $500K | $516K | 81% | 24.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Mitchell
How many households in Mitchell are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 2% of households in Mitchell, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Mitchell expensive for Ontario?
No: Mitchell’s census median is below the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
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).