Photo: Tabercil · CC BY 3.0For every 1,000 homes, Mount Forest permitted 32.2 new ones a year; Ontario’s towns permitted 15
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $500,000, the average one $548,000. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Mount Forest.
Two ways to price a home in Mount Forest
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. MPAC hasn’t reassessed since its 1 January 2016 values, which is why the figure sits well under the census value; it compares only within Ontario.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $548K
- Owners
- 3,245
- 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 against condos in Mount Forest: 86% more on the roll
Detached houses account for 81% of the 4,240 properties on Mount Forest’s 2024 roll; condos for 3%.
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.
Before 1961: 30% of the homes in Mount Forest, where Ontario’s towns have 22%
The 2021 census counted 4,790 occupied homes in Mount Forest; 75% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Mount Forest | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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.
The peak came in 2022, when Mount Forest permitted 268 new homes
Mount Forest issued permits for 820 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 137 a year. About 36% went into single-unit buildings, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
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.
Mount Forest is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 28% under their $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.
Home values around Mount Forest
The places around Mount Forest at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 20–30 km from Mount Forest.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Forest | $500K | $548K | 74% | |
| Drayton | $695K | $723K | 86% | 19.6 |
| Palmerston | $500K | $533K | 76% | 20.2 |
| Grand Valley | $700K | $752K | 86% | 23.6 |
| Dundalk | $600K | $637K | 84% | 27.6 |
| Fergus | $715K | $783K | 81% | 29.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Mount Forest
Is Mount Forest expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Mount Forest sits below it.
How many households in Mount Forest are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 9% of households in Mount Forest, 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).