Photo: TheGiantVermin · CC BY-SA 3.0A median $775,000: what owners say homes in New Hamburg are worth
6,570 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, New Hamburg included, so owners’ values are the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $398,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
What New Hamburg’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $812K
- Owners
- 6,570
- 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 assessment roll, New Hamburg’s houses sit 68% above Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 7,015 residential properties in New Hamburg for 2024, 84% 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.
A younger stock than most: 35% of New Hamburg’s homes went up after 2000 (Ontario’s towns: 17%)
7,890 occupied homes stood in New Hamburg in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 79% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| New Hamburg | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
New Hamburg permitted 7.7 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in New Hamburg created 395 homes, about 66 a year. 40% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2018, with 91 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 10%: 4,795 new homes in the year to August 2026
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. · Data for monthly permits covers the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area
New Hamburg is 12% above 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 New Hamburg: Highland West, Forest Heights and Laurentian West
The places around New Hamburg at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hamburg | $775K | $812K | 86% | |
| Highland West | $695K | $711K | 75% | 10.1 |
| Forest Heights | $700K | $689K | 87% | 10.5 |
| Laurentian West | $700K | $693K | 77% | 11.9 |
| Victoria Hills | $500K | $506K | 39% | 12 |
| Westmount | $750K | $893K | 54% | 12.2 |
| Forest Hill | $695K | $673K | 61% | 12.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in New Hamburg
How many households in New Hamburg are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 5% of New Hamburg’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 9% of Ontario’s towns.
Is New Hamburg expensive for Ontario?
Dearer than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, New Hamburg to 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).