Photo: K Danko · CC BY-SA 3.0For every 1,000 homes, Northern Bruce Peninsula permitted 37.7 new ones a year; Ontario’s towns permitted 15
A median of $500,000 and a mean of $593,500: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Northern Bruce Peninsula included, so owners’ values are the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $166,000. Ontario’s assessments are still on MPAC’s values of 1 January 2016, far below today’s prices, so they compare only with other Ontario towns.
Two ways to price a home in Northern Bruce Peninsula
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $594K
- Owners
- 1,930
- 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).
Detached houses make up 97% of Northern Bruce Peninsula’s residential properties
Of Northern Bruce Peninsula’s 5,210 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 97% are 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.
94% of Northern Bruce Peninsula’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
The 2021 census counted 2,205 occupied homes in Northern Bruce Peninsula. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Northern Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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 2021, when Northern Bruce Peninsula permitted 101 new homes
Northern Bruce Peninsula issued permits for 478 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 80 a year. Most were houses: 97% went into single-unit buildings, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
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.
Northern Bruce Peninsula against Ontario’s towns: 28% under 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 Northern Bruce Peninsula: Owen Sound
The places around Northern Bruce Peninsula at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Northern Bruce Peninsula with figures are 44–74 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Bruce Peninsula | $500K | $594K | 90% | |
| Wiarton | $500K | $535K | 83% | 44.2 |
| Georgian Bluffs | $600K | $625K | 93% | 55 |
| Owen Sound | $400K | $447K | 58% | 61.7 |
| Port Elgin | $572K | $616K | 80% | 64.1 |
| Meaford | $600K | $688K | 81% | 73.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Northern Bruce Peninsula
How many households in Northern Bruce Peninsula are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 3% of households in Northern Bruce Peninsula, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Northern Bruce Peninsula expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Northern Bruce Peninsula sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
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).