Photo: Municipal Affairs and Housing · CC BY 2.0New building in Orangeville runs at 6.5 homes a year per 1,000, well under 15 for Ontario’s towns
A median of $750,000 and a mean of $753,000: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. For Orangeville there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario.
Two ways to price a home in Orangeville
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $753K
- Owners
- 8,370
- 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, Orangeville’s houses sit 58% above Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 9,820 residential properties in Orangeville for 2024, 66% of them detached houses and 6% condos.
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.
More need than most: 14% of households in Orangeville (Ontario’s towns: 9%)
At the 2021 census, 60% of Orangeville’s 11,060 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Orangeville | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 14% | 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 Orangeville permitted 137 new homes
Orangeville issued permits for 427 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 71 a year. Only 1% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 13%: 35,927 new homes in the year to August 2026
Monthly permits for 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.
Orangeville against Ontario’s towns: about level with the $695,000 median
871 of Ontario’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Orangeville: Grand Valley
Next to Orangeville: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orangeville | $750K | $753K | 76% | |
| Mono | $1.2M | $1.26M | 95% | 6.9 |
| East Garafraxa | $1M | $1.2M | 92% | 11.1 |
| Amaranth | $950K | $1.08M | 89% | 11.3 |
| Grand Valley | $700K | $752K | 86% | 17 |
| Erin | $980K | $1.09M | 90% | 17.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Orangeville
Is Orangeville expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Orangeville sits mid-table among 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).