Photo: Municipal Affairs and Housing · CC BY 2.0Homes in Orillia are worth 21% less than the median of Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $552,000, where Ontario’s towns sit at $695,000. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Orillia the census value is the measure. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $269,000. 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.
What Orillia’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. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $582K
- Owners
- 8,825
- 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, 75% of Orillia’s properties are detached houses
Of Orillia’s 11,490 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 75% are detached houses and 5% are 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.
13% of Orillia’s households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns
Of the 14,425 homes people lived in across Orillia at the 2021 census, 56% were single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Orillia | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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.
Orillia permitted 19.6 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Orillia created 1,809 homes, about 302 a year. Single-unit buildings took 25%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 447 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.
Orillia is 21% 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.
Orillia’s neighbours by home value
The places around Orillia at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orillia | $552K | $582K | 61% | |
| Severn | $650K | $738K | 90% | 7.1 |
| Chippewas of Rama First Nation | – | – | 53% | 8.3 |
| Oro-Medonte | $800K | $904K | 94% | 13.5 |
| Ramara | $650K | $748K | 91% | 15.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Orillia
Is Orillia expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Orillia to less.
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).