Photo: Edwin Lester Brittain · CC BY-SA 4.0Britannia lives in apartments: 67% of its homes, beside 13% for Ontario’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $600,000, the average one $533,211. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Britannia.
Britannia’s homes, by two sources
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
- $533K
- Owners
- 1,420
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits for the city of Ottawa
Ottawa’s detached houses are assessed 74% above the median of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 53% of the 332,130 properties on Ottawa’s 2024 roll; condos for 11%.
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.
23% of Britannia’s households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns
People lived in 4,285 homes in Britannia at the 2021 census. At least half predate 1981. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Britannia | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 18% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 23% | 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.
Building ahead of Ontario’s towns: 24.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Ottawa, against 15
Over 2018–2023, 58,242 homes were permitted in Ottawa, close to 9,707 each year. Single-unit buildings took 22%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2020: 11,449 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Rising: 11,998 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 10% more
Source area for monthly permits: the Ottawa-Gatineau 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.
Britannia against Ontario’s towns: 14% under 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 Britannia: Bayshore
The places around Britannia at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britannia | $600K | $533K | 33% | |
| Queensway Terrace North | $600K | $607K | 69% | 0.9 |
| Bayshore | $400K | $447K | 24% | 1.6 |
| Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park | $685K | $692K | 56% | 1.6 |
| Iris | $600K | $607K | 45% | 1.9 |
| Qualicum - Redwood | $800K | $645K | 68% | 2.6 |
| Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park | $755K | $796K | 84% | 2.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Britannia
Is Britannia expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Britannia 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).