Photo: ceedub13 · CC BY 2.0In Carlington, 48% of households live in an apartment (Ontario’s towns: 13%)
A median of $600,000 and a mean of $593,785: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Carlington.
Carlington’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $594K
- Owners
- 2,885
- 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: the city of Ottawa
On the assessment roll, Ottawa’s houses sit 74% above Ontario’s towns
In 2024, Ottawa had 332,130 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 53% of them and condos 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.
19% of Carlington’s households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 7,150 occupied homes in Carlington. The older half dates from before 1981. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Carlington | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 9% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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.
Ottawa permitted 24.3 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Some 9,707 homes a year: 58,242 in all were permitted in Ottawa from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 22%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2020, with 11,449 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 10%: 11,998 new homes in the year to August 2026
Measured across the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area: monthly permits
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.
Carlington 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.
Carlington’s neighbours by home value
The places around Carlington at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlington | $600K | $594K | 41% | |
| Fisher Heights | $700K | $723K | 43% | 1.8 |
| Westboro | $800K | $878K | 48% | 2.1 |
| Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park | $650K | $589K | 61% | 2.2 |
| Laurentian | $950K | $995K | 57% | 2.2 |
| Carleton Heights-Courtland Park | $700K | $687K | 49% | 2.5 |
| Civic Hospital | $850K | $879K | 64% | 2.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Carlington
Is Carlington expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Carlington sits below it.
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).