Photo: P199 · Public domainA newly built town: 40% of the homes in Cumberland date from 2001 or later (Ontario’s towns: 17%)
Census values for 2021: a median of $700,000 and an average of $779,289. For Cumberland there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $370,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. Figures for assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Ottawa as a whole, not for Cumberland alone.
What Cumberland’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $779K
- Owners
- 2,005
- 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).
Houses in Ottawa carry assessments 74% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
Of Ottawa’s 332,130 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 53% are detached houses and 11% 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.
How Cumberland’s homes break down, by age and kind
The 2021 census counted 2,240 occupied homes in Cumberland; 79% of them are single-detached houses. 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
| Cumberland | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 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.
Ottawa permitted 24.3 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Ottawa created 58,242 homes, about 9,707 a year. 22% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most 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.
Cumberland sits near the middle of Ontario’s towns ($695,000)
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 Cumberland: Bassin-de-la-Lièvre, Cardinal Creek and Fallingbrook
The places around Cumberland at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | $700K | $779K | 90% | |
| Bassin-de-la-Lièvre | $276K | $289K | 73% | 5 |
| Cardinal Creek | $600K | $623K | 88% | 5.3 |
| Fallingbrook | $600K | $594K | 93% | 6.9 |
| Vallée-de-la-Lièvre | $250K | $271K | 63% | 7.4 |
| Queenswood - Chatelaine | $492K | $479K | 82% | 7.8 |
| Portobello South | $650K | $651K | 83% | 8.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Cumberland
How many households in Cumberland are in core housing need?
3% of Cumberland’s households, under the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Cumberland expensive for Ontario?
Cumberland is close to the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $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).