Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0A median $800,000: what owners say homes in Dunrobin are worth
The census of 2021 asked 1,880 owner households what their home was worth. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. For Dunrobin there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario.
Two ways to price a home in Dunrobin
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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
- $884K
- Owners
- 1,880
- 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). · Area behind the assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures: the city of Ottawa
Ottawa’s detached houses are assessed 74% above the median of Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 332,130 homes in Ottawa: detached houses make 53% of them, 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.
Single-detached houses are 99% of Dunrobin’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
People lived in 2,015 homes in Dunrobin at the 2021 census. Half went up before 2001. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Dunrobin | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 1% | 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
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.
Most in 2020: 11,449 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 10%: 11,998 new homes in the year to August 2026
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. · Data for monthly permits covers the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area
Dunrobin against Ontario’s towns: 15% over 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 Dunrobin: Pontiac, Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant and Des Explorateurs
Next to Dunrobin: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunrobin | $800K | $884K | 96% | |
| Pontiac | $348K | $397K | 88% | 7.4 |
| Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant | $650K | $671K | 82% | 9 |
| Carp | $850K | $870K | 92% | 9.4 |
| Des Explorateurs | $376K | $386K | 71% | 10.5 |
| Kanata Lakes | $800K | $809K | 68% | 12.6 |
| Beaverbrook | $500K | $583K | 74% | 13 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Dunrobin
How many households in Dunrobin are in core housing need?
In Dunrobin, 1% of households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Dunrobin expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Dunrobin ranks among the dearer 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).