Photo: Harleyd613 · CC BY 4.0A median $624,000: what owners say homes in Ottawa are worth
Some 259,630 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. For Ottawa there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario. Assessors valued the median residential property at $370,000 for 2024. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
Two ways to price a home in Ottawa
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $672K
- Owners
- 259,630
- 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.
Ottawa’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Ottawa had 407,250 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 42% of them single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Ottawa | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 16% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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
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. Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area, with Ottawa one part of it.
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
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.
Ottawa against Ontario’s towns: 10% 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.
Ottawa’s neighbours by home value
Next to Ottawa: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa | $624K | $672K | 64% | |
| Carleton Heights-Courtland Park | $700K | $687K | 49% | 0.6 |
| Borden Farm - Fisher Glen | $600K | $583K | 56% | 1.2 |
| Fisher Heights | $700K | $723K | 43% | 1.2 |
| Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay | $600K | $574K | 53% | 2 |
| Riverside Park South - Revelstoke | $650K | $741K | 94% | 2.3 |
| Carlington | $600K | $594K | 41% | 2.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Ottawa
How many households in Ottawa are in core housing need?
In line with Ontario’s towns (9%): 11% in Ottawa, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Ottawa expensive for Ontario?
No: Ottawa’s census median is below the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
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).