66% of Kanata Lakes’s homes have been built since 2001, against 17% for Ontario’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $800,000, the average one $808,813. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Kanata Lakes. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $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. Kanata Lakes doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Ottawa.
What Kanata Lakes’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. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $809K
- Owners
- 4,940
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Ottawa’s houses sit 74% above 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.
How Kanata Lakes’s homes break down, by age and kind
Kanata Lakes had 7,270 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 46% of them single-detached houses. 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
| Kanata Lakes | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
Permits in Ottawa ran at 24.3 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
Over 2018–2023, 58,242 homes were permitted in Ottawa, close to 9,707 each year. 22% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, 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
The monthly permits numbers here cover 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.
Kanata Lakes is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 15% above their $695,000 median
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 Kanata Lakes: Beaverbrook, Katimavik-Hazeldean and Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant
The places around Kanata Lakes at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanata Lakes | $800K | $809K | 68% | |
| Beaverbrook | $500K | $583K | 74% | 2.5 |
| Katimavik-Hazeldean | $524K | $552K | 82% | 2.9 |
| Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant | $650K | $671K | 82% | 3.8 |
| Stittsville North | $700K | $699K | 81% | 4.7 |
| Glen Cairn | $552K | $560K | 81% | 5.2 |
| Stittsville East | $700K | $730K | 77% | 6.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Kanata Lakes
How many households in Kanata Lakes are in core housing need?
6% of Kanata Lakes’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 Kanata Lakes expensive for Ontario?
More than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Kanata Lakes sits above 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).