Photo: Earl Andrew · CC BY-SA 4.0Laurentian lives in apartments: 42% of its homes, beside 13% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $950,000, with an average of $994,572. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. For Laurentian there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario.
What Laurentian’s homes are worth, two ways
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
- $995K
- Owners
- 2,690
- 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
Houses in Ottawa carry assessments 74% over the middle of 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.
52% of Laurentian’s homes predate 1961, against 22% for Ontario’s towns
Laurentian had 4,680 occupied homes at the 2021 census. 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
| Laurentian | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 58,242 homes were permitted in Ottawa, close to 9,707 each year. The mix: 22% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns. Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area, with Laurentian 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.
Laurentian is 37% above the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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 Laurentian: Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park, Westboro and Carlington
Next to Laurentian: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurentian | $950K | $995K | 57% | |
| Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park | $685K | $692K | 56% | 1.3 |
| Westboro | $800K | $878K | 48% | 1.6 |
| Carlington | $600K | $594K | 41% | 2.2 |
| Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park | $650K | $589K | 61% | 2.2 |
| Island Park-Wellington Village | $1M | $1.03M | 78% | 2.8 |
| Queensway Terrace North | $600K | $607K | 69% | 2.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Laurentian
Is Laurentian expensive for Ontario?
Yes: Laurentian’s census median is above the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
How many households in Laurentian are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 13% of Laurentian’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 9% 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).