Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Home values in Munster - Ashton run 21% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
That is a median of $552,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. What homes sold for in Munster - Ashton isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $370,000. Ontario’s assessments are still on MPAC’s values of 1 January 2016, far below today’s prices, so they compare only with other Ontario towns. Munster - Ashton shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Ottawa.
Two ways to price a home in Munster - Ashton
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $667K
- Owners
- 2,135
- 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).
Ottawa’s detached houses are assessed 74% above the median of Ontario’s towns
In 2024, Ottawa had 332,130 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 53% of them and 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.
98% of Munster - Ashton’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
People lived in 2,375 homes in Munster - Ashton at the 2021 census. Half went up before 1981. 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
| Munster - Ashton | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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
Building permits added 58,242 homes in Ottawa between 2018 and 2023: some 9,707 a year. 22% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 66% for Ontario’s towns. Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area, with Munster - Ashton one part of it.
The busiest year: 2020, with 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.
Munster - Ashton against Ontario’s towns: 21% 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.
Home values around Munster - Ashton
Next to Munster - Ashton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munster - Ashton | $552K | $667K | 93% | |
| Richmond | $750K | $754K | 87% | 7.1 |
| Stittsville | $750K | $737K | 91% | 12.1 |
| Stittsville East | $700K | $730K | 77% | 13.5 |
| Stittsville North | $700K | $699K | 81% | 14.4 |
| North Gower - Kars | $645K | $705K | 91% | 14.9 |
| Glen Cairn | $552K | $560K | 81% | 15.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Munster - Ashton
How many households in Munster - Ashton are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 5% of households in Munster - Ashton, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Munster - Ashton expensive for Ontario?
No: Munster - Ashton’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).