Photo: Cameron Hill · CC0The middle home in Old Barrhaven West is valued at $600,000
Behind it are the answers of 6,925 owners at the 2021 census. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Old Barrhaven West the census value is the measure.
What Old Barrhaven West’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. 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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $621K
- Owners
- 6,925
- 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). · The assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers here cover the city of Ottawa
A detached house in Ottawa is assessed 74% higher than across Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 332,130 residential properties in Ottawa for 2024, 53% of them detached houses and 11% 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.
Old Barrhaven West’s homes: when they went up and what they are
At the 2021 census, 57% of Old Barrhaven West’s 7,740 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000. 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
| Old Barrhaven West | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Ottawa created 58,242 homes, about 9,707 a 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
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. · Not measured by town: monthly permits (the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area)
Old Barrhaven West is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 14% under 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.
Home values around Old Barrhaven West
Next to Old Barrhaven West: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Barrhaven West | $600K | $621K | 90% | |
| Old Barrhaven East | $600K | $600K | 78% | 2.9 |
| Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay | $700K | $747K | 81% | 3 |
| Chapman Mills | $636K | $653K | 72% | 3.5 |
| Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights | $650K | $666K | 84% | 4.8 |
| Trend-Arlington | $700K | $647K | 75% | 6.2 |
| Riverside South - Leitrim | $750K | $752K | 88% | 6.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Old Barrhaven West
How many households in Old Barrhaven West are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 3% of households in Old Barrhaven West, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Old Barrhaven West expensive for Ontario?
No: Old Barrhaven West’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).