Photo: Annichou · CC BY-SA 3.043% of Overbrook’s homes are apartments, against 13% for Ontario’s towns
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $500,000; the average was $528,000. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Overbrook.
Two ways to price a home in Overbrook
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. 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
- $528K
- Owners
- 2,840
- 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
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.
20% of Overbrook’s households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns
Overbrook had 8,300 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980. 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
| Overbrook | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 16% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 11% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 20% | 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.
Ottawa permitted 24.3 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Building permits added 58,242 homes in Ottawa between 2018 and 2023: some 9,707 a year. The mix: 22% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2020: 11,449 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 10%: 11,998 new homes in the year to August 2026
Monthly permits for 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.
Overbrook against Ontario’s towns: 28% under the $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 Overbrook: Vanier South
The places around Overbrook at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overbrook | $500K | $528K | 34% | |
| Vanier South | $300K | $400K | 26% | 1 |
| Carson Grove - Carson Meadows | $500K | $530K | 49% | 1.4 |
| Vanier North | $500K | $552K | 36% | 1.8 |
| Manor Park | $500K | $894K | 53% | 2.4 |
| Waterridge Village | $750K | $737K | 42% | 2.4 |
| Riverview | $592K | $568K | 39% | 2.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Overbrook
Is Overbrook expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Overbrook sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
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).