Photo: Earl Andrew at en.wikipedia · Public domainApartments make up 61% of the homes in Riverview, where Ontario’s towns have 13%
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $592,000, the average one $568,472. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Riverview. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $370,000. MPAC hasn’t reassessed since its 1 January 2016 values, which is why the figure sits well under the census value; it compares only within Ontario. Riverview doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Ottawa.
Two ways to price a home in Riverview
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $568K
- Owners
- 2,500
- 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).
A detached house in Ottawa is assessed 74% higher than across 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.
Core housing need: 16% of Riverview’s households, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%
At the 2021 census, Riverview had 6,330 homes with someone living in them. At least half predate 1981. 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
| Riverview | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 19% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 16% | 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
Some 9,707 homes a year: 58,242 in all were permitted in Ottawa from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 22%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2020: 11,449 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
11,998 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10% on the year before
Measured across the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area: monthly permits
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.
Riverview against Ontario’s towns: 15% 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.
Lower values near Riverview: Overbrook and Hawthorn Meadows - Sheffield Glen
The places around Riverview at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview | $592K | $568K | 39% | |
| Elmvale - Canterbury | $645K | $607K | 57% | 2.1 |
| Old Ottawa East | $850K | $916K | 49% | 2.3 |
| Playfair Park - Guildwood Estates | $755K | $712K | 71% | 2.3 |
| Alta Vista | $900K | $878K | 74% | 2.4 |
| Overbrook | $500K | $528K | 34% | 2.5 |
| Hawthorn Meadows - Sheffield Glen | $500K | $472K | 38% | 2.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Riverview
Is Riverview expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Riverview 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).