Photo: SimonP at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Sandy Hill lives in apartments: 83% of its homes, beside 13% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $576,000, with an average of $679,263. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. What homes sold for in Sandy Hill isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.
What Sandy Hill’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’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. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Ottawa, Sandy Hill included.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $679K
- Owners
- 1,805
- 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).
Houses in Ottawa carry assessments 74% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
Of Ottawa’s 332,130 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 53% are detached houses and 11% are 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.
26% of Sandy Hill’s homes are condos, where Ontario’s towns have 7%
Sandy Hill had 7,420 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980. 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
| Sandy Hill | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 26% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 15% | 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.
24.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Ottawa: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Some 9,707 homes a year: 58,242 in all were permitted in Ottawa from 2018 to 2023. About 22% went into single-unit buildings, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
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
Source area for monthly permits: 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.
Sandy Hill against Ontario’s towns: 17% 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 Sandy Hill: Lowertown West, Vanier South and Centretown
Next to Sandy Hill: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Hill | $576K | $679K | 25% | |
| Lowertown East | $600K | $633K | 15% | 0.9 |
| Lowertown West | $448K | $551K | 33% | 1.1 |
| Old Ottawa East | $850K | $916K | 49% | 1.5 |
| Vanier South | $300K | $400K | 26% | 1.9 |
| New Edinburgh | $870K | $949K | 55% | 1.9 |
| Centretown | $500K | $592K | 25% | 1.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sandy Hill
How many households in Sandy Hill are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 15% in Sandy Hill, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Sandy Hill expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Sandy Hill sits below it.
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).