Photo: DaPuglet · CC BY-SA 2.0A home in Vanier South is worth 57% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $300,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Vanier South included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Vanier South
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. 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. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Ottawa, Vanier South included.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $400K
- Owners
- 1,045
- 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
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.
Apartments are 81% of Vanier South’s homes, against 13% for Ontario’s towns
Vanier South had 3,970 occupied homes at the 2021 census. 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
| Vanier South | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 24% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 9% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 29% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 58,242 homes were permitted in Ottawa, close to 9,707 each year. The mix: 22% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns. Vanier South doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area.
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
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.
Vanier South against Ontario’s towns: 57% 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.
Vanier South’s neighbours by home value
Next to Vanier South: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanier South | $300K | $400K | 26% | |
| Vanier North | $500K | $552K | 36% | 0.9 |
| Overbrook | $500K | $528K | 34% | 1 |
| Sandy Hill | $576K | $679K | 25% | 1.9 |
| Manor Park | $500K | $894K | 53% | 1.9 |
| New Edinburgh | $870K | $949K | 55% | 2 |
| Lowertown East | $600K | $633K | 15% | 2.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Vanier South
Is Vanier South expensive for Ontario?
No: Vanier South’s census median is below the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
How many households in Vanier South are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 29% of Vanier South’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 9% 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).