Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.067% of West Centretown’s homes are apartments, against 13% for Ontario’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $624,000, the average one $639,327. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, West Centretown included, so owners’ values are the measure.
What West Centretown’s homes are worth, two ways
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
- $639K
- Owners
- 1,115
- 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). · Measured across the city of Ottawa: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
On the assessment roll, Ottawa’s houses sit 74% above 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.
21% of West Centretown’s households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 4,565 occupied homes in West Centretown. At least half predate 1981. 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
| West Centretown | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 21% | 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. Single-unit buildings took 22%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2020, with 11,449 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 10%: 11,998 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
West Centretown against Ontario’s towns: 10% 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 West Centretown: Centretown
The places around West Centretown at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Centretown | $624K | $639K | 24% | |
| Centretown | $500K | $592K | 25% | 1.2 |
| Hintonburg-Mechanicsville | $645K | $645K | 34% | 1.5 |
| Glebe-Dows Lake | $1M | $1.16M | 49% | 1.6 |
| Civic Hospital | $850K | $879K | 64% | 1.6 |
| Island Park-Wellington Village | $1M | $1.03M | 78% | 2.6 |
| Old Ottawa East | $850K | $916K | 49% | 2.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in West Centretown
Is West Centretown expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and West Centretown 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).