Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Apartments make up 57% of the homes in Westboro, where Ontario’s towns have 13%
Owners valued the median home at $800,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $878,147. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Westboro the census value is the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Westboro
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. Figures for assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Ottawa as a whole, not for Westboro alone.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $878K
- Owners
- 3,070
- 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
Assessors listed 332,130 residential properties in Ottawa for 2024, 53% of them detached houses and 11% 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.
More condos than most: 23% of the homes in Westboro (Ontario’s towns: 7%)
Westboro had 6,515 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 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
| Westboro | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 23% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 12% | 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
Ottawa issued permits for 58,242 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 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
Rising: 11,998 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 10% more
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.
Westboro against Ontario’s towns: 15% over 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 Westboro: Carlington, Hintonburg-Mechanicsville and Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park
The places around Westboro at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westboro | $800K | $878K | 48% | |
| Island Park-Wellington Village | $1M | $1.03M | 78% | 1.2 |
| Laurentian | $950K | $995K | 57% | 1.6 |
| Carlington | $600K | $594K | 41% | 2.1 |
| Hintonburg-Mechanicsville | $645K | $645K | 34% | 2.3 |
| Civic Hospital | $850K | $879K | 64% | 2.7 |
| Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park | $685K | $692K | 56% | 2.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Westboro
How many households in Westboro are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 12% of households in Westboro, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Westboro expensive for Ontario?
Yes: Westboro’s census median is above the $695,000 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).