Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in Perry are worth 42% less than the median of Ontario’s towns
In figures: $400,000 for the median home in 2021, $695,000 for the middle of Ontario’s towns. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Perry.
Two ways to price a home in Perry
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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $484K
- Owners
- 1,030
- 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).
Perry’s homes by type: detached houses lead, at 92%
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,655 homes in Perry, detached houses 92% of them.
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.
Single-detached houses are 90% of Perry’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 1,145 occupied homes in Perry. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Perry | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 17% | 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: 19.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Perry, against 15
Perry issued permits for 123 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 21 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 87% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
The busiest year: 2023, with 27 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Perry against Ontario’s towns: 42% 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 Perry: Burk's Falls
The places around Perry at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | $400K | $484K | 90% | |
| Armour | $400K | $506K | 93% | 8.1 |
| Kearney | $500K | $558K | 92% | 10.5 |
| Burk's Falls | $324K | $340K | 61% | 13.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Perry
Is Perry expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Perry sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Perry are in core housing need?
More than most: 17% of households in Perry, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
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).