Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Owners put the median home in Perth East at $600,000
Some 2,770 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. No open sale prices are published in Ontario, so for Perth East the census value is the measure.
Perth East’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $645K
- Owners
- 2,770
- 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 Perth East carry assessments 11% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 92% of the 3,840 properties on Perth East’s 2024 roll.
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.
A town of houses: 88% of the homes in Perth East stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
Perth East had 4,110 occupied homes at the 2021 census. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Perth East | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Permits in Perth East ran at 17.9 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Perth East issued permits for 428 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 71 a year. 71% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 157 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.
Perth East against Ontario’s towns: 14% 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 Perth East: Stratford
The places around Perth East at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth East | $600K | $645K | 82% | |
| Stratford | $500K | $547K | 66% | 15.5 |
| Wellesley | $800K | $847K | 87% | 16.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Perth East
How many households in Perth East are in core housing need?
3% of Perth East’s households, under the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Perth East expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Perth East’s is worth less.
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).