Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Permits in Perth South added just 5.9 homes a year for every 1,000, where Ontario’s towns added 15
Census values for 2021: a median of $620,000 and an average of $748,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Ontario, so nothing here says what Perth South’s homes actually sold for. Assessors valued the median residential property at $271,000 for 2024. 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.
Two ways to price a home in Perth South
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $748K
- Owners
- 855
- 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).
Detached houses make up 95% of Perth South’s residential properties
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,425 homes in Perth South, detached houses 95% 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 97% of Perth South’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
People lived in 1,400 homes in Perth South at the 2021 census. Over half went up before 1961.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Perth South | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Perth South’s busiest year for permits was 2021, with 11 new homes
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Perth South created 49 homes, about 8 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 100% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
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 South is 11% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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 Perth South: St. Marys and Stratford
The places around Perth South at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth South | $620K | $748K | 78% | |
| St. Marys | $500K | $516K | 81% | 4.7 |
| Stratford | $500K | $547K | 66% | 14.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Perth South
How many households in Perth South are in core housing need?
In Perth South, 4% of households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Perth South expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Perth South sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
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).