Photo: unknown. Canada. Department of National Defence. · Public domainOwners put the median home in Picton at $600,000
It is the middle of what 8,975 owner households told the 2021 census. What homes sold for in Picton isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $250,000. 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.
Picton’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. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $689K
- Owners
- 8,975
- 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).
Picton’s homes by type: detached houses lead, at 89%
Assessors listed 12,650 residential properties in Picton for 2024, 89% of them detached houses.
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: 86% of the homes in Picton stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
People lived in 11,335 homes in Picton at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Picton | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
21.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Picton: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Building permits added 1,481 homes in Picton between 2018 and 2023: some 247 a year. Single-unit buildings took 67% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
The busiest year: 2023, with 292 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.
Picton is 14% 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 Picton: Belleville, Deseronto and Quinte West
The places around Picton at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Picton has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 20–29 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picton | $600K | $689K | 82% | |
| Belleville | $424K | $460K | 63% | 19.5 |
| Deseronto | $300K | $324K | 70% | 25 |
| Quinte West | $440K | $479K | 75% | 27 |
| Tyendinaga | $400K | $468K | 92% | 29.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Picton
How many households in Picton are in core housing need?
In line with Ontario’s towns (9%): 7% in Picton, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Picton expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Picton to 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).