Photo: Gogerr · CC BY-SA 4.0Permits in Port Elgin added 41.7 homes a year for every 1,000, where Ontario’s towns added 15
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $572,000; averaged, their homes came to $615,500. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Port Elgin.
What Port Elgin’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. 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
- $616K
- Owners
- 5,510
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Port Elgin’s houses sit 24% above Ontario’s towns
Of Port Elgin’s 7,745 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 85% are detached houses and 1% are 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.
How Port Elgin’s homes break down, by age and kind
Of the 6,905 homes people lived in across Port Elgin at the 2021 census, 75% were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Port Elgin | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
The peak came in 2023, when Port Elgin permitted 610 new homes
Over 2018–2023, 1,656 homes were permitted in Port Elgin, close to 276 each year. Single-unit buildings took 44%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
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.
Port Elgin is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 18% under their $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 Port Elgin: Chesley, Wiarton and Kincardine
The places around Port Elgin at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Port Elgin has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 21–30 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Elgin | $572K | $616K | 80% | |
| Chesley | $400K | $459K | 78% | 21 |
| Wiarton | $500K | $535K | 83% | 26.9 |
| Kincardine | $500K | $561K | 80% | 29.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Port Elgin
How many households in Port Elgin are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 5% of Port Elgin’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 9% of Ontario’s towns.
Is Port Elgin expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Port Elgin sits below it.
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).