Photo: Dwrite7841 · CC BY-SA 4.0A median $800,000: what owners say homes in Port Perry are worth
Behind it are the answers of 6,955 owners at the 2021 census. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Port Perry included, so owners’ values are the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $415,000. 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.
Port Perry’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $848K
- Owners
- 6,955
- 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 Port Perry carry assessments 69% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
Of Port Perry’s 8,460 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 93% are 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.
Single-detached houses are 89% of Port Perry’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
Port Perry had 8,245 occupied homes 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
| Port Perry | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 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.
Permits in Port Perry ran at 13.5 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Building permits added 600 homes in Port Perry between 2018 and 2023: some 100 a year. Single-unit buildings took 80% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
The busiest year: 2021, with 217 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.
Port Perry is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 15% above 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 Perry: Oshawa and Bowmanville
The places around Port Perry at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Port Perry has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–29 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Perry | $800K | $848K | 87% | |
| Uxbridge | $900K | $1.04M | 84% | 17.9 |
| Oshawa | $695K | $705K | 64% | 23.7 |
| Whitby | $850K | $894K | 82% | 23.9 |
| Bowmanville | $750K | $772K | 86% | 28.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Port Perry
How many households in Port Perry are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 5% of households in Port Perry, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Port Perry expensive for Ontario?
More than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Port Perry sits above 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).