Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 4.0Puslinch’s average home value sits 27% above the median
The middle home was worth $1,000,000 at the 2021 census, the average $1,268,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Puslinch. Assessors valued the median residential property at $643,000 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.
Puslinch’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. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.27M
- Owners
- 2,645
- 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 Puslinch carry 2.6 times the assessment of the median for Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 96% of the 2,865 properties on Puslinch’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.
94% of Puslinch’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
The 2021 census counted 2,855 occupied homes in Puslinch. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Puslinch | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 13% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 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.
Building at the pace of Ontario’s towns: 15.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Puslinch, against 15
Some 45 homes a year: 268 in all were permitted in Puslinch from 2018 to 2023. Houses dominate the permits, at 89% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
A peak in 2021: 53 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 597 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 9% fewer
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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Guelph metro area
Puslinch is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 44% above their $695,000 median
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 Puslinch: Guelph, Rockwood and Cambridge
The places around Puslinch at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Puslinch
How many households in Puslinch are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 4% in Puslinch, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Puslinch expensive for Ontario?
Yes: Puslinch’s census median is above the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
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).