Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Home values in Quinte West run 37% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
That is a median of $440,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. For Quinte West there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario.
What Quinte West’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. MPAC hasn’t reassessed since its 1 January 2016 values, which is why the figure sits well under the census value; it compares only within Ontario.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $479K
- Owners
- 14,100
- 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).
A detached house in Quinte West is assessed 13% lower than across Ontario’s towns
Of Quinte West’s 15,640 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 90% 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.
Quinte West’s homes: when they went up and what they are
At the 2021 census, 76% of Quinte West’s 19,055 occupied homes were single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Quinte West | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
Quinte West permitted 13 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Some 244 homes a year: 1,464 in all were permitted in Quinte West from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 70% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
The busiest year: 2019, with 342 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.
Quinte West is 37% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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.
Quinte West’s neighbours by home value
The places around Quinte West at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinte West | $440K | $479K | 75% | |
| Belleville | $424K | $460K | 63% | 15.6 |
| Brighton | $500K | $559K | 86% | 16.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Quinte West
Is Quinte West expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Quinte West sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Quinte West are in core housing need?
9% of Quinte West’s households, near the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).