Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Owners in Rockland value their homes 35% below the median of Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census gives $452,000 as the median value; Ontario’s towns come to $695,000. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. For Rockland there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario.
Two ways to price a home in Rockland
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
- $490K
- Owners
- 8,185
- 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 Rockland is assessed 16% higher than across Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 9,875 homes in Rockland: detached houses make 81% of them, condos 3%.
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.
36% of Rockland’s homes are from 2001 or later, against 17% for Ontario’s towns
Of the 10,095 homes people lived in across Rockland at the 2021 census, 75% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rockland | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
22.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in Rockland: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Over 2018–2023, 1,308 homes were permitted in Rockland, close to 218 each year. 55% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area, Rockland included.
A peak in 2021: 325 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 10%: 11,998 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
Rockland is 35% 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.
Lower values near Rockland: Thurso, Lochaber-Partie-Ouest and Plaisance
Next to Rockland: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockland | $452K | $490K | 82% | |
| Thurso | $200K | $219K | 64% | 7.7 |
| Lochaber-Partie-Ouest | $400K | $372K | 83% | 11.5 |
| Cumberland | $700K | $779K | 90% | 13.6 |
| Plaisance | $226K | $246K | 70% | 14.2 |
| Vallée-de-la-Lièvre | $250K | $271K | 63% | 15.2 |
| L'Ange-Gardien | $400K | $405K | 93% | 17.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rockland
Is Rockland expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Rockland sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Rockland are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 9% of Rockland’s households in core housing need, much as for Ontario’s towns (9%).
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).