Photo: Nelro2 · Public domainHome values in Rockwood run 29% higher than the median of Ontario’s towns
That is a median of $900,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Ontario, so nothing here says what Rockwood’s homes actually sold for.
What Rockwood’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
- $989K
- Owners
- 4,205
- 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 Rockwood is assessed at 2 times the middle of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 88% of the 4,795 properties on Rockwood’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.
A town of houses: 87% of the homes in Rockwood stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
The 2021 census counted 4,840 occupied homes in Rockwood. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rockwood | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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: 13.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Rockwood, against 15
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Rockwood created 367 homes, about 61 a year. 71% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2019: 153 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
Rockwood is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 29% 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 Rockwood: Guelph
The places around Rockwood at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Rockwood
How many households in Rockwood are in core housing need?
6% of Rockwood’s households, under 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.
Is Rockwood expensive for Ontario?
Yes: Rockwood’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).