Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0A home in Sables-Spanish Rivers is worth 67% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $230,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Sables-Spanish Rivers. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $101,000. 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.
What Sables-Spanish Rivers’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $268K
- Owners
- 1,165
- 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 Sables-Spanish Rivers is assessed 43% lower than across Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 1,760 residential properties in Sables-Spanish Rivers for 2024, 94% of them 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 95% of Sables-Spanish Rivers’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
People lived in 1,385 homes in Sables-Spanish Rivers 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
| Sables-Spanish Rivers | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Sables-Spanish Rivers permitted 8.1 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 15 of Ontario’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Sables-Spanish Rivers created 67 homes, about 11 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 98% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
A peak in 2023: 17 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.
Sables-Spanish Rivers is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 67% under 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 Sables-Spanish Rivers: Elliot Lake
Next to Sables-Spanish Rivers: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 18–54 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sables-Spanish Rivers.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sables-Spanish Rivers | $230K | $268K | 86% | |
| Espanola | $230K | $250K | 76% | 18 |
| Little Current | $300K | $360K | 82% | 24.7 |
| Assiginack | $300K | $366K | 82% | 50.8 |
| Central Manitoulin | $348K | $376K | 76% | 53.6 |
| Elliot Lake | $150K | $186K | 61% | 54.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sables-Spanish Rivers
Is Sables-Spanish Rivers expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Sables-Spanish Rivers to less.
How many households in Sables-Spanish Rivers are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 8% of households in Sables-Spanish Rivers, where Ontario’s towns sit at 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).