Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Sault Ste. Marie are worth 64% less than the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $250,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Sault Ste. Marie.
Two ways to price a home in Sault Ste. Marie
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
- $283K
- Owners
- 22,195
- 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 Sault Ste. Marie carry assessments 22% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
Of Sault Ste. Marie’s 26,200 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 84% are detached houses and 2% are condos.
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.
An older stock than most: 34% of Sault Ste. Marie’s homes go back before 1961 (Ontario’s towns: 22%)
The 2021 census counted 32,530 occupied homes in Sault Ste. Marie; 65% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sault Ste. Marie | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Permits in Sault Ste. Marie ran at 4.8 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
Sault Ste. Marie issued permits for 859 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 143 a year. The mix: 32% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 348 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.
Sault Ste. Marie is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 64% 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.
Home values around Sault Ste. Marie
The places around Sault Ste. Marie at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 14–23 km from Sault Ste. Marie.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sault Ste. Marie | $250K | $283K | 68% | |
| Prince | $348K | $384K | 98% | 13.8 |
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional | $260K | $324K | 92% | 22.7 |
| Laird | $300K | $330K | 96% | 23.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sault Ste. Marie
Is Sault Ste. Marie expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Sault Ste. Marie’s is worth less.
How many households in Sault Ste. Marie are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 7% of Sault Ste. Marie’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 9% 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).