Photo: Nelro2 at en.wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Homes in Seaforth are worth 42% less than the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $400,000 in 2021, where the median of Ontario’s towns was $695,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Seaforth.
Two ways to price a home in Seaforth
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
- $443K
- Owners
- 2,570
- 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 Seaforth carry assessments 21% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 3,535 homes in Seaforth, detached houses 90% of them.
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: 85% of the homes in Seaforth stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
The 2021 census counted 3,710 occupied homes in Seaforth. The majority date from before 1961.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Seaforth | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 1% | 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 Seaforth ran at 9.9 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
Seaforth issued permits for 208 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 35 a year. 59% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 51 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.
Seaforth against Ontario’s towns: 42% under the $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 Seaforth
The places around Seaforth at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Seaforth with figures are 19–30 km away.
Questions about property prices in Seaforth
How many households in Seaforth are in core housing need?
In Seaforth, 1% of households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Seaforth expensive for Ontario?
No: Seaforth’s census median is below 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).