Photo: Balcer · CC BY 2.5Since 2001, Shelburne has built 47% of the homes it has today; Ontario’s towns, 17%
The 2021 census put the median home at $670,000, with an average of $690,000. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Shelburne included, so owners’ values are the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $304,000. 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.
Two ways to price a home in Shelburne
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $690K
- Owners
- 2,430
- 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 Shelburne carry assessments 31% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 2,940 homes in Shelburne, detached houses 79% 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.
Shelburne’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Of the 3,025 homes people lived in across Shelburne at the 2021 census, 73% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Shelburne | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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 ahead of Ontario’s towns: 38.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Shelburne, against 15
Some 99 homes a year: 595 in all were permitted in Shelburne from 2018 to 2023. 61% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 297 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.
Shelburne against Ontario’s towns: about level with the $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.
Home values around Shelburne
The places around Shelburne at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelburne | $670K | $690K | 80% | |
| Melancthon | $800K | $842K | 85% | 10.2 |
| Amaranth | $950K | $1.08M | 89% | 10.4 |
| Mulmur | $800K | $928K | 95% | 16.3 |
| Mono | $1.2M | $1.26M | 95% | 17.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Shelburne
How many households in Shelburne are in core housing need?
5% of Shelburne’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 Shelburne expensive for Ontario?
About average: Shelburne’s census median is close to 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).