Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Sioux Lookout sits 57% below Ontario’s towns on home values
Owners put the median home at $300,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Sioux Lookout included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Sioux Lookout
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
- $324K
- Owners
- 1,565
- 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 Sioux Lookout carry assessments 24% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,955 homes in Sioux Lookout, detached houses 82% 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.
More homes in poor repair than most: 11% in Sioux Lookout (Ontario’s towns: 6%)
Sioux Lookout had 2,340 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 68% of them single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sioux Lookout | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 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 at the pace of Ontario’s towns: 15 new homes a year per 1,000 in Sioux Lookout, against 15
Sioux Lookout issued permits for 186 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 31 a year. The mix: 21% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2023: 54 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.
Sioux Lookout is 57% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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 Sioux Lookout: Dryden, Ignace and Machin
The places around Sioux Lookout at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Sioux Lookout has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 73–101 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Lookout | $300K | $324K | 67% | |
| Dryden | $200K | $226K | 73% | 72.7 |
| Ignace | $134K | $159K | 79% | 78.5 |
| Machin | $200K | $276K | 84% | 96 |
| Kenora, Unorganized | $300K | $354K | 87% | 101.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sioux Lookout
Is Sioux Lookout expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Sioux Lookout sits below it.
How many households in Sioux Lookout are in core housing need?
In Sioux Lookout, 5% 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.
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).