Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in South Glengarry value their homes 50% below the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $348,000 in 2021, where the median of Ontario’s towns was $695,000. For South Glengarry there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $200,000. 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.
Two ways to price a home in South Glengarry
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $428K
- Owners
- 4,580
- 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).
South Glengarry’s detached houses are assessed 12% below the median of Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 5,640 homes in South Glengarry, detached houses 93% 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.
93% of South Glengarry’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
At the 2021 census, South Glengarry had 5,430 homes with someone living in them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| South Glengarry | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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 South Glengarry ran at 7.7 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
Some 40 homes a year: 238 in all were permitted in South Glengarry from 2018 to 2023. Houses dominate the permits, at 85% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
A peak in 2021: 49 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.
South Glengarry is 50% 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 South Glengarry: Cornwall and Saint-Anicet
The places around South Glengarry at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Glengarry | $348K | $428K | 88% | |
| Akwesasne | – | – | – | 12.8 |
| Cornwall | $280K | $293K | 54% | 14.8 |
| Akwesasne (Part) 59 | – | – | – | 16 |
| Saint-Anicet | $300K | $333K | 87% | 17.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in South Glengarry
How many households in South Glengarry are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 3% in South Glengarry, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is South Glengarry expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and South Glengarry sits below it.
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).