Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in St. Joseph value their homes 50% below the median of Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census gives $348,000 as the median value; Ontario’s towns come to $695,000. For St. Joseph there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario. Assessors valued the median residential property at $149,000 for 2024. 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.
What St. Joseph’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $368K
- Owners
- 495
- 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 St. Joseph carry assessments 30% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 955 homes in St. Joseph, detached houses 92% 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.
Single-detached houses are 94% of St. Joseph’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 610 occupied homes in St. Joseph. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| St. Joseph | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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.
St. Joseph is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 50% under their $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.
Cheaper next to St. Joseph: Laird, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and Sault Ste. Marie
The places around St. Joseph at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 14–46 km from St. Joseph.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph | $348K | $368K | 88% | |
| Laird | $300K | $330K | 96% | 13.8 |
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional | $260K | $324K | 92% | 22.5 |
| Sault Ste. Marie | $250K | $283K | 68% | 35.4 |
| Thessalon | $200K | $215K | 71% | 38.9 |
| Prince | $348K | $384K | 98% | 46.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in St. Joseph
Is St. Joseph expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; St. Joseph’s is worth less.
How many households in St. Joseph are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 18% in St. Joseph, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).