Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in Stayner are worth a median $650,000
That figure comes from 4,595 owner households at the 2021 census. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Stayner. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $280,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
Two ways to price a home in Stayner
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $799K
- Owners
- 4,595
- 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).
A detached house in Stayner is assessed 25% higher than across Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 6,020 homes in Stayner, 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.
Single-detached houses are 90% of Stayner’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census, Stayner had 5,570 homes with someone living in them. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Stayner | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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: 27.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Stayner, against 15
Over 2018–2023, 854 homes were permitted in Stayner, close to 142 each year. Houses dominate the permits, at 74% in single-unit buildings (Ontario’s towns: 66%).
The busiest year: 2022, with 300 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.
Stayner against Ontario’s towns: about level with 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.
Lower values near Stayner: Wasaga Beach
The places around Stayner at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stayner | $650K | $799K | 85% | |
| Wasaga Beach | $600K | $635K | 85% | 10 |
| Collingwood | $700K | $778K | 73% | 13.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Stayner
How many households in Stayner are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 7% of Stayner’s households in core housing need, much as for Ontario’s towns (9%).
Is Stayner expensive for Ontario?
Stayner is close to the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000.
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).