Photo: Julius177 · CC BY-SA 4.0Home values in Sturgeon Falls run 60% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
In figures: $280,000 for the median home in 2021, $695,000 for the middle of Ontario’s towns. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. What homes sold for in Sturgeon Falls isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.
Sturgeon Falls’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $316K
- Owners
- 4,290
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Sturgeon Falls’s houses sit 28% below Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 88% of the 6,490 properties on Sturgeon Falls’s 2024 roll.
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.
Sturgeon Falls’s homes: when they went up and what they are
At the 2021 census, 74% of Sturgeon Falls’s 6,415 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sturgeon Falls | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
10.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Sturgeon Falls: fewer than Ontario’s towns (15)
Building permits added 373 homes in Sturgeon Falls between 2018 and 2023: some 62 a year. Most were houses: 82% went into single-unit buildings, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 91 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.
Sturgeon Falls is 60% 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 Sturgeon Falls: Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part
The places around Sturgeon Falls at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 32–48 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sturgeon Falls.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgeon Falls | $280K | $316K | 68% | |
| St.-Charles | $300K | $346K | 82% | 32.3 |
| Markstay-Warren | $280K | $301K | 89% | 40 |
| North Bay | $300K | $352K | 59% | 42.1 |
| French River / Rivière des Français | $376K | $422K | 87% | 42.8 |
| Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part | $250K | $253K | 90% | 48.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sturgeon Falls
Is Sturgeon Falls expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Sturgeon Falls’s is worth less.
How many households in Sturgeon Falls are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 7% in Sturgeon Falls, 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 · 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).