Photo: Raymond Leung from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0The Archipelago builds fast: 51.2 new homes a year per 1,000, against 15 for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $600,000, with an average of $772,000. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for The Archipelago. Assessors valued the median residential property at $411,000 for 2024. 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 The Archipelago
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $772K
- Owners
- 455
- 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 The Archipelago carry assessments 63% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 86% of the 3,325 properties on The Archipelago’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.
Single-detached houses are 100% of The Archipelago’s homes, against 60% for Ontario’s towns
The Archipelago had 500 occupied homes at the 2021 census. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| The Archipelago | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
2021 was the year The Archipelago built most: 37 new homes permitted
From 2018 to 2023, permits in The Archipelago created 147 homes, about 25 a year. 98% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
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.
The Archipelago against Ontario’s towns: 14% under the $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 The Archipelago: Parry Sound, McDougall and Carling
Next to The Archipelago: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Archipelago | $600K | $772K | 92% | |
| Parry Sound | $360K | $399K | 60% | 5.8 |
| McDougall | $500K | $632K | 92% | 17 |
| Carling | $500K | $698K | 94% | 18.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in The Archipelago
Is The Archipelago expensive for Ontario?
No: The Archipelago’s census median is below the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
How many households in The Archipelago are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 9% of The Archipelago’s households in core housing need, much as for Ontario’s towns (9%).
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).