Photo: Commodore Gandalf Cunningham · CC BY 2.0A home in Purpleville is worth 80% more than the middle of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $1,250,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. No sales are published for towns in Ontario, Purpleville included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Purpleville
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. 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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.59M
- Owners
- 5,045
- 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). · Shared with the rest of the city of Vaughan: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
Houses in Vaughan carry 3.5 times the assessment of the median for Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 108,165 homes in Vaughan: detached houses make 62% of them, condos 18%.
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.
90% of Purpleville’s homes are from 2001 or later, against 17% for Ontario’s towns
The 2021 census counted 5,535 occupied homes in Purpleville; 75% of them are single-detached houses. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Purpleville | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 1% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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.
31 new homes a year per 1,000 in Vaughan: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Over 2018–2023, 18,055 homes were permitted in Vaughan, close to 3,009 each year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 13% were single-unit, against 66% for Ontario’s towns. Purpleville shares its monthly permits numbers with the rest of the Toronto metro area.
Most in 2023: 6,623 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 35,927 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 13% fewer
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.
Purpleville is dearer than most of Ontario’s towns: 80% above their $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 Purpleville: Peace Village, Teston and Maple
The places around Purpleville at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpleville | $1.25M | $1.59M | 91% | |
| Peace Village | $1M | $1.12M | 84% | 1.8 |
| Vellore | $1.2M | $1.24M | 89% | 2.4 |
| Teston | $1M | $1.14M | 92% | 3.5 |
| Maple | $1.1M | $1.16M | 88% | 3.6 |
| Hope | $1.11M | $1.53M | 85% | 5.6 |
| Carrville Corners | $1.3M | $1.3M | 89% | 5.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Purpleville
Is Purpleville expensive for Ontario?
Dearer than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Purpleville to more.
How many households in Purpleville are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 7% in Purpleville, 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).