Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Owners put the median home in Wainfleet at $650,000
It is the middle of what 2,340 owner households told the 2021 census. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Wainfleet.
What Wainfleet’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. 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
- $707K
- Owners
- 2,340
- 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, Wainfleet’s houses sit 15% above Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 3,010 residential properties in Wainfleet for 2024, 95% of them detached houses.
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.
96% of Wainfleet’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
The 2021 census counted 2,615 occupied homes in Wainfleet. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Wainfleet | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Wainfleet permitted 8.6 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Some 24 homes a year: 144 in all were permitted in Wainfleet from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 86% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%. Wainfleet shares its monthly permits numbers with the rest of the St. Catharines-Niagara metro area.
The busiest year: 2018, with 31 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
3,312 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 17% on the year before
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.
Wainfleet sits near the middle of Ontario’s towns ($695,000)
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 Wainfleet: Port Colborne and Welland
Next to Wainfleet: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wainfleet | $650K | $707K | 95% | |
| Port Colborne | $448K | $502K | 73% | 13.7 |
| Welland | $500K | $516K | 69% | 14.3 |
| Pelham | $750K | $819K | 88% | 15.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Wainfleet
How many households in Wainfleet are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 5% of households in Wainfleet, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is Wainfleet expensive for Ontario?
About average: Wainfleet’s census median is close to the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
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).