Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0A newly built town: 47% of the homes in Wasaga Beach date from 2001 or later (Ontario’s towns: 17%)
The 2021 census put the median home at $600,000, with an average of $634,500. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Wasaga Beach. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $289,000. 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.
Two ways to price a home in Wasaga Beach
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $635K
- Owners
- 9,235
- 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 Wasaga Beach is assessed 26% higher than across Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 12,185 residential properties in Wasaga Beach for 2024, 87% of them detached houses and 2% condos.
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.
How Wasaga Beach’s homes break down, by age and kind
The 2021 census counted 10,810 occupied homes in Wasaga Beach; 83% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Wasaga Beach | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 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: 36.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in Wasaga Beach, against 15
Over 2018–2023, 2,191 homes were permitted in Wasaga Beach, close to 365 each year. Single-unit buildings took 61% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
Most in 2022: 550 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.
Wasaga Beach 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.
Home values around Wasaga Beach
The places around Wasaga Beach at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasaga Beach | $600K | $635K | 85% | |
| Stayner | $650K | $799K | 85% | 10 |
| Collingwood | $700K | $778K | 73% | 14.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Wasaga Beach
How many households in Wasaga Beach are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 7% in Wasaga Beach, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Wasaga Beach expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Wasaga Beach sits below it.
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).