Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0A home in Wawa is worth 78% less than the middle of Ontario’s towns
Owners put the median home at $150,000 at the 2021 census; for Ontario’s towns the median is $695,000. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Wawa.
What Wawa’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
- $170K
- Owners
- 945
- 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).
Wawa’s detached houses are assessed 67% below the median of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 1,215 residential properties in Wawa for 2024, 91% 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.
More homes in poor repair than most: 12% in Wawa (Ontario’s towns: 6%)
At the 2021 census, 82% of Wawa’s 1,210 occupied homes were single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Wawa | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Wawa permitted 0.4 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 15 of Ontario’s towns
Wawa issued permits for 2 new homes from 2020 to 2023, or about 1 a year. Single-unit buildings took 50% of them, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
Most in 2021: 1 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.
Wawa is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 78% under their $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 Wawa: Chapleau, Hornepayne and Manitouwadge
Next to Wawa: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 104–148 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Wawa.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wawa | $150K | $170K | 79% | |
| Chapleau | $125K | $150K | 77% | 104.3 |
| Hornepayne | $100K | $111K | 80% | 138 |
| Algoma, Unorganized, North Part | $250K | $272K | 95% | 139.9 |
| Marathon | $150K | $148K | 76% | 142.2 |
| Manitouwadge | $100K | $112K | 79% | 147.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Wawa
Is Wawa expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Wawa sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Wawa are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 4% of households in Wawa, where Ontario’s towns sit at 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).