Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainWelland sits 28% below Ontario’s towns on home values
That is a median of $500,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. For Welland there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $202,000. 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 Welland
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $516K
- Owners
- 16,305
- 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 Welland is assessed 93% above a condo
Detached houses account for 78% of the 20,165 properties on Welland’s 2024 roll; condos for 3%.
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.
An older stock than most: 36% of Welland’s homes go back before 1961 (Ontario’s towns: 22%)
Of the 23,655 homes people lived in across Welland at the 2021 census, 65% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Welland | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 12% | 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: 23.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Welland, against 15
Some 534 homes a year: 3,202 in all were permitted in Welland from 2018 to 2023. About 37% went into single-unit buildings, where Ontario’s towns built 66%. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the St. Catharines-Niagara metro area, Welland included.
Most in 2022: 943 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.
Welland is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 28% 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 Welland: Port Colborne
The places around Welland at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welland | $500K | $516K | 69% | |
| Pelham | $750K | $819K | 88% | 6.6 |
| Port Colborne | $448K | $502K | 73% | 11.3 |
| Thorold | $552K | $582K | 69% | 13.2 |
| Wainfleet | $650K | $707K | 95% | 14.3 |
| Niagara Falls | $552K | $596K | 70% | 16.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Welland
Is Welland expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Welland sits below it.
How many households in Welland are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Ontario’s towns (9%): 12% in Welland, 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).