Photo: Rub-a-dub Hedgehog · CC0West Lorne sits 42% below Ontario’s towns on home values
The census median was $400,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for West Lorne.
What West Lorne’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. 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
- $444K
- Owners
- 1,615
- 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).
West Lorne’s detached houses are assessed 35% below the median of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 95% of the 2,110 properties on West Lorne’s 2024 roll.
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.
A town of houses: 91% of the homes in West Lorne stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
At the 2021 census, West Lorne had 2,105 homes with someone living in them. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| West Lorne | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
West Lorne is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 42% 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 West Lorne: Brooke-Alvinston and Dawn-Euphemia
Next to West Lorne: 2021 census values and the share of owners. West Lorne has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 14–37 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Lorne | $400K | $444K | 84% | |
| Dutton | $452K | $497K | 83% | 13.8 |
| Glencoe | $400K | $468K | 79% | 20 |
| Southwold | $600K | $655K | 92% | 30.7 |
| Brooke-Alvinston | $300K | $358K | 85% | 33.9 |
| Dawn-Euphemia | $348K | $386K | 83% | 36.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in West Lorne
How many households in West Lorne are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 3% of households in West Lorne, where Ontario’s towns sit at 9%.
Is West Lorne expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; West Lorne’s is worth less.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).