Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes from 2001 on make up 39% of Whitby, where Ontario’s towns have 17%
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $850,000, the average one $894,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Whitby.
Whitby’s homes, by two sources
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
- $894K
- Owners
- 38,100
- 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).
Houses in Whitby carry 2.1 times the assessment of the median for Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 75% of the 44,600 properties on Whitby’s 2024 roll; condos for 4%.
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.
The homes of Whitby, by period and type
46,460 occupied homes stood in Whitby in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 70% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Whitby | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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: 31.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in Whitby, against 15
Over 2018–2023, 7,964 homes were permitted in Whitby, close to 1,327 each year. About 31% went into single-unit buildings, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
The busiest year: 2021, with 2,323 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
2,751 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 47% 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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Oshawa metro area
Whitby against Ontario’s towns: 22% over 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.
Cheaper next to Whitby: Oshawa
Next to Whitby: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Whitby
Is Whitby expensive for Ontario?
More than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Whitby sits above it.
How many households in Whitby are in core housing need?
In Whitby, 8% of households are in core housing need, close to the 9% of Ontario’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).