Photo: Bohao Zhao · CC BY 3.0Homes in City Centre are worth 64% less than the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $250,000 in 2021, where the median of Ontario’s towns was $695,000. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Ontario, so nothing here says what City Centre’s homes actually sold for.
Two ways to price a home in City Centre
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $282K
- Owners
- 1,155
- 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). · Shared with the rest of the city of Windsor: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
On the assessment roll, Windsor’s houses sit 34% below Ontario’s towns
Of Windsor’s 78,145 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 74% are detached houses and 10% are 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.
83% of City Centre lives in apartments, where Ontario’s towns have 13%
City Centre had 5,605 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 1981. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| City Centre | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 20% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 9% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 23% | 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.
Permits in Windsor ran at 7.5 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
Windsor issued permits for 3,895 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 649 a year. About 25% went into single-unit buildings, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
Most in 2021: 949 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
1,277 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 32% 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. · Monthly permits: one figure for all of the Windsor metro area
City Centre is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 64% 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.
City Centre’s neighbours by home value
Next to City Centre: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Centre | $250K | $282K | 20% | |
| River West | $250K | $291K | 33% | 1.6 |
| South Central | $260K | $311K | 38% | 1.7 |
| Walkerville | $300K | $347K | 48% | 1.9 |
| South Cameron | $500K | $506K | 75% | 3.3 |
| Sandwich | $280K | $319K | 47% | 3.5 |
| South Walkerville | $348K | $371K | 85% | 3.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in City Centre
Is City Centre expensive for Ontario?
On census values, City Centre sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in City Centre are in core housing need?
In City Centre, 23% of households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs 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).