Photo: TheWxResearcher · CC0Owners in Windsor value their homes 42% below the median of Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $400,000, where Ontario’s towns sit at $695,000. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. What homes sold for in Windsor isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.
Windsor’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. MPAC hasn’t reassessed since its 1 January 2016 values, which is why the figure sits well under the census value; it compares only within Ontario.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $410K
- Owners
- 58,945
- 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).
A detached house in Windsor is assessed 34% lower than across Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 78,145 residential properties in Windsor for 2024, 74% of them detached houses and 10% 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.
39% of Windsor’s homes predate 1961, against 22% for Ontario’s towns
Windsor had 94,270 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 60% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Windsor | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Windsor created 3,895 homes, about 649 a year. Single-unit buildings took 25%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2021: 949 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 32%: 1,277 new homes in the year to August 2026
Measured across the Windsor metro area: monthly permits
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.
Windsor 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 Windsor: South Walkerville, Fontainebleau and Walkerville
Next to Windsor: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | $400K | $410K | 63% | |
| South Walkerville | $348K | $371K | 85% | 0.6 |
| Remington Park | $400K | $378K | 73% | 1.3 |
| Fontainebleau | $348K | $359K | 70% | 2.6 |
| Walkerville | $300K | $347K | 48% | 2.7 |
| East Windsor | $300K | $300K | 62% | 2.7 |
| South Central | $260K | $311K | 38% | 3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Windsor
Is Windsor expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Windsor sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Windsor are in core housing need?
11% of Windsor’s households, near the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).