Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Owners in Riverside value their homes 43% below the median of Ontario’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $396,000 in 2021, where the median of Ontario’s towns was $695,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Riverside. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $156,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. Riverside shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Windsor.
Two ways to price a home in Riverside
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $396K
- Owners
- 6,710
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Windsor’s houses sit 34% below 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.
More apartments than most: 35% of the homes in Riverside (Ontario’s towns: 13%)
Riverside had 10,270 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
| Riverside | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 14% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 3,895 homes were permitted in Windsor, close to 649 each year. The mix: 25% in single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Windsor metro area, Riverside included.
Most 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
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.
Riverside is 43% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
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 Riverside: East Windsor, Fontainebleau and South Walkerville
Next to Riverside: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | $396K | $396K | 66% | |
| East Windsor | $300K | $300K | 62% | 2.6 |
| East Riverside | $452K | $525K | 88% | 3.1 |
| Fontainebleau | $348K | $359K | 70% | 3.2 |
| Forest Glade | $400K | $399K | 65% | 3.5 |
| South Walkerville | $348K | $371K | 85% | 5.5 |
| Walkerville | $300K | $347K | 48% | 5.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Riverside
Is Riverside expensive for Ontario?
Below the norm for Ontario’s towns, whose median home is worth $695,000; Riverside’s is worth less.
How many households in Riverside are in core housing need?
9% of Riverside’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).