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Historical Average Home Prices

Sold Home Prices from 1956 - Present plus % Change over Previous Year

YearAverage Price% Change
1956$13,3510.2%
1957$14,2306.6%
1958$15,5649.3%
1959$16,0383.1%
1960$16,7914.7%
1961$16,070-4.3%
1962$15,952-0.7%
1963$16,5493.7%
1964$16,5630.1%
1965$17,0563.0%
1966$18,0045.6%
1967$19,7468.2%
1968$23,32919.8%
1969$25,65210.0%
1970$26,5323.4%
1971$27,8084.8%
1972$30,57610.0%
1973$38,30525.3%
1974$46,66121.8%
1975$49,6336.4%
1976$54,62310.1%
1977$57,0324.4%
1978$59,1343.7%
1979$61,8964.7%
1980$62,7481.4%
1981$64,8963.4%
1982$71,0809.5%
1983$86,24521.3%
1984$102,08418.4%
1985$107,3065.1%
1986$111,6434.0%
1987$119,6127.1%
1988$128,4347.4%
1989$137,4557.0%
1990$141,4382.9%
1991$143,3611.4%
1992$143,8680.4%
1993$148,1293.0%
1994$147,543-0.4%
1995$143,193-2.9%
1996$140,534-1.9%
1997$143,8732.4%
1998$143,9530.1%
1999$149,6504.0%
2000$159,5116.6%
2001$175,97110.3%
2002$200,71114.1%
2003$218,6929.0%
2004$235,6787.8%
2005$244,5323.8%
2006$255,8894.7%
2007$272,6186.4%
2008$290,3666.6%
2009$303,8884.9%
2010$327,2557.7%
2011$343,2844.9%
2012$351,7922.3%
2013$357,3481.6%
2014$361,7071.2%
2015$367,6321.7%
2016$371,9011.2%
2017$392,4745.4%
2018$407,5713.8%
2019$441,6938.4%
2020$529,67519.9%
2021$645,97622.0%
2022$691,5287.0%
2023$654,857-5.3%
2024$676,0393.2%
2025$700,3492.8%


See the History of Prices for all areas

Since 1956, home prices in Ottawa have only decreased in 6 of those years. The biggest decrease in price was in 2023, where prices dropped by 5.3%, the next biggest drop was back in 1961 when prices saw a decrease of 4.3%.

Ottawa saw the biggest increase in average home prices in 1973, where prices went up by 25.3%.  The next biggest increase in prices was in 2021 where prices surged by 22%, as expected, during the pandemic.


The Sold Home Prices on this page are taken from sales reported by the Ottawa Real Estate Board's MLS System. (OREB)



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