Market Update for Carlington
September 24th 2026: There were 52 homes sold in the Carlington neighbourhood in the last 12 months vs 74 last year. The average price for a home was $623,655, down by 0.9% over last year and it took 25 days for homes to sell versus 37 days last year.
Average Prices by Property Type
- The average price for a Detached Single-Family home in Carlington was $663,759.
- The average price for a Townhouse was $592,956.
- The average price for a Bungalow was $633,665.
Carlington Historical Average House Prices
Historical home prices for Carlington going back as far as 2000, with the percent change each year
| YEAR |
AVERAGE PRICE |
% CHANGE |
| 2000 |
$129,914 |
|
| 2001 |
$143,394 |
10.4% |
| 2002 |
$180,378 |
25.8% |
| 2003 |
$192,791 |
6.9% |
| 2004 |
$203,920 |
5.8% |
| 2005 |
$219,162 |
7.5% |
| 2006 |
$217,806 |
-0.6% |
| 2007 |
$239,646 |
10% |
| 2008 |
$253,878 |
5.9% |
| 2009 |
$261,616 |
3% |
| 2010 |
$282,615 |
8% |
| 2011 |
$308,734 |
9.2% |
| 2012 |
$333,489 |
8% |
| 2013 |
$338.,362 |
1.5% |
| 2014 |
$350,648 |
3.6% |
| 2015 |
$357,042 |
1.8% |
| 2016 |
$346,504 |
-3% |
| 2017 |
$399,684 |
15.3% |
| 2018 |
$389,193 |
-2.6% |
| 2019 |
$447,437 |
15% |
| 2020 |
$553,673 |
23.7% |
| 2021 |
$607,331 |
9.7% |
| 2022 |
$674,883 |
11.1% |
| 2023 |
$630,466 |
-6.6% |
| 2024 |
$613,670 |
-2.7% |
| 2025 |
$635,987 |
3.6% |
Home prices in Carlington have gone up in 21 years since 2000 and went down in 5 years. Home prices went down by 3.6% in 2025 for an average price of $635,987.
Homes for Sale in Carlington
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About Carlington
The neighbourhood of Carlington is located west of Fisher Avenue, south of Carling Avenue, east of Maitland and north of Kingston and Caldwell Avenues. Carlington includes mostly residential homes. Amenities are accessible along Merivale and Baseline Roads. The Ottawa Civic Hospital, Algonquin and Carleton University are close by making it ideal for students.
After the listings we provide average price history going back to 2000 for these areas
Recreation includes Alexander Park, Carlington Park that features four baseball diamonds, walking paths and a soccer field, as well as Raven Park with its outdoor pool.
It’s a quick drive to Dow's Lake Pavilion and the stunning Dominion Arboretum for some water recreation and education in nature. The Arboretum was originally developed to test the hardiness of woody plants in the Canadian climate with its 45-degree latitude, it's the most northerly Arboretum on the continent. There are approximately 4,000 specimens to peruse.
Schools in the area are W.E. Gowling Public School and St. Nicholas Adult High School.
The Carlington neighbourhood consistently sees about 80 to 90 homes sell per year, and in the table above we can see that prices went down only slightly in 2006 and then again in 2016 and 2018, with increases every year and now having tripled since 2006 to an average price of $607,331 in 2021.