Ontario Cottage Market Data
Waterfront freehold detached properties across all contributing Ontario boards, quarterly, Q1 2010 through Q3 2026. The same figures behind the Ontario Cottage Forecaster™ signal.
What This Dataset Covers
This is the province-wide series, compiled across every contributing board listed at the bottom of this page — not the sum of the four cottage-country regions tracked separately. Waterfront freehold detached transactions from Toronto, Ottawa, London, Niagara, Kingston, Oakville and the recreational boards all feed into it, which is why quarterly sales counts here run in the hundreds to low thousands while an individual region like Haliburton records under a hundred.
Use this series for the provincial trend. Use the regional datasets for anything about a specific market — the provincial average currently masks a spread running from Haliburton at +5.0% to Kawartha Lakes at -11.6% over the same twelve months.
Quarterly History
Full quarterly record. This is a published market report, not a data export or download.
| Quarter | Sales | New Listings | Avg Active | Avg MOI | Median Price | Average Price | Median DOM | Sales-to-New | Sale-to-List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 (partial — 1 mo) | 593 | 1550 | 4593 | 7.91 | $785,000 | $1,102,043 | 34 | 38% | 95% |
| Q2 2026 | 1310 | 5375 | 3683 | 9.04 | $831,606 | $1,068,842 | 25 | 24% | 96% |
| Q1 2026 | 367 | 1824 | 1631 | 13.35 | $778,702 | $980,066 | 52 | 20% | 95% |
| Q4 2025 | 768 | 1437 | 2207 | 10.16 | $775,474 | $1,009,607 | 54 | 53% | 94% |
| Q3 2025 | 1535 | 3726 | 3972 | 7.97 | $783,459 | $1,023,165 | 44 | 41% | 95% |
| Q2 2025 | 1220 | 4874 | 3333 | 8.54 | $840,462 | $1,121,860 | 25 | 25% | 96% |
| Q1 2025 | 386 | 1855 | 1495 | 11.39 | $859,398 | $1,101,314 | 42 | 21% | 96% |
| Q4 2024 | 661 | 1285 | 1836 | 8.69 | $809,228 | $1,116,982 | 55 | 51% | 94% |
| Q3 2024 | 1097 | 3068 | 3049 | 8.50 | $791,019 | $1,100,879 | 42 | 36% | 95% |
| Q2 2024 | 1006 | 4157 | 2399 | 7.19 | $870,716 | $1,163,049 | 24 | 24% | 96% |
| Q1 2024 | 257 | 1241 | 659 | 7.73 | $866,829 | $1,060,010 | 37 | 21% | 96% |
| Q4 2023 | 327 | 614 | 747 | 7.58 | $862,729 | $1,116,415 | 53 | 53% | 94% |
| Q3 2023 | 812 | 1832 | 1395 | 5.26 | $821,563 | $1,131,730 | 32 | 44% | 95% |
| Q2 2023 | 990 | 2668 | 1190 | 3.72 | $868,384 | $1,225,418 | 21 | 37% | 97% |
| Q1 2023 | 377 | 1155 | 625 | 5.26 | $856,919 | $1,071,459 | 33 | 33% | 95% |
| Q4 2022 | 511 | 958 | 799 | 5.48 | $822,250 | $1,014,797 | 31 | 53% | 94% |
| Q3 2022 | 1099 | 2308 | 1322 | 3.66 | $830,914 | $1,103,973 | 26 | 48% | 96% |
| Q2 2022 | 1108 | 2854 | 859 | 2.31 | $943,551 | $1,251,022 | 13 | 39% | 104% |
| Q1 2022 | 643 | 965 | 292 | 1.37 | $1,152,488 | $1,320,825 | 11 | 67% | 108% |
| Q4 2021 | 871 | 870 | 479 | 1.75 | $860,254 | $1,098,122 | 18 | 100% | 104% |
| Q3 2021 | 1715 | 2229 | 954 | 1.69 | $821,160 | $1,095,659 | 15 | 77% | 103% |
| Q2 2021 | 1861 | 2900 | 799 | 1.29 | $886,212 | $1,110,166 | 10 | 64% | 110% |
| Q1 2021 | 914 | 1281 | 394 | 1.44 | $861,570 | $1,079,213 | 12 | 71% | 109% |
| Q4 2020 | 1156 | 987 | 565 | 1.58 | $754,356 | $985,860 | 26 | 117% | 100% |
| Q3 2020 | 2648 | 2607 | 1265 | 1.45 | $660,829 | $883,180 | 25 | 102% | 99% |
| Q2 2020 | 1402 | 2259 | 1600 | 5.28 | $597,101 | $780,017 | 30 | 62% | 97% |
| Q1 2020 | 480 | 1526 | 1176 | 7.37 | $537,375 | $711,824 | 39 | 31% | 95% |
| Q4 2019 | 843 | 1050 | 1457 | 5.71 | $538,502 | $700,680 | 55 | 80% | 95% |
| Q3 2019 | 1537 | 2846 | 2632 | 5.25 | $519,015 | $689,594 | 37 | 54% | 96% |
| Q2 2019 | 1204 | 3149 | 1999 | 5.07 | $532,367 | $682,216 | 27 | 38% | 97% |
| Q1 2019 | 418 | 1401 | 1091 | 8.21 | $494,222 | $628,010 | 39 | 30% | 96% |
| Q4 2018 | 700 | 889 | 1301 | 6.40 | $487,547 | $641,342 | 60 | 79% | 95% |
| Q3 2018 | 1582 | 2364 | 2363 | 4.54 | $498,294 | $667,918 | 44 | 67% | 96% |
| Q2 2018 | 1250 | 2961 | 2039 | 4.98 | $488,104 | $632,760 | 25 | 42% | 97% |
| Q1 2018 | 492 | 1618 | 1038 | 6.61 | $469,374 | $618,337 | 34 | 30% | 96% |
| Q4 2017 | 547 | 737 | 1000 | 6.23 | $430,887 | $544,669 | 48 | 74% | 95% |
| Q3 2017 | 945 | 1654 | 1599 | 5.17 | $441,629 | $557,432 | 37 | 57% | 96% |
| Q2 2017 | 1183 | 2218 | 1329 | 3.44 | $471,910 | $576,898 | 22 | 53% | 98% |
| Q1 2017 | 565 | 1077 | 848 | 4.94 | $449,926 | $561,015 | 29 | 52% | 98% |
| Q4 2016 | 654 | 717 | 1035 | 5.03 | $391,606 | $482,506 | 55 | 91% | 96% |
| Q3 2016 | 1298 | 1470 | 1821 | 4.26 | $398,007 | $514,062 | 55 | 88% | 96% |
| Q2 2016 | 1240 | 2395 | 1994 | 4.87 | $395,131 | $473,753 | 35 | 52% | 96% |
| Q1 2016 | 472 | 1415 | 1357 | 9.17 | $352,140 | $441,517 | 50 | 33% | 96% |
| Q4 2015 | 644 | 837 | 1575 | 7.67 | $369,871 | $447,148 | 79 | 77% | 95% |
| Q3 2015 | 1140 | 1890 | 2771 | 7.37 | $352,135 | $443,080 | 68 | 60% | 95% |
| Q2 2015 | 1090 | 2920 | 2626 | 7.42 | $345,304 | $433,270 | 43 | 37% | 96% |
| Q1 2015 | 438 | 1501 | 1652 | 11.26 | $310,555 | $417,962 | 68 | 29% | 95% |
| Q4 2014 | 541 | 885 | 1873 | 11.41 | $332,092 | $410,381 | 80 | 61% | 94% |
| Q3 2014 | 1068 | 2002 | 3171 | 9.20 | $327,869 | $401,859 | 70 | 53% | 95% |
| Q2 2014 | 869 | 2885 | 2824 | 10.24 | $338,123 | $411,463 | 45 | 30% | 95% |
| Q1 2014 | 316 | 1460 | 1633 | 15.51 | $309,383 | $417,068 | 65 | 22% | 95% |
| Q4 2013 | 485 | 864 | 1799 | 11.67 | $330,907 | $427,598 | 85 | 56% | 94% |
| Q3 2013 | 968 | 1862 | 2959 | 9.32 | $318,997 | $397,250 | 70 | 52% | 94% |
| Q2 2013 | 920 | 2684 | 2820 | 9.43 | $311,621 | $392,986 | 48 | 34% | 95% |
| Q1 2013 | 356 | 1654 | 1783 | 15.31 | $283,140 | $379,675 | 69 | 22% | 95% |
| Q4 2012 | 521 | 887 | 1813 | 11.26 | $317,141 | $386,881 | 91 | 59% | 94% |
| Q3 2012 | 928 | 1683 | 2933 | 9.72 | $311,906 | $398,002 | 74 | 55% | 94% |
| Q2 2012 | 903 | 2570 | 3000 | 10.18 | $301,961 | $371,856 | 52 | 35% | 95% |
| Q1 2012 | 456 | 1932 | 1965 | 13.14 | $285,048 | $339,918 | 74 | 24% | 95% |
| Q4 2011 | 526 | 924 | 2004 | 11.94 | $293,135 | $357,348 | 83 | 57% | 94% |
| Q3 2011 | 928 | 1986 | 3212 | 10.58 | $310,879 | $386,393 | 74 | 47% | 94% |
| Q2 2011 | 885 | 2848 | 3067 | 10.52 | $302,762 | $364,150 | 48 | 31% | 95% |
| Q1 2011 | 445 | 1816 | 1903 | 13.63 | $279,012 | $386,736 | 55 | 25% | 95% |
| Q4 2010 | 470 | 983 | 1925 | 12.90 | $292,662 | $371,370 | 77 | 48% | 94% |
| Q3 2010 | 865 | 1793 | 2903 | 10.21 | $291,054 | $380,357 | 76 | 48% | 94% |
| Q2 2010 | 933 | 2607 | 2982 | 9.69 | $288,537 | $353,670 | 47 | 36% | 95% |
| Q1 2010 | 418 | 1957 | 1838 | 13.73 | $271,714 | $336,515 | 61 | 21% | 95% |
How the Regions Compare
All five series, same filter, same source, same quarter.
The provincial median sits at $785,000, down 3.1% over twelve months, with 10.1 months of inventory. That number is a midpoint, not a description of any actual market. Muskoka's median is nearly double it. Haliburton is the only region under ten months of inventory. Kawartha Lakes is falling roughly four times faster than the province as a whole.
| Region | Median Price | 12-mo Price Trend | Inventory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario (this page) | $785,000 | -3.1% | 10.1 mo |
| Muskoka | $1,415,000 | -7.5% | 11.3 mo |
| Parry Sound | $825,000 | +4.5% | 10.2 mo |
| Haliburton | $882,500 | +5.0% | 7.3 mo |
| Kawartha Lakes | $750,500 | -11.6% | 11.8 mo |
How to Verify This
Data is compiled by Habistat Analytics, accessed via the real estate boards, filtered to detached, freehold, waterfront properties only. Every board is a real, independently-operating association confirmable directly. See the full methodology and board list, or read the current directional call in the Ontario Cottage Market Forecaster™.