CREA MLS® HPI · June 2026
As of June 2026, the typical single-family home reaches 720 000 $, or −0.7 % year over year. The federal public service gives the capital a rare employment stability that cushions the cycles felt elsewhere in the country.
Prices stable. The benchmark price has barely moved over one year.
720 000 $ (−0.7 % year over year)
384 500 $ (−6 % year over year)
550 700 $ (−3.9 % year over year)
CREA’s MLS® HPI publishes quality-constant benchmark prices; it publishes no sales volume, no active listings and no days-on-market for this region. It also publishes no benchmark for income properties: the third series is a townhouse, and is presented here as such.
With a benchmark price of 720 000 $, Ottawa is the 6th most expensive market of 19, or +20.8% above the median of markets covered outside Quebec (596 100 $).
A vacancy rate of 3.1% in 2025 in Ottawa (source: CMHC).
studio : 1 540 $ · 1 bedroom : 1 890 $ · 2 bedrooms : 2 350 $ · 3+ bedrooms : 2 850 $. Average asking rent for apartments listed for rent (Ottawa CMA, 2026-01, experimental estimates from Statistics Canada). Asking rents run higher than the average rent of an occupied stock: read this as a market ceiling, not as income already earned.
In June 2026, the benchmark price of a single-family home in Ottawa is 720 000 $ (−0.7 % year-over-year), according to CREA's MLS® Home Price Index.
Prices stable. The benchmark price has barely moved over one year.
In June 2026, the benchmark price is 384 500 $ for a condo and 550 700 $ for a townhouse in Ottawa. CREA publishes no benchmark for income properties.
Figures come from the MLS® Home Price Index published monthly by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). They are benchmark prices for a typical property — a quality-constant measure, not a median of observed sales — provided for informational purposes.
Source : MLS® Home Price Index, Canadian Real Estate Association · June 2026.