North Bay, Ontario, Canada
As of August 12, 2026, the median asking price in North Bay is $494,900, across 160 active MLS® listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 114 days.
65 new listings came to market in North Bay in the last 30 days.
Asking prices work out to about $253 per square foot, based on the 24 listings that report floor area.
Detached homes in North Bay are listed at an average of $617,424 across 105 active listings.
Vacant land in North Bay are listed at an average of $340,315 across 13 active listings.
Multi-family properties in North Bay are listed at an average of $1,011,737 across 8 active listings.
Townhouses in North Bay are listed at an average of $394,920 across 5 active listings.
Old Streets, Big-Lake Energy
North Bay’s central neighbourhoods—wrapping around Downtown, the Waterfront, and those established streets with big maples and older brick—feel like a working city that never stopped being a lake town. You’ll see turn-of-the-century homes beside postwar bungalows, tidy duplexes and triplexes, and a steady supply of low-rise rentals. The pace is practical: errands usually mean a short drive, but the water, the trails, and the storefronts downtown still pull people out of the car and into the day.
This is where a lot of North Bay’s everyday life concentrates: students and young renters orbiting Nipissing University and Canadore College (often via bus or roommates), healthcare workers tied to North Bay Regional Health Centre, and long-time locals who like being close to services. The neighbourhood is stitched together by institutions—City Hall, the library, the arenas—and the kind of small businesses that make downtown feel lived-in rather than curated: cafés, barbers, diners, and seasonal waterfront programming.
Real estate here is a study in “good bones.” Buyers tend to find character houses with uneven floors and real wood trim, income properties with separate entrances, and starter homes that trade polish for proximity. Prices and rents are typically more approachable than Southern Ontario benchmarks, but competition can still flare for move-in-ready detached homes, renovated multiplexes, and anything near the lake or trails. With a Walk Score around 2/100, most households plan life around a car—yet the payoff is being minutes from the shoreline, schools, and the downtown grid.
North Bay’s North Bay neighbourhood currently has 172 active listings with a median asking price of $519,900, averaging $253/sqft and about 113 days on market, pointing to a market where buyers generally have time and negotiating room. With 61 new listings added in the past 30 days, inventory is being refreshed, giving buyers and investors more choice and the ability to be selective while watching for well-priced homes that stand out and move faster.
Walk Score 2 · Bike Score 31
The median asking price in North Bay is $494,900, across 160 active MLS® listings as of August 12, 2026. The average asking price is $591,976. These are list prices on homes currently for sale, not sale prices.
There are 160 active MLS® listings in North Bay as of August 12, 2026. 65 of them came to market in the last 30 days.
Homes currently listed in North Bay have been on the market an average of 114 days as of August 12, 2026. This measures how long active listings have been available so far, not how long they take to sell.
Of the 160 homes currently listed in North Bay, 66% detached houses, 8% vacant land, 5% multi-family homes, 3% townhouses.
North Bay has a Walk Score of 2 out of 100, which Walk Score classifies as Car-Dependent — almost all errands require a car. Bike Score is 31.