Cornwall, Ontario
As of September 29, 2026, the median asking price in Cornwall is $424,900, across 209 active MLS® listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 65 days.
84 new listings came to market in Cornwall in the last 30 days.
Detached homes in Cornwall are listed at an average of $466,659 across 148 active listings.
Condos in Cornwall are listed at an average of $375,705 across 20 active listings.
Duplexes in Cornwall are listed at an average of $320,362 across 16 active listings.
Multi-family properties in Cornwall are listed at an average of $900,240 across 15 active listings.
An established, mostly detached residential area
Cornwall offers everyday practicality with a detached-home backbone and amenities spread across the area.
This is a place where the core housing experience is largely detached living, with enough rentals and low-rise pockets to create some variety. The appeal is day-to-day coverage—schools, parks, gyms, basic shopping, and cultural stops across Cornwall—without needing one defining district to make it work. It is not a single campus-like community where one park, one main street, or one school captures the whole area.
Housing in Cornwall is characterized by a strong concentration of detached houses, with smaller multi-unit rentals and some townhouse/low-rise pockets adding variety. That mix supports both traditional ownership-focused listings and a smaller set of rental-oriented options within the same broader area.
A typical home in Cornwall is a detached house, with alternative options appearing in smaller multi-unit or low-rise forms.
In Cornwall, look past the asking price to how each property’s immediate surroundings line up with the amenities you actually use, since schools, parks, shopping, and recreation are spread across the area. Also pay close attention to the home’s condition and the practical realities of owning a mostly detached product.
Cornwall’s amenities are distributed, so confirm which parks, shopping, and everyday services are most convenient to your specific address rather than assuming one node represents the whole area.
With detached houses forming most of the mix, diligence often centers on the building’s upkeep and any updates or deferred maintenance, because ownership responsibilities are typically more direct than in multi-unit living.
If school access matters to your routine, map your practical proximity to multiple nearby options such as Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School, General Vanier High School, and Sacred Heart Catholic School without assuming attendance boundaries.
If rail is part of your plan, factor how you’ll use VIA Rail-Cornwall and the Cornwall train station in real life—parking, drop-offs, and the rest of your daily trips that still need to work.
Selling in Cornwall comes down to two comparisons buyers make: your home against what else is for sale, and this location against the alternatives.
Buyers weigh your home against the homes listed in Cornwall right now. The current listings and asking prices are in the Market section of this page.
Put the places a buyer will use in the listing: Meadowvale Park, St. Theresa Park and Silver Cross Remembrance Park.
Photography, condition and first impressions decide which listings buyers book to see. Have the home ready before it goes live.
Cornwall offers a detached-house-forward housing mix paired with a wide spread of schools, parks, shopping, and recreation across the area. It stands out for being able to cover daily needs in multiple places rather than relying on one defining core, and for having an intercity rail station in the local transit picture. It’s not the right fit if you want one compact, single-node district to represent how the entire community functions.
This description is compiled from the figures above and from published sources. It is not a statistic.
Cornwall’s for-sale market currently has 206 active listings with a median asking price of $424,450 and an average 64 days on market, suggesting a broad mix of options across the city—from more affordable established areas to newer or larger homes on the outskirts—while many listings are taking time to find the right buyer. With 86 new listings added in the past 30 days, fresh supply is coming online, giving buyers and investors more choice and leverage to compare value between different parts of Cornwall rather than feeling rushed.
AI-written commentary on the active MLS® listing snapshot as of September 27, 2026. Not financial advice.
Cornwall covers about 76 km², so a single Walk Score®, Transit Score® or Bike Score® measured at one point would not describe it. How easily you can get around depends on which part of Cornwall you are in — check the score for a specific address.
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