North Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
As of August 12, 2026, the median asking price in North Frontenac is $537,000, across 102 active MLS® listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 74 days.
21 new listings came to market in North Frontenac in the last 30 days.
Detached homes in North Frontenac are listed at an average of $734,544 across 73 active listings.
Vacant land in North Frontenac are listed at an average of $309,564 across 25 active listings.
Lakes, lanterns, and long weekends
North Frontenac is Eastern Ontario at its most unhurried: a lattice of granite ridges, dark-sky lakes, and piney concessions where the map is more shoreline than street grid. Instead of a “town centre,” life is stitched together by small hamlets—Plevna, Ompah, Parham—and the practical stops in between: a general store, a post office, a volunteer hall, the diner where the weather and the fishing report share top billing.
The area’s character comes from the land and water. Cottagers and full-time residents revolve around dozens of lakes (Mississippi, Kashwakamak, Big Gull, Clearwater among the better-known names), with summer defined by docks and boat launches, and winter by plowed lanes, woodstoves, and snowmobile trails. The population skews older, but there’s a noticeable blend—retirees who came up “for a season” and never left, tradespeople who know every backroad by name, and remote workers trading commute time for a view of the treeline.
Real estate here is a lifestyle market first and a housing market second. Inventory tends to be a mix of waterfront cottages, four-season homes, and rural acreages with privacy as the prime amenity; condition, road access, and shoreline quality matter as much as square footage. With a walk score of effectively zero, buyers plan for a car (and often a truck), a well and septic, and the realities of rural services—while valuing what North Frontenac sells without trying: quiet nights, clean air, and the kind of ownership that feels like a place to keep, not flip.
North Frontenac currently has 184 active listings with a median asking price of $496,500 and an average of $458 per square foot, suggesting a market with plenty of choice but pricing that still reflects solid demand. Homes are taking about 76 days on market on average, and with 48 new listings added in the past 30 days, buyers and investors likely have improving leverage and more time for due diligence, though well-priced properties can still stand out quickly.
Walk Score 0 · Bike Score 2
The median asking price in North Frontenac is $537,000, across 102 active MLS® listings as of August 12, 2026. The average asking price is $667,900. These are list prices on homes currently for sale, not sale prices.
There are 102 active MLS® listings in North Frontenac as of August 12, 2026. 21 of them came to market in the last 30 days.
Homes currently listed in North Frontenac have been on the market an average of 74 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 102 homes currently listed in North Frontenac, 72% detached houses, 25% vacant land, 1% commercial properties, 1% multi-family homes.
North Frontenac has a Walk Score of 0 out of 100, which Walk Score classifies as Car-Dependent — almost all errands require a car. Bike Score is 2.