St. Catharines, Ontario
As of November 12, 2026, the median asking price in St. Catharines is $579,900, across 589 active public listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 60 days.
215 new listings came to market in St. Catharines in the last 30 days.
Detached homes in St. Catharines are listed at an average of $766,341 across 394 active listings.
Condos in St. Catharines are listed at an average of $482,946 across 95 active listings.
Townhouses in St. Catharines are listed at an average of $587,760 across 59 active listings.
Duplexes in St. Catharines are listed at an average of $517,089 across 19 active listings.
St. Catharines had a population of 136,803, a median household income of $72,500, 64% of households owning their home at the 2021 Census of Population.
A broad, mixed-use area of many pockets.
St. Catharines offers variety—different nodes, different feels, and multiple ways to live.
This is a place defined by range: residential stretches, everyday retail nodes, and cultural venues spread across the area rather than concentrated in one signature main street. The appeal is choice—detached homes and condo apartments in the same overall market, and a mix of parks, shopping, and arts. It is not a single, uniform district where one strip, one park, or one school characterizes the whole area.
St. Catharines is primarily made up of detached houses, with condominium apartments also common. That mix creates two distinct ownership paths: standalone living with private outdoor space versus shared-building living shaped by condo rules and fees.
A typical home in St. Catharines is a detached house, with many alternatives in condominium apartment buildings depending on the pocket.
With 64% owner-occupied and a 2.3 average household size alongside a $72,500 median household income and a median age of 44.8, the census profile fits an area anchored by long-term households while still supporting a substantial rental market—consistent with a mix led by detached houses and complemented by condominium apartments.
Selling in St. Catharines 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 St. Catharines 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: Charles Daley Park, Terry Fox Park and Torosian Park.
Photography, condition and first impressions decide which listings buyers book to see. Have the home ready before it goes live.
St. Catharines offers breadth: multiple pockets with different feels, a housing mix led by detached houses plus a meaningful condo-apartment option, and amenities that show up across the area rather than in one corridor. The trade-off is that you can’t generalize convenience—each address relates differently to shopping nodes, parks, and culture. It’s a stronger match for buyers who want options and are willing to choose a pocket deliberately, and a weaker match for anyone who wants one uniform district identity to describe daily life.
This description is compiled from the figures above and from published sources. It is not a statistic.
St. Catharines covers about 100 km², so a single Walkability, Transit access or Bikeability score measured at one point would not describe it. How easily you can get around depends on which part of St. Catharines you are in — check the score for a specific address.
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