Ottawa (MLS® HPI)

Canadian Real Estate Association (MLS® HPI) published a composite benchmark price of $637,700 for Ottawa in August 2026, up 1.0% year over year and up 0.6% on the month.

Across the 35 months on record — October 2023 to August 2026 — the benchmark for Ottawa rose 5.6%, from $604,100 to $637,700.

The high over that window was $640,400 in June 2025; the benchmark now sits 0.4% below it.

The low was $593,800 in December 2023.

Published benchmarks for Ottawa were $726,700 for detached homes in August 2026, $547,300 for townhouses in August 2026 and $392,900 for apartments in August 2026.

The segments have not moved together: detached homes gained 7.0%, townhouses lost 1.1% and apartments lost 5.1% over the window — a spread of 12.1 percentage points between detached homes and apartments.

These are figures published by Canadian Real Estate Association (MLS® HPI) for Ottawa. The comparisons above — the change over the window, the distance from the high and the spread between property types — are arithmetic compiled by this publication from 35 monthly releases, October 2023 through August 2026.