Ottawa
market report.
The Ottawa housing market in May 2026 — pricing, momentum, inventory, and the agents driving the city's strongest outcomes. Updated monthly from verified MLS data.
Ottawa, in one paragraph.
Ottawa's median sale price rose to $695,000 in May 2026, a +2.9% change year-over-year. The appreciation pattern places Ottawa in line with the broader Canadian market, though specific neighbourhoods within the city continue to outperform — and underperform — the headline number by meaningful margins.
The average property in Ottawa now sits on market for 21 days before going firm, with approximately 1,700 transactions closing each month across the city's 6,200 active real estate professionals.
Within these aggregate numbers, the gap between top-performing agents and the median is wider than at any point in the last decade. Top-decile agents in Ottawa are consistently selling listings 4–7% above benchmark — a gap that compounds over thousands of transactions.
The Ottawa market in five metrics.
Median sale price
$695,000
+2.9% year-over-year
Avg days on market
21 days
From list to firm sale
Active agents
6,200
Avg ~3 transactions per agent / year
Monthly transactions
1,700
~20,400 per year
Population
1,020,000
Census metropolitan area
Neighbourhoods covered
10
With individual rankings
The Ottawa agents driving outcomes
Ranked by verified MLS transaction data, list-to-sale ratio, and consistency
Ottawa top-agent rankings publish in our next data release.
Headline numbers
hide a lot.
The "median price" tells you almost nothing about the neighbourhood you're actually looking at. Ottawa has 10 indexed neighbourhoods, each with its own price band, days-on-market, and ranked specialist agents.
Ottawa,
at a glance.
- What is the current median home price in Ottawa?
- As of May 2026, the median sale price in Ottawa is $695,000, a +2.9% change year-over-year. Average days on market across the city is 21 days.
- Is the Ottawa real estate market hot or cool right now?
- Ottawa is currently in a moderately appreciating market. Year-over-year price change of +2.9% indicates demand is outpacing supply, but the magnitude remains well below the highs of 2021–2022.
- How many real estate transactions happen in Ottawa per year?
- Ottawa sees approximately 20,400 residential transactions per year — roughly 1,700 per month. The market is supported by 6,200 active real estate professionals.
- Who are the top real estate agents in Ottawa?
- Our Ottawa top-agent rankings publish in the next data refresh. Verified transaction data from MLS and provincial land registry sources will rank every active agent in the market.
The right Ottawa agent
moves the numbers.
Median price is a market average. Top agents in Ottawa consistently outperform it. See who, and by how much.