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Kanata Real Estate Market Update — October 2026
The Kanata real estate market update for October 2026 shows a market that is tighter than the rest of Ottawa on supply, but softer on price. Across Kanata’s main neighbourhoods, 97 homes sold in October, down about 22% from October 2025, while active listings fell about 10% to 343. That left Kanata with 3.5 months of inventory, compared with 4.4 months for Ottawa as a whole.
In short: Kanata sellers face less competition than sellers elsewhere in the city, but values are edging lower. The MLS® Home Price Index composite benchmark is down 1.4% to 2.5% from a year ago in most Kanata neighbourhoods, slightly more than the 1.3% citywide decline. Townhouses are carrying most of that, with benchmarks down 3.7% to 6.3%. Detached values split by neighbourhood: flat to slightly higher in Bridlewood, Morgan’s Grant and Emerald Meadows, and down 1.6% to 3.5% in Kanata Lakes, Beaverbrook, Glen Cairn and Katimavik.
The figures on this page come from the Ottawa Real Estate Board’s detailed October 2026 market report, which breaks the city into small neighbourhood areas. Kanata here means OREB areas 9001 to 9008 and 9010: Beaverbrook, Katimavik, Glen Cairn/Hazeldean, Bridlewood, Kanata North, Kanata Lakes/Heritage Hills, Morgan’s Grant/South March and Emerald Meadows/Trailwest. Rural Kanata (area 9009) is excluded because its rural estate homes behave like a different market.
Kanata Real Estate Market at a Glance: October 2026
| Metric | Kanata, October 2026 | Kanata, October 2025 | All of Ottawa, October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 97 | 124 | 1,048 |
| Average sale price | $673,711 | about $711,000 | $678,512 |
| New listings | 206 | about 201 | 2,382 |
| Active listings (end of month) | 343 | about 382 | 4,582 |
| Months of inventory | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| Sales-to-new-listings ratio | 47.1% | about 62% | 44.0% |
| Average sale-to-list price ratio | 98.0% | 98.1% | 97.5% |
Kanata figures are calculated by combining OREB’s figures for the eight Kanata neighbourhood areas listed above; October 2025 values are worked back from OREB’s year-over-year percentages. Citywide figures are as reported by OREB.
Three things stand out. Sales fell about twice as fast in Kanata as across Ottawa (about 22% against 10.7%). Supply moved the other way from the rest of the city: Kanata’s active listings dropped about 10% while Ottawa’s rose 6.4%. And homes still sold closer to asking in Kanata, at 98.0% of list price on average, than in the city overall.
Kanata Detached Homes vs Townhouses
| October 2026 | Detached (single-family) | Townhouse | Condo apartment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 40 (about 60 a year ago) | 53 (about 60 a year ago) | 3 |
| Average sale price | $827,698 (down about 2%) | $576,379 (down about 5%) | $384,667 |
| New listings | 82 | 106 | 14 |
| Active listings | 125 (down about 29%) | 187 (up about 6%) | 23 |
| Months of inventory | 3.1 | 3.5 | 7.7 |
| Sales-to-new-listings ratio | 48.8% | 50.0% | 21.4% |
| Average sale-to-list ratio | 97.5% | 98.4% | 97.4% |
Detached homes: the drop in Kanata sales is mostly a detached-home story. About a third fewer detached homes sold than last October, but the number of detached homes for sale fell almost as sharply, from about 176 to 125. Fewer owners are listing family homes, and the buyers who are shopping in that price range are moving more carefully. With 3.1 months of inventory, Kanata’s detached market is still on the seller-friendly side of balanced.
Townhouses: townhouses now make up more than half of Kanata sales (53 of 97). Townhouse supply rose slightly from last year, and buyers in this segment are more sensitive to monthly payments, which shows in the roughly 5% lower average price. Even so, Kanata townhouses sold for 98.4% of list price on average, the highest of any property type.
Condo apartments: Kanata has a small condo market, with only 3 sales and 23 active listings in October. At 7.7 months of inventory, condo buyers have plenty of room to negotiate.
Year to Date in Kanata
From January to October 2026, 1,208 homes sold across these Kanata areas, down about 6% from the same period in 2025, at an average price of $691,519 (down about 3%). Detached homes averaged $853,647 on 536 sales, and townhouses averaged $573,750 on 610 sales. October’s sharper drop in sales came on top of a year that was already running slightly behind 2025.
Kanata Home Prices by Neighbourhood
The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) benchmark prices a typical home with consistent features, so it shows what is happening to values rather than to the mix of homes that happened to sell. OREB publishes it for each Kanata area.
| Neighbourhood (OREB area) | Composite benchmark | 12-month change | Detached benchmark | 12-month change | Townhouse benchmark | 12-month change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanata Lakes/Heritage Hills (9007) | $803,000 | −2.5% | $978,400 | −1.6% | $638,900 | −4.4% |
| Bridlewood (9004) | $708,200 | −1.4% | $783,900 | +0.4% | $579,300 | −4.8% |
| Morgan’s Grant/South March (9008) | $682,900 | −1.8% | $829,300 | +0.6% | $592,900 | −3.8% |
| Emerald Meadows/Trailwest (9010) | $677,100 | −1.6% | $863,100 | +0.7% | $601,300 | −4.2% |
| Glen Cairn/Hazeldean (9003) | $572,400 | −2.0% | $594,100 | −2.0% | $445,900 | −6.3% |
| Beaverbrook (9001) | $570,700 | +0.7% | $847,100 | −1.7% | $479,800 | −4.5% |
| Katimavik (9002) | $528,800 | −1.4% | $652,500 | −3.5% | $475,900 | −3.7% |
| All of Ottawa | $616,900 | −1.3% | $699,200 | −0.8% | $539,800 | −4.3% |
Source: OREB / CREA MLS® HPI, October 2026. Kanata North (areas 9005 and 9006) is left out of the table because it recorded only one sale in October; its detached benchmarks are $1,238,100 (9005, up 1.2%) and $926,000 (9006, up 2.6%). Beaverbrook’s composite benchmark reads firmer than its detached, townhouse and condo benchmarks; with only four sales in October, the property-type benchmarks are the better guide there.
Two patterns run through the table. First, Kanata townhouse values are falling at about the citywide rate, 3.7% to 6.3% against 4.3% for Ottawa, with Glen Cairn/Hazeldean the weakest. Second, detached values divide by neighbourhood age. In the newer south and west neighbourhoods, Bridlewood, Morgan’s Grant/South March and Emerald Meadows/Trailwest, detached benchmarks are flat to slightly up, outperforming the city. In Katimavik, Glen Cairn, Beaverbrook and Kanata Lakes, they are down 1.6% to 3.5%.
Bungalows show the same split. The one-storey benchmark in Emerald Meadows/Trailwest is $887,500, up 5.0% from a year ago, while one-storey benchmarks in Beaverbrook, Katimavik, Glen Cairn, Bridlewood and Kanata Lakes are down 3.2% to 3.6%.
October Activity by Kanata Neighbourhood
| Neighbourhood | October sales | Average price | New listings | Active listings | Months of inventory | Median days on market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Meadows/Trailwest | 34 | $642,571 | 40 | 82 | 2.4 | 26 |
| Morgan’s Grant/South March | 17 | $654,024 | 44 | 71 | 4.2 | 22 |
| Kanata Lakes/Heritage Hills | 14 | $844,557 | 36 | 60 | 4.3 | 26.5 |
| Bridlewood | 12 | $745,075 | 16 | 21 | 1.8 | 37.5 |
| Katimavik | 10 | $556,500 | 33 | 48 | 4.8 | 22 |
| Glen Cairn/Hazeldean | 5 | $521,500 | 13 | 19 | 3.8 | 23 |
| Beaverbrook | 4 | $639,250 | 19 | 31 | 7.8 | 25.5 |
| Kanata North (9005 and 9006) | 1 | $890,000 | 5 | 11 | — | — |
Source: OREB detailed MLS® residential market activity report, October 2026. Monthly sales in a single neighbourhood are small, so a handful of transactions can swing averages sharply. Treat individual neighbourhood averages as directional, and use the benchmark for value trends.
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Why Kanata Values Are Edging Lower While Supply Is Tight
Normally, low inventory supports prices. Kanata in October had less supply than the rest of Ottawa, yet its composite benchmarks still slipped a little more than the city’s. Three things explain most of that.
1. Townhouse buyers are the most payment-sensitive
Townhouses now make up more than half of Kanata sales, and townhouse buyers are often first-time or early move-up buyers stretching to qualify. Kanata townhouse benchmarks are down 3.7% to 6.3% from a year ago. Every rate increase shrinks what those buyers qualify for under the mortgage stress test. The Bank of Canada raised its policy rate to 2.5% on October 28, 2026, its first increase in three years, so this pressure is unlikely to ease in the next few months.
2. Fewer sellers, but also fewer buyers
Kanata’s detached listings are down about 29% from a year ago, which would usually tighten a market. But detached sales fell about a third, so the balance between buyers and sellers barely moved: months of inventory for Kanata detached homes was 3.1, almost exactly where it was last October. Supply and demand both pulled back, which is why detached values in most of Kanata are roughly flat rather than rising.
3. The average price overstates the decline
Kanata’s average sale price fell about 5%, but the mix of homes sold changed. Townhouses made up 53 of 97 sales, so the average naturally drifts down even if no single home lost value. The benchmark strips that out. On a like-for-like basis, Kanata composite values are down about 1.4% to 2.5% in most neighbourhoods, a much smaller decline than the headline average suggests. For a fuller explanation of the two measures, see Ottawa home prices.
My read: Kanata is not oversupplied. Well-priced homes still sell close to asking, newer detached homes in Kanata South and West are holding their value, and the softness is concentrated in townhouses and in older homes, where condition and updating make a bigger difference to price. Sellers who price to today’s benchmark are selling; sellers pricing off 2025 comparables are sitting.
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Kanata Neighbourhood by Neighbourhood
Emerald Meadows/Trailwest: the busiest and tightest
Emerald Meadows and Trailwest accounted for 34 of Kanata’s 97 sales, about 35%, and had only 2.4 months of inventory (3.0 a year ago). Active listings fell 34% and new listings 38%. Townhouses drove the activity: 24 townhouses sold, up 14% from last October, with just 1.9 months of townhouse inventory. If you are selling a well-kept townhouse here, you are in one of the strongest pockets in Ottawa. The townhouse benchmark is $601,300, down 4.2% from a year ago, while the detached benchmark of $863,100 is up 0.7% and the one-storey benchmark of $887,500 is up 5.0%. See our Emerald Meadows and Trailwest guide.
Morgan’s Grant/South March: townhouse supply is building
Morgan’s Grant and South March recorded 17 sales, down 26%, while new listings jumped 57% to 44. Townhouse listings rose fastest: 30 new townhouse listings (up 67%) and 47 active (up 47%). Townhouses still sold quickly, in a median of 14 days, but detached homes took a median of 46.5 days, with 5.5 months of detached inventory. Detached sellers here face the most competition in Kanata’s suburbs. The detached benchmark is $829,300, up 0.6% from a year ago, so detached values are holding even with the extra competition. See Morgan’s Grant.
Kanata Lakes/Heritage Hills: the premium end
Kanata Lakes and Heritage Hills had 14 sales at an average of $844,557, with 4.3 months of inventory. The six detached homes that sold averaged $1,176,467. The detached benchmark is $978,400, down 1.6% from a year ago and the highest in suburban Kanata. Townhouse listings rose 36% to 19, which gives townhouse buyers here more choice than usual. See Kanata Lakes.
Bridlewood: very little for sale
Bridlewood had only 16 new listings (down 48%) and 21 active listings (down 42%), leaving 1.8 months of inventory, the lowest of any Kanata neighbourhood. Sales rose 20% to 12. One caution: the median home took 37.5 days to sell and sold for 96.9% of list price on average, so the homes that sold had generally been on the market a while and needed a price adjustment. Low supply has not translated into quick, full-price sales. See Bridlewood.
Katimavik: townhouse buyers have the leverage
Katimavik’s townhouse market loosened sharply. New townhouse listings doubled to 24, active townhouse listings rose 76% to 37, and townhouse inventory reached 6.2 months, firmly a buyer’s market. Detached homes were the opposite: only 7 active, 1.8 months of inventory, and a median of 10.5 days to sell. Yet Katimavik’s detached benchmark fell 3.5% to $652,500, the largest detached decline in Kanata. See Katimavik.
Glen Cairn/Hazeldean: Kanata’s most affordable freehold
All five Glen Cairn/Hazeldean sales in October were detached homes, at an average of $521,500 and 95.8% of list price, the lowest sale-to-list ratio in Kanata. New listings more than doubled to 13. The detached benchmark of $594,100 (down 2.0%) and townhouse benchmark of $445,900 (down 6.3%) make this the most affordable route into freehold ownership in Kanata. See Glen Cairn.
Beaverbrook: a quiet month
Only four homes sold in Beaverbrook, down from 13 a year ago, leaving 7.8 months of inventory on 31 active listings. Townhouse supply is the issue, with 20 active townhouse listings and 10 months of townhouse inventory. Beaverbrook’s older housing stock means condition varies widely, so pricing is especially home-specific. See Beaverbrook.
Kanata North: too few sales to read
Kanata North (areas 9005 and 9006) had one sale and 11 active listings. Its detached benchmarks rose from a year ago, by 1.2% in 9005 and 2.6% in 9006, but with so few transactions those figures can shift quickly.
The Move-Up Gap in Kanata Has Widened
Because Kanata townhouse values have fallen faster than detached values, the dollar gap between a typical townhouse and a typical detached home has grown in almost every Kanata neighbourhood. That matters most to townhouse owners planning to move up within Kanata.
| Neighbourhood | Detached minus townhouse benchmark, Oct 2026 | Same gap, Oct 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Meadows/Trailwest | 1,800 | about 9,400 | about ,400 wider |
| Bridlewood | 4,600 | about 2,300 | about ,300 wider |
| Morgan’s Grant/South March | 6,400 | about 8,000 | about ,400 wider |
| Glen Cairn/Hazeldean | 8,200 | about 0,300 | about ,900 wider |
| Kanata Lakes/Heritage Hills | 9,500 | about 6,000 | about ,500 wider |
| Beaverbrook | 7,300 | about 9,300 | about ,000 wider |
| Katimavik | 6,600 | about 2,000 | about ,400 narrower |
Calculated from OREB’s October 2026 detached and townhouse benchmarks and their 12-month changes.
The step up is widest in the newer Kanata South and West neighbourhoods, where detached values held while townhouse values fell: about ,000 more in Emerald Meadows/Trailwest and Bridlewood than a year ago. Katimavik is the one exception, because its detached values fell almost as fast as its townhouses.
For a Kanata townhouse owner, that means two things. You need more equity or borrowing room than you did a year ago to make the same move, and higher rates make it riskier to own two homes at once, so the order of operations matters. Selling first, or buying with a condition on the sale of your home, limits that risk. Start with should I sell first or buy first and run your own numbers through the move-up calculator.
What the October 2026 Kanata Market Means for Buyers
- Expect less room to negotiate than the citywide headlines suggest. Kanata homes sold for 98.0% of list price on average in October, against 97.5% across Ottawa. On a $750,000 Kanata listing, the average gap was about $15,000. Well-priced homes in Emerald Meadows/Trailwest and Bridlewood face competition.
- Townhouse buyers should shop where supply is building. Katimavik (6.2 months of townhouse inventory), Beaverbrook (10 months) and Morgan’s Grant/South March (townhouse listings up 47%) give you the most choice. Emerald Meadows/Trailwest, at 1.9 months, does not.
- Detached buyers: know which part of Kanata you’re in. In Bridlewood, Morgan’s Grant and Emerald Meadows, detached benchmarks are flat to slightly up from last year, so don’t expect big discounts on well-kept homes. In Katimavik, Glen Cairn, Beaverbrook and Kanata Lakes, detached benchmarks are down 1.6% to 3.5%, and a listing priced off a 2025 sale on the same street may be above today’s market, which is your negotiating case.
- Get your pre-approval re-run. The October 28 rate increase changed what many buyers qualify for. Confirm your ceiling at today’s rates before you write an offer. The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada explains how qualifying works, and how interest rates affect buying power covers what it means in dollars. Budget for the Ontario land transfer tax in your closing costs too.
- Use the time for a proper inspection. With a median of 22 to 26 days on market in most Kanata neighbourhoods, you can usually make an offer conditional on inspection. Much of Beaverbrook, Katimavik and Glen Cairn was built in the 1960s to 1980s, so look closely at the electrical panel, original wiring, windows, roof and foundation. With my background in construction and the electrical trades, that is the part of a showing I pay closest attention to. Our guide to home inspections in Ottawa covers what to book. The Electrical Safety Authority has guidance on older electrical systems.
- Compare resale with new construction in Kanata South. New communities around Kanata South and Stittsville are competing for the same buyers. HST relief on qualifying new homes can narrow the price gap, but check the builder’s contract terms and Tarion warranty coverage. Our new construction homes in Ottawa guide walks through the process.
What the October 2026 Kanata Market Means for Sellers
- You have less competition than sellers elsewhere in Ottawa. At 3.5 months of inventory, Kanata is tighter than the city’s 4.4 months, and active listings are down about 10% from last year. In Emerald Meadows/Trailwest and Bridlewood, there are very few competing listings.
- But price to the 2026 benchmark. Less competition does not mean buyers will pay 2025 prices. Kanata townhouse benchmarks are 3.7% to 6.3% below a year ago, and detached benchmarks in the older and premium neighbourhoods are 1.6% to 3.5% lower. A current home valuation built on the last 60 to 90 days of Kanata sales is the right starting point, not last year’s sale down the street. Here is why overpricing costs you.
- Detached sellers in Morgan’s Grant/South March and Kanata Lakes need the sharpest pricing. Detached homes in Morgan’s Grant took a median of 46.5 days to sell, and Kanata Lakes detached inventory sits at 4.2 months. Well-presented, correctly priced homes will still sell; the rest will wait.
- Townhouse sellers in Emerald Meadows/Trailwest are in a strong position. With 1.9 months of townhouse inventory, a well-kept, correctly priced townhouse should attract solid interest.
- Fix what a buyer’s inspector will find. Buyers have time to inspect, so issues that once went unnoticed become price reductions. A pre-listing home inspection lets you deal with them first, and staging helps your home stand out.
- Consider listing before spring. Ottawa’s new listings have fallen in October and November in each of the past ten years. A Kanata home listed in late fall or early winter faces even less competition, and the buyers shopping then tend to be serious.
- Keep more of your sale price. Every percentage point matters when prices are softening. I list homes for a 1% listing commission, charged on the final sold price, with full MLS® and REALTOR.ca exposure.
How to Read These Kanata Numbers
All figures come from the Ottawa Real Estate Board’s detailed Residential Market Activity and MLS® Home Price Index report for October 2026, prepared for OREB by the Canadian Real Estate Association. OREB posts its monthly releases in its newsroom, and CREA publishes long-term Ottawa board statistics and explains how the MLS® Home Price Index is calculated. Kanata-wide totals are my calculations, combining OREB’s eight Kanata neighbourhood areas; medians cannot be combined, so median days on market is shown by neighbourhood. Monthly neighbourhood figures are based on small numbers of sales and can change sharply from one month to the next.
For the citywide picture, see the October 2026 Ottawa real estate market update. For an overview of the community, see our Kanata community guide. For longer-term context, read Kanata real estate trends and Kanata home prices, browse recently sold homes in Kanata, or compare with the Stittsville market update for October 2026.
Talk to Jason About Buying or Selling in Kanata
Jason Polonski is a Kanata-based REALTOR® with Right at Home Realty, working from his office on Durbin Court, with more than 15 years of experience helping hundreds of buyers and sellers across Kanata, Stittsville and the rest of Ottawa. Before real estate, he worked in construction and the electrical trades and holds a technical diploma in construction electricity, so he reads a Kanata home the way a buyer’s inspector will: panel, wiring, roof, windows and foundation, before anyone writes an offer. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University with a double major in Marketing and Finance, which shapes how he prices listings against the benchmark and plans a move-up purchase when rates and values are both shifting. Whether you’re deciding to list in Emerald Meadows before winter, move up from a townhouse in Katimavik, or buy in Kanata Lakes while buyers still have room to negotiate, call or text Jason at (613) 601-9333 or request a free home evaluation.
October 2026 Kanata Market Update: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The average sale price across Kanata’s main neighbourhoods was $673,711 in October 2026, about 5% lower than October 2025, based on the Ottawa Real Estate Board’s detailed October report. Kanata detached homes averaged $827,698 and townhouses $576,379.
About 97 homes sold across Kanata’s main neighbourhoods in October 2026, down roughly 22% from 124 a year earlier. Emerald Meadows/Trailwest accounted for 34 of those sales, the most of any Kanata neighbourhood.
Kanata was a balanced market leaning slightly toward sellers in October 2026, with 3.5 months of inventory compared with 4.4 months across Ottawa. Supply is tight, but prices are softening: the MLS® HPI composite benchmark is down 1.4% to 2.5% from a year ago in most Kanata neighbourhoods.
Slightly. In October 2026, Kanata’s composite MLS® HPI benchmarks were down 1.4% to 2.5% from a year earlier in most neighbourhoods, a little more than Ottawa’s citywide decline of 1.3%. Townhouse benchmarks fell 3.7% to 6.3%, while detached benchmarks ranged from up 0.7% in Emerald Meadows/Trailwest to down 3.5% in Katimavik.
Glen Cairn/Hazeldean had the lowest benchmark prices in Kanata in October 2026, at $594,100 for a detached home and $445,900 for a townhouse. Katimavik was close behind, with a $528,800 composite benchmark and a townhouse benchmark of $475,900.
Bridlewood had the least inventory in Kanata in October 2026, at 1.8 months, with only 21 active listings. Emerald Meadows/Trailwest was next at 2.4 months, and its townhouse market was even tighter at 1.9 months.
In October 2026, the median Kanata home sold in about 22 to 26 days in most neighbourhoods, based on OREB’s detailed report. Bridlewood was slower at 37.5 days, and detached homes in Morgan’s Grant/South March took a median of 46.5 days.
Yes, in most neighbourhoods. In October 2026, the gap between Kanata’s townhouse and detached benchmark prices was wider than a year earlier in six of seven major Kanata neighbourhoods, by about $32,000 in Emerald Meadows/Trailwest and Bridlewood. Katimavik was the exception, where the gap narrowed by about $5,400.
