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The St. Catharines real estate market — Jul 2026

St. Catharines is the largest city in Niagara, set between Lake Ontario and the escarpment on the Welland Canal, at the centre of Canada's best-known wine region and a half-hour from the American border. It has long been the affordable alternative to the western GTA.

In July 2026, the MLS® benchmark price in St. Catharines stood at $528,500. There were 150 sales during the month. Homes in St. Catharines took an average of 39 days to sell. Source: Niagara Association of REALTORS® (NAR), July 2026.

The Niagara Association of REALTORS® covers the whole Niagara region but publishes a dedicated St. Catharines line in the table by municipality of its monthly stats package, so the figures above describe the city itself rather than a regional number standing in for it. Reading change over time from that table calls for care: a year-over-year percentage computed from two published points looks authoritative but silently assumes the board did not revise its earlier figure — and boards revise routinely. For a decision of this size, a raw pair of numbers with a date on each is worth more than a tidy percentage with a hidden assumption inside it.

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