Homes For Sale in Westport

About Westport

Westport is a waterfront community in Village of Westport. The local market mixes year-round homes with seasonal cottages and condos near the water.

Waterfront inventory moves with the seasons. Every listing below sits inside the community boundary shown on the map.

The homes of Westport

Westport is a village on Upper Rideau Lake in Eastern Ontario — Rideau Canal country — and its housing is village homes plus the lake cottages that ring the shore. In and around the village: four-season waterfront homes like a two-bedroom, two-bathroom home on Mulville Bay Lane at the village's edge at $679,900 — 21 years with the same owner, updated roof, windows and paint — and bungalows on the lake like a three-bedroom on McBride Point Drive at $799,900 with drilled well, septic and wraparound deck. At the top: legacy waterfront estates, like a 2.6-acre property with 570 feet of west-facing shoreline, five guest cabins and grandfathered expansion rights at $2.199 million. The range from a $679,900 four-season home to a $2.2-million legacy estate is the lake's ladder.

The lake defines the tiers: Upper Rideau is one of the large lakes of the Rideau system, with rocky, deep shorelines good for swimming and boating, and the village's pubs and restaurants reachable by boat — a genuine lifestyle feature that listings highlight and buyers actually use. Exposure matters here as everywhere: west-facing shoreline for sunsets commands the premium, and the specific bay's depth and dock feasibility separate the prices. The Rideau connection multiplies recreational value — this isn't a landlocked lake but a link in a historic cruising network, which puts its waterfront in a different category than isolated water at the same price.

One structural detail matters: much of the Westport waterfront is on drilled wells and septic systems, even close to the village — verify services in writing for the exact property rather than assuming village servicing extends to the shore. And because the Rideau is a historic canal system, shoreline properties can involve Parks Canada (canal lands), municipal and conservation authority oversight in combination; have your lawyer confirm what applies to the specific lot before you firm up, because layered jurisdiction is where shoreline surprises hide.

Waterfront realities

Upper Rideau Lake is canal-system water with a difference: the locks at either end of the lake connect to the full Rideau Canal network, opening remarkable cruising — but lock operations are seasonal, and the canal's heritage status means shoreline and structure rules can be layered in ways that surprise buyers used to ordinary lakes. Water levels are managed; confirm the normal range and what it means for docks, because a managed range is still a range. The lake's rocky, deep shorelines are excellent for swimming and boating but can be demanding for docks — inspect the specific waterfront for dock feasibility rather than assuming the shoreline cooperates.

Winter access needs explicit verification: village-area roads are maintained, but cottage lanes vary — confirm plowing before buying for off-season use, because a 'four-season' cottage on a seasonal lane is a contradiction to resolve before closing. Short-term rental rules are municipal; confirm the current by-law before buying for rental income. And the 'boat to the pub' lifestyle is real here — but confirm your boat fits the locks and channels you intend to use, because the historic lock dimensions are fixed and your boat is not.

The town and getting there

Westport village is the Eastern Ontario postcard: a main street with pubs, restaurants and shops, the harbour, and a summer rhythm built around the lake and the canal. It's a genuine village community — year-round residents, not a resort strip — with the lake as its front yard and the canal as its highway. Golf, trails and the surrounding Leeds and Grenville countryside fill out the recreation menu; the social life runs on the water in summer and the pubs in winter.

Westport is roughly an hour from Kingston and about 90 minutes from Ottawa — check your own drive time. For buyers, the proposition is Rideau lake living with a real village attached, within reach of two cities — a combination that's increasingly rare in Eastern Ontario's lake country, where most lakes offer either the village or the water but not both. That two-city reach is priced into the waterfront; it's also what makes the village work year-round. Test both drives — Kingston and Ottawa — because the two-city reach only matters if you’d actually make the trip.

Westport market snapshot

No village-specific sold medians are published for Westport in the material reviewed for this entry. Recent asking prices: four-season waterfront homes from about $680,000, lake bungalows around $800,000, and legacy estates to $2.2 million. The market is thin and seasonal — Upper Rideau waterfront doesn't trade in volume — which means pricing a purchase requires patience and lake-specific comparables; the right comparable may be a season old, and that's normal here rather than a data failure. Engage a brokerage that works the Rideau system — on thin water, local knowledge outperforms data every time.

The read: Westport is Eastern Ontario's village-lake value play — Rideau system boating, a real village, and waterfront from the high $600,000s. Price by shoreline fundamentals against same-lake comparables, verify services and access explicitly, and don't expect Toronto-style market data: on thin lakes, local knowledge from a brokerage that works the water is worth more than any average. The village-lake combination is increasingly rare in Eastern Ontario — price the scarcity, but verify the services and the shoreline with equal care. It’s a thin market that rewards decisive, well-advised buyers.

Frequently Asked Questions