Photo: Dllu · CC BY-SA 4.0The middle home in Abbotsford is valued at $850,000
35,895 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. The median sale in 2023 was $721,000, across 3,785 buyers. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $968,000.
What Abbotsford’s homes are worth, three ways
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $873K
- Owners
- 35,895
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $800K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.6×
- Buyers
- 3,785
- British Columbia’s towns
- $682K
all residential
- British Columbia’s towns
- $671K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
On the assessment roll, Abbotsford’s houses sit 51% above British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 42,945 homes in Abbotsford: detached houses make 38% of them, condos 25%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of British Columbia’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
More condos than most: 26% of the homes in Abbotsford (British Columbia’s towns: 10%)
53,235 occupied homes stood in Abbotsford in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 37% of them. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Abbotsford | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 26% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 10% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Building at the pace of British Columbia’s towns: 18.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Abbotsford, against 18.1
Some 975 homes a year: 5,847 in all were permitted in Abbotsford from 2018 to 2023. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 12% were single-unit, against 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
The busiest year: 2019, with 1,562 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 4%: 2,391 new homes in the year to August 2026
Source area for monthly permits: the Abbotsford-Mission metro area
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Abbotsford is dearer than most of British Columbia’s towns: 18% above their $720,000 median
254 of British Columbia’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Abbotsford: Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley
Next to Abbotsford: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotsford | $850K | $873K | 69% | |
| Mission | $850K | $923K | 77% | 11.1 |
| Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley | $650K | $804K | 78% | 14.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Abbotsford
What is the average house price in Abbotsford?
The average sale was $800,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 5.6 times their income.
Is Abbotsford expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Abbotsford ranks among the dearer of British Columbia’s towns (median $720,000).
How many households in Abbotsford are in core housing need?
In Abbotsford, 10% of households are in core housing need, close to the 10% of British Columbia’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).