Photo: Kenny Louie from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0Homes in Buckingham Heights are worth 2.2 times the median of British Columbia’s towns
The census median was $1,600,000 in 2021, against $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. In 2023, 7,270 homes changed hands at a median price of $761,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. For sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Burnaby, Buckingham Heights included.
What Buckingham Heights’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. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.86M
- Owners
- 2,275
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale, wider area
- Average sale
- $950K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 6.2×
- Buyers
- 7,270
- 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).
Houses in Burnaby carry 2.6 times the assessment of the median for British Columbia’s towns
Of Burnaby’s 87,280 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 51% are condos.
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.
Core housing need: 13% of Buckingham Heights’s households, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%
Buckingham Heights had 2,925 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 47% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Buckingham Heights | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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.
Permits in Burnaby ran at 38.9 homes a year per 1,000, where British Columbia’s towns ran at 18.1
Over 2018–2023, 26,151 homes were permitted in Burnaby, close to 4,359 each year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just under 1%, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
A peak in 2022: 6,578 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
26,358 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 11% on the year before
Shared with the rest of the Vancouver metro area: monthly permits
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.
Buckingham Heights against British Columbia’s towns: 122% over the $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 Buckingham Heights: Edmonds, Royal Oak and Deer Lake
The places around Buckingham Heights at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Heights | $1.6M | $1.86M | 78% | |
| Edmonds | $685K | $849K | 57% | 1.5 |
| Royal Oak | $1.2M | $1.24M | 67% | 1.7 |
| Deer Lake | $1.3M | $1.36M | 67% | 2.7 |
| East Burnaby | $1.5M | $1.46M | 65% | 2.7 |
| Metrotown | $750K | $838K | 49% | 2.9 |
| Lake City | $1.8M | $2.01M | 85% | 3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Buckingham Heights
Is Buckingham Heights expensive for British Columbia?
Dearer than the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, Buckingham Heights to more.
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).