Photo: Northwest · CC BY-SA 4.0In Edmonds, 68% of households live in an apartment (British Columbia’s towns: 12%)
The 2021 census put the median home at $685,000, with an average of $849,155. 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, Edmonds included.
Edmonds’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $849K
- Owners
- 8,390
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Burnaby’s houses sit at 2.6 times 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.
More condos than most: 51% of the homes in Edmonds (British Columbia’s towns: 10%)
People lived in 14,565 homes in Edmonds at the 2021 census. Half went up before 2001. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Edmonds | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 51% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 13% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 22% | 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
Building permits added 26,151 homes in Burnaby between 2018 and 2023: some 4,359 a 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
Down 11%: 26,358 new homes in the year to August 2026
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. · Monthly permits: the Vancouver metro area
Edmonds sits close to the $720,000 median of British Columbia’s towns
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.
Edmonds’s neighbours by home value
Next to Edmonds: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonds | $685K | $849K | 57% | |
| Buckingham Heights | $1.6M | $1.86M | 78% | 1.5 |
| Royal Oak | $1.2M | $1.24M | 67% | 1.9 |
| East Burnaby | $1.5M | $1.46M | 65% | 2.6 |
| New Westminster | $700K | $862K | 55% | 2.9 |
| South Slope | $1.6M | $1.65M | 66% | 3.2 |
| Metrotown | $750K | $838K | 49% | 3.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Edmonds
How many households in Edmonds are in core housing need?
In Edmonds, 22% of households are in core housing need, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
Is Edmonds expensive for British Columbia?
About average: Edmonds’s census median is close to the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
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).