Home values in Electoral Area B, Cariboo run 58% lower than the median of British Columbia’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $300,000, where British Columbia’s towns sit at $720,000. The median sale in 2023 was $290,000, across 105 buyers. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $270,000.
What Electoral Area B, Cariboo’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. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $331K
- Owners
- 1,350
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $320K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.5×
- Buyers
- 105
- 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 Electoral Area B, Cariboo carry assessments 49% under the middle of British Columbia’s towns
Assessors listed 1,665 residential properties in Electoral Area B, Cariboo for 2024, 79% of them detached houses.
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.
Single-detached houses are 85% of Electoral Area B, Cariboo’s homes, against 62% for British Columbia’s towns
The 2021 census counted 1,630 occupied homes in Electoral Area B, Cariboo. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Electoral Area B, Cariboo is 58% below the $720,000 median of British Columbia’s towns
The census values of British Columbia’s towns, 254 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Electoral Area B, Cariboo: Electoral Area C, Cariboo and Electoral Area I, Cariboo
The places around Electoral Area B, Cariboo at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | $300K | $331K | 86% | |
| Quesnel | $300K | $308K | 62% | 11.1 |
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo | $250K | $264K | 88% | 14.9 |
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | $300K | $319K | 87% | 16.6 |
| Electoral Area I, Cariboo | $282K | $308K | 86% | 19 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area B, Cariboo
Is Electoral Area B, Cariboo expensive for British Columbia?
No: Electoral Area B, Cariboo’s census median is below the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
What is the average house price in Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
The average sale was $320,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 2.5 times their income.
How many households in Electoral Area B, Cariboo are in core housing need?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns (10%): 5% in Electoral Area B, Cariboo, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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. 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).