Photo: Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0Owners in Castlegar value their homes 44% below the median of British Columbia’s towns
Owners put the median home at $400,000 at the 2021 census; for British Columbia’s towns the median is $720,000. Sales are published too: 180 buyers in 2023, at a median $490,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $476,000.
Three ways to price a home in Castlegar
Three sources, each set against British Columbia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $428K
- Owners
- 2,705
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $510K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4.1×
- Buyers
- 180
- 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, Castlegar’s houses sit 33% below British Columbia’s towns
Detached houses account for 79% of the 3,020 properties on Castlegar’s 2024 roll.
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.
Before 1961: 25% of the homes in Castlegar, where British Columbia’s towns have 11%
The 2021 census counted 3,550 occupied homes in Castlegar; 68% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Castlegar | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
9 new homes a year per 1,000 in Castlegar: fewer than British Columbia’s towns (18.1)
Castlegar issued permits for 180 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 30 a year. About 42% went into single-unit buildings, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
The busiest year: 2023, with 76 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Castlegar is cheaper than most of British Columbia’s towns: 44% under 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.
Home values around Castlegar
Next to Castlegar: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar | $400K | $428K | 76% | |
| Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay | $448K | $489K | 89% | 6.1 |
| Electoral Area B (Lower Columbia-Old-Glory), Kootenay Boundary | $400K | $424K | 94% | 9.2 |
| Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay | $476K | $495K | 80% | 13.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Castlegar
How many households in Castlegar are in core housing need?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns (10%): 4% in Castlegar, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Castlegar expensive for British Columbia?
No: Castlegar’s census median is below the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
What is the average house price in Castlegar?
The average sale was $510,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 4.1 times their income.
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).