Photo: Ken Walker · CC BY 2.5Buyers in Central Saanich pay 45% above the median sale of British Columbia’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $900,000, with an average of $973,000. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $1,070,000. Some 140 new homes a year went up in Central Saanich on permits from 2018 to 2023.
What Central Saanich’s homes are worth, three ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $973K
- Owners
- 5,555
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $1.05M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 6.2×
- Buyers
- 345
- 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).
Central Saanich’s detached houses are assessed 47% above the median of British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 5,675 homes in Central Saanich: detached houses make 62% of them, condos 8%.
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.
Central Saanich’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Central Saanich had 7,105 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 54% of them single-detached houses. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Central Saanich | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 13% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Central Saanich permitted 19.3 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 18.1 of British Columbia’s towns
Very few were houses: 15% in single-unit buildings (British Columbia’s towns: 27%). Central Saanich doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Victoria metro area.
The busiest year: 2023, with 268 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 4,220 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 5% fewer
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.
Central Saanich is 25% above 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.
Lower values near Central Saanich: Sidney and Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley
The places around Central Saanich at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Saanich | $900K | $973K | 80% | |
| East Saanich 2 | – | – | 87% | 3.5 |
| Highlands | $1M | $1.14M | 89% | 7.5 |
| Sidney | $750K | $798K | 77% | 9.4 |
| North Saanich | $1.2M | $1.32M | 88% | 10.5 |
| Saanich | $930K | $1.01M | 69% | 11.9 |
| Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley | $800K | $814K | 88% | 12.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Central Saanich
What is the average house price in Central Saanich?
Homes sold for an average $1,050,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 6.2 times their household income.
Is Central Saanich expensive for British Columbia?
Above the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Central Saanich’s is worth more.
How many households in Central Saanich are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 8% of households in Central Saanich, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%.
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).