Photo: LN? from Canada · CC BY 2.0A home in Coldstream sells for 42% more than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $755,000 and an average of $852,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $939,000.
Coldstream’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $852K
- Owners
- 3,595
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $1.04M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.2×
- Buyers
- 250
- 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).
Coldstream’s detached houses are assessed 29% above the median of British Columbia’s towns
Detached houses account for 87% of the 3,655 properties on Coldstream’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.
The homes of Coldstream, by period and type
Of the 4,100 homes people lived in across Coldstream at the 2021 census, 83% were single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Coldstream | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
9.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Coldstream: fewer than British Columbia’s towns (18.1)
Building permits added 226 homes in Coldstream between 2018 and 2023: some 38 a year. Single-unit buildings took 54% of them, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
Most in 2023: 80 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.
Coldstream against British Columbia’s towns: about level with 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 Coldstream: Vernon, Electoral Area B, North Okanagan and Lumby
Next to Coldstream: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldstream | $755K | $852K | 90% | |
| Vernon | $524K | $592K | 66% | 5.7 |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan | $755K | $812K | 83% | 6.5 |
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | $600K | $623K | 85% | 8.7 |
| Okanagan (Part) 1 | – | – | 90% | 14.6 |
| Lumby | $448K | $429K | 84% | 17.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Coldstream
How many households in Coldstream are in core housing need?
3% of Coldstream’s households, under the 10% of British Columbia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
What is the average house price in Coldstream?
An average of $1,040,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 5.2 times the buyer’s income.
Is Coldstream expensive for British Columbia?
Coldstream is close to the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000.
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).