Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOne figure stands out in Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap: 22% of households in core housing need, against 10% across British Columbia’s towns
A median of $448,000 and a mean of $514,000: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. In 2023, 40 homes changed hands at a median price of $485,000, by Statistics Canada’s count.
What Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $514K
- Owners
- 540
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $490K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.5×
- Buyers
- 40
- 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).
A detached house in Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap is assessed 26% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
Of Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap’s 1,020 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 80% are 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.
Major repairs needed: 9% of the homes in Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap, where British Columbia’s towns have 6%
Of the 655 homes people lived in across Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap at the 2021 census, 79% were single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 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.
Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap is cheaper than most of British Columbia’s towns: 38% under their $720,000 median
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 E, Columbia-Shuswap: Sicamous and Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap
Next to Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–34 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap | $448K | $514K | 84% | |
| Sicamous | $400K | $413K | 81% | 9.3 |
| Electoral Area F, North Okanagan | $600K | $616K | 84% | 31.1 |
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap | $420K | $522K | 90% | 32.1 |
| Salmon Arm | $500K | $542K | 78% | 33.5 |
| Blind Bay | $600K | $626K | 90% | 33.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap
What is the average house price in Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap?
Homes sold for an average $490,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 2.5 times their household income.
Is Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap sits among the cheaper of British Columbia’s towns (median $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. 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).