Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHomes in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap are worth 42% less than the median of British Columbia’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $420,000 in 2021, where the median of British Columbia’s towns was $720,000. The median sale in 2023 was $455,000, across 165 buyers. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $354,000.
What Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap’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. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $522K
- Owners
- 1,380
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $520K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3×
- Buyers
- 165
- 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, Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap’s houses sit 22% below British Columbia’s towns
Assessors listed 2,690 residential properties in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap for 2024, 85% 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.
The homes of Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap, by period and type
The 2021 census counted 1,560 occupied homes in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap; 83% of them are 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
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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 F, Columbia-Shuswap is 42% 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 F, Columbia-Shuswap: Chase
Next to Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 11–29 km from Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap | $420K | $522K | 90% | |
| Blind Bay | $600K | $626K | 90% | 11 |
| Salmon Arm | $500K | $542K | 78% | 28.4 |
| Chase | $380K | $373K | 83% | 28.7 |
| Sicamous | $400K | $413K | 81% | 28.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap
Is Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap sits among the cheaper of British Columbia’s towns (median $720,000).
What is the average house price in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap?
The average sale was $520,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 3 times their income.
How many households in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 10% of households in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%.
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).