Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley’s median sale runs 45% higher than across British Columbia’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $800,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $814,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $963,000.
Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley’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. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $814K
- Owners
- 1,780
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $1M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 6.4×
- Buyers
- 120
- 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 A, Cowichan Valley is assessed 36% higher than across British Columbia’s towns
Assessors listed 1,820 residential properties in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley for 2024, 81% of them detached houses and 2% condos.
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.
A younger stock than most: 36% of Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley’s homes went up after 2000 (British Columbia’s towns: 24%)
2,035 occupied homes stood in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 78% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley against British Columbia’s towns: 11% over the $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 A, Cowichan Valley: Cobble Hill, Shawnigan and Sidney
Next to Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley | $800K | $814K | 88% | |
| Cobble Hill | $750K | $776K | 89% | 6 |
| Shawnigan | $700K | $787K | 87% | 6.6 |
| North Saanich | $1.2M | $1.32M | 88% | 9.5 |
| Sidney | $750K | $798K | 77% | 11.2 |
| Cowichan Bay | $695K | $708K | 85% | 11.3 |
| Central Saanich | $900K | $973K | 80% | 12.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley
How many households in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley are in core housing need?
In Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley, 4% of households are in core housing need, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
What is the average house price in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley?
Buyers paid $1,000,000 on average in 2023, or 6.4 years of their income at the median.
Is Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley expensive for British Columbia?
Above the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley’s is worth more.
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).