Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOwners put the median home in Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley at $650,000
Some 1,250 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. The median sale in 2023 was $745,000, across 75 buyers. Assessors valued the median residential property at $656,000 for 2024.
What Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley’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. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $736K
- Owners
- 1,250
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $880K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4.8×
- Buyers
- 75
- 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).
Detached houses make up 91% of Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley’s residential properties
Assessors listed 1,390 residential properties in Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley for 2024, 91% 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.
Single-detached houses are 92% of Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley’s homes, against 62% for British Columbia’s towns
Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley had 1,645 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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, Cowichan Valley is cheaper than most of British Columbia’s towns: 10% under their $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 Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley: Duncan and North Cowichan
Next to Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley | $650K | $736K | 80% | |
| Cowichan | – | – | 41% | 1.2 |
| Duncan | $400K | $423K | 58% | 1.5 |
| North Cowichan | $600K | $641K | 77% | 5.1 |
| Cowichan Bay | $695K | $708K | 85% | 7.3 |
| Cobble Hill | $750K | $776K | 89% | 12.4 |
| Shawnigan | $700K | $787K | 87% | 13.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley
How many households in Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley are in core housing need?
7% of Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley’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.
Is Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley expensive for British Columbia?
No: Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley’s census median is below the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
What is the average house price in Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley?
Buyers paid $880,000 on average in 2023, or 4.8 years of their income at the median.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
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).