Photo: UBC Micrometeorology · CC BY 2.0Homes in Delta sell for 88% more than the median of British Columbia’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $1,190,000, with an average of $1,171,000. 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 $1,360,000.
Three ways to price a home in Delta
Three sources, each set against British Columbia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.17M
- Owners
- 28,705
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $1.27M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 7.4×
- Buyers
- 2,140
- 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, Delta’s houses sit 88% above British Columbia’s towns
Assessors listed 32,795 residential properties in Delta for 2024, 59% of them detached houses and 13% 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.
Delta’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Of the 38,055 homes people lived in across Delta at the 2021 census, 56% were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Delta | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 14% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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.
Building at the pace of British Columbia’s towns: 16.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Delta, against 18.1
Some 612 homes a year: 3,673 in all were permitted in Delta from 2018 to 2023. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 11%, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%. Nobody publishes monthly permits for Delta alone, so this card uses the figure for the Vancouver metro area.
The busiest year: 2021, with 780 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
26,358 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 11% on the year before
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.
Delta is 65% above 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 Delta: Strawberry Hill and Panorama Ridge
The places around Delta at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta | $1.19M | $1.17M | 76% | |
| Colebrook | $1.8M | $1.83M | 84% | 9 |
| Strawberry Hill | $650K | $912K | 64% | 9 |
| Tsawwassen | – | – | 77% | 10.6 |
| Panorama Ridge | $1.1M | $1.18M | 72% | 10.7 |
| Brownsville | $1.2M | $1.12M | 58% | 11.2 |
| South Slope | $1.6M | $1.65M | 66% | 11.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Delta
Is Delta expensive for British Columbia?
Above the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Delta’s is worth more.
What is the average house price in Delta?
Homes sold for an average $1,270,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 7.4 times their household income.
How many households in Delta are in core housing need?
In line with British Columbia’s towns (10%): 11% in Delta, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).