Photo: Lkjx8651 · CC BY-SA 4.0Electoral Area B, East Kootenay’s median sale runs 37% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $500,000 and an average of $542,000. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $283,000.
Three ways to price a home in Electoral Area B, East Kootenay
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
- $542K
- Owners
- 695
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $560K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.3×
- Buyers
- 90
- 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 82% of Electoral Area B, East Kootenay’s residential properties
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,255 homes in Electoral Area B, East Kootenay, detached houses 82% of them.
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.
More need than most: 14% of households in Electoral Area B, East Kootenay (British Columbia’s towns: 10%)
At the 2021 census, 83% of Electoral Area B, East Kootenay’s 870 occupied homes were 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 B, East Kootenay | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 14% | 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 B, East Kootenay is 31% below the $720,000 median of British Columbia’s towns
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 B, East Kootenay: Cranbrook
Next to Electoral Area B, East Kootenay: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 23–37 km from Electoral Area B, East Kootenay.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, East Kootenay | $500K | $542K | 85% | |
| Fernie | $645K | $643K | 72% | 23.3 |
| Electoral Area A, East Kootenay | $500K | $563K | 88% | 34 |
| Electoral Area C, East Kootenay | $576K | $587K | 91% | 35.2 |
| Cranbrook | $380K | $391K | 74% | 37.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area B, East Kootenay
What is the average house price in Electoral Area B, East Kootenay?
An average of $560,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2.3 times the buyer’s income.
Is Electoral Area B, East Kootenay expensive for British Columbia?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Electoral Area B, East Kootenay’s is worth less.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.
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).