Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA home in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay sells for 28% less than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $576,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $586,500. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $495,000.
What Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’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
- $587K
- Owners
- 2,345
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $540K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.4×
- Buyers
- 155
- 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 C, East Kootenay is assessed 11% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 2,690 homes in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, detached houses 88% 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.
How Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s homes break down, by age and kind
The 2021 census counted 2,605 occupied homes in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay; 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 C, East Kootenay | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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 C, East Kootenay is 20% 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 C, East Kootenay: Cranbrook, Kimberley and Electoral Area B, East Kootenay
Next to Electoral Area C, East Kootenay: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 4–50 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area C, East Kootenay.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, East Kootenay | $576K | $587K | 91% | |
| Cranbrook | $380K | $391K | 74% | 4.4 |
| Kimberley | $400K | $409K | 78% | 27.4 |
| Electoral Area B, East Kootenay | $500K | $542K | 85% | 35.2 |
| Electoral Area E, East Kootenay | $500K | $538K | 90% | 38.6 |
| Fernie | $645K | $643K | 72% | 50 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay
How many households in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 3% of households in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%.
What is the average house price in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay?
Homes sold for an average $540,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 2.4 times their household income.
Is Electoral Area C, East Kootenay expensive for British Columbia?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s is worth less.
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).