Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA home in Elkford is worth 58% less than the middle of British Columbia’s towns
In figures: $300,000 for the median home in 2021, $720,000 for the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Sales are published too: 150 buyers in 2023, at a median $159,000. Assessors valued the median residential property at $248,000 for 2024.
What Elkford’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against British Columbia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $308K
- Owners
- 975
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $230K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.3×
- Buyers
- 150
- 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).
Houses in Elkford carry assessments 48% under the middle of British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,435 homes in Elkford: detached houses make 46% of them, condos 32%.
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.
The homes of Elkford, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 54% of Elkford’s 1,160 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Elkford | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 14% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 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.
Building at the pace of British Columbia’s towns: 17.9 new homes a year per 1,000 in Elkford, against 18.1
Some 19 homes a year: 111 in all were permitted in Elkford from 2018 to 2023. Houses dominate the permits, at 72% in single-unit buildings (British Columbia’s towns: 27%).
A peak in 2023: 40 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Elkford is 58% 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.
Home values around Elkford
Next to Elkford: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 31–68 km from Elkford.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkford | $300K | $308K | 84% | |
| Sparwood | $332K | $338K | 72% | 31.4 |
| Electoral Area A, East Kootenay | $500K | $563K | 88% | 48.1 |
| Crowsnest Pass | $300K | $320K | 85% | 56.4 |
| Fernie | $645K | $643K | 72% | 57.9 |
| Electoral Area E, East Kootenay | $500K | $538K | 90% | 68.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Elkford
What is the average house price in Elkford?
The average sale was $230,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 1.3 times their income.
Is Elkford expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Elkford sits among the cheaper of British Columbia’s towns (median $720,000).
How many households in Elkford are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 4% of Elkford’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 10% of British Columbia’s towns.
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 · 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).