Photo: CanadianEman · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in Fort Nelson value their homes 77% below the median of British Columbia’s towns
That is a median of $164,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Sales are published too: 80 buyers in 2023, at a median $139,000.
Fort Nelson’s homes, by three sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $214K
- Owners
- 1,155
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $210K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.7×
- Buyers
- 80
- 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 Fort Nelson carry assessments 76% under the middle of British Columbia’s towns
Detached houses account for 65% of the 1,675 properties on Fort Nelson’s 2024 roll.
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.
Major repairs needed: 10% of the homes in Fort Nelson, where British Columbia’s towns have 6%
Fort Nelson had 1,695 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 58% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Fort Nelson | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 1% | 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.
0.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Fort Nelson: fewer than British Columbia’s towns (18.1)
Over 2019–2023, 5 homes were permitted in Fort Nelson, close to 1 each year. Most were houses: 100% went into single-unit buildings, against 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
The busiest year: 2020, with 2 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.
Fort Nelson is cheaper than most of British Columbia’s towns: 77% 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.
Questions about property prices in Fort Nelson
What is the average house price in Fort Nelson?
An average of $210,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 1.7 times the buyer’s income.
Is Fort Nelson expensive for British Columbia?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Fort Nelson’s is worth less.
How many households in Fort Nelson are in core housing need?
In Fort Nelson, 1% of households are in core housing need, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).