Photo: Andre Charland · CC BY 2.0Home values in Gold River run 67% lower than the median of British Columbia’s towns
The census median was $240,000 in 2021, against $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. Statistics Canada counted 55 buyers in 2022, paying a median $283,000. Assessors valued the median residential property at $297,000 for 2024.
Three ways to price a home in Gold River
Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $257K
- Owners
- 510
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $300K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.5×
- Buyers
- 55
- 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 Gold River is assessed 53% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 580 homes in Gold River, detached houses 61% 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: 18% of households in Gold River (British Columbia’s towns: 10%)
At the 2021 census, 69% of Gold River’s 610 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
| Gold River | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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.
Gold River against British Columbia’s towns: 67% under the $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.
Gold River’s neighbours by home value
Next to Gold River: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Gold River with figures are 63–71 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold River | $240K | $257K | 84% | |
| Campbell River | $532K | $566K | 72% | 62.6 |
| Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona | $600K | $687K | 89% | 63.6 |
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona | $600K | $635K | 82% | 69 |
| Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley | $750K | $789K | 87% | 69.2 |
| Tofino | $950K | $1.1M | 53% | 70.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Gold River
Is Gold River expensive for British Columbia?
Cheaper than the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, Gold River to less.
What is the average house price in Gold River?
Buyers paid $300,000 on average in 2022, or 2.5 years of their income at the median.
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. 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).