Photo: Vxceprex · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in Grand Forks value their homes 52% below the median of British Columbia’s towns
The census median was $348,000 in 2021, against $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. The median sale in 2023 was $374,000, across 140 buyers.
What Grand Forks’s homes are worth, three ways
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
- $354K
- Owners
- 1,390
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $390K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4.2×
- Buyers
- 140
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Grand Forks’s houses sit 45% below British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,760 homes in Grand Forks: detached houses make 77% of them, condos 4%.
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 Grand Forks’s homes break down, by age and kind
At the 2021 census, 76% of Grand Forks’s 1,870 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Grand Forks | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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.
Permits in Grand Forks ran at 15.5 homes a year per 1,000, near the 18.1 of British Columbia’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Grand Forks created 149 homes, about 25 a year. 38% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
Most in 2019: 59 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.
Grand Forks against British Columbia’s towns: 52% under the $720,000 median
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 Grand Forks
Next to Grand Forks: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Forks | $348K | $354K | 74% | |
| Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary | $448K | $478K | 93% | 2.7 |
| Electoral Area C (Christina Lake), Kootenay Boundary | $448K | $600K | 91% | 17.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Grand Forks
Is Grand Forks expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Grand Forks sits among the cheaper of British Columbia’s towns (median $720,000).
How many households in Grand Forks are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 4% of Grand Forks’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 10% of British Columbia’s towns.
What is the average house price in Grand Forks?
An average of $390,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 4.2 times the buyer’s 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).