Photo: Kiyoteru Awaji · CC BY 4.0A home in Kamloops is worth 23% less than the middle of British Columbia’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $552,000 in 2021, where the median of British Columbia’s towns was $720,000. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Statistics Canada counted 2,570 buyers in 2023, paying a median $618,000.
Kamloops’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
- $567K
- Owners
- 27,910
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $650K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4×
- Buyers
- 2,570
- 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).
Kamloops’s houses carry 2.1 times the assessment of its condos
Detached houses account for 57% of the 33,050 properties on Kamloops’s 2024 roll; condos for 12%.
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 Kamloops, by period and type
Kamloops had 39,910 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 50% of them 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
| Kamloops | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 17% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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 Kamloops ran at 17 homes a year per 1,000, near the 18.1 of British Columbia’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 4,224 homes were permitted in Kamloops, close to 704 each year. The mix: 20% in single-unit buildings, beside 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
The busiest year: 2020, with 907 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 809 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 14% fewer
Monthly permits for the Kamloops metro area
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.
Kamloops is 23% 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 Kamloops: Logan Lake
The places around Kamloops at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 21–39 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Kamloops.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamloops | $552K | $567K | 70% | |
| Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country), Thompson-Nicola | $600K | $678K | 89% | 21.4 |
| Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola | $552K | $630K | 91% | 23.5 |
| Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola | $600K | $634K | 85% | 35.5 |
| Sun Peaks Mountain | $750K | $816K | 73% | 39.1 |
| Logan Lake | $348K | $345K | 84% | 39.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Kamloops
Is Kamloops expensive for British Columbia?
Cheaper than the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, Kamloops to less.
What is the average house price in Kamloops?
The average sale was $650,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 4 times their income.
How many households in Kamloops are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 10% of Kamloops’s households in core housing need, much as for British Columbia’s towns (10%).
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).