Photo: Darren Kirby · CC BY-SA 2.0A home in Kaslo is worth 44% less than the middle of British Columbia’s towns
In figures: $400,000 for the median home in 2021, $720,000 for the middle of British Columbia’s towns. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Statistics Canada counted 30 buyers in 2023, paying a median $410,000.
What Kaslo’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $414K
- Owners
- 380
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $410K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3.6×
- Buyers
- 30
- 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 Kaslo is assessed 35% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
Detached houses account for 84% of the 540 properties on Kaslo’s 2024 roll; condos for 6%.
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.
An older stock than most: 32% of Kaslo’s homes go back before 1961 (British Columbia’s towns: 11%)
Kaslo had 525 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 85% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Kaslo | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 20% | 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 Kaslo ran at 10.7 homes a year per 1,000, where British Columbia’s towns ran at 18.1
Kaslo issued permits for 31 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 5 a year. Single-unit buildings took 71% of them, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
A peak in 2019: 9 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.
Kaslo is 44% 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 Kaslo
Next to Kaslo: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Kaslo has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 25–58 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaslo | $400K | $414K | 72% | |
| Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay | $424K | $444K | 83% | 24.8 |
| Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay | $604K | $689K | 87% | 49.7 |
| Nelson | $580K | $588K | 63% | 53.9 |
| Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay | $548K | $569K | 82% | 55.1 |
| Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay | $400K | $432K | 80% | 58 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Kaslo
Is Kaslo expensive for British Columbia?
No: Kaslo’s census median is below the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
How many households in Kaslo are in core housing need?
20% of Kaslo’s households, above the 10% of British Columbia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
What is the average house price in Kaslo?
Homes sold for an average $410,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 3.6 times their household income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.
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).