Photo: Andybremner2012 · CC BY-SA 4.0A home in Lillooet 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. In 2023, 60 homes changed hands at a median price of $420,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $393,000.
Lillooet’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $442K
- Owners
- 920
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $430K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3.4×
- Buyers
- 60
- 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 Lillooet is assessed 39% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
Of Lillooet’s 925 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 70% are detached houses.
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.
10% of Lillooet’s homes need major repairs, against 6% for British Columbia’s towns
The 2021 census counted 1,110 occupied homes in Lillooet; 69% of them are 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
| Lillooet | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
Building behind British Columbia’s towns: 7.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Lillooet, against 18.1
Lillooet issued permits for 47 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 8 a year. Single-unit buildings took 69% of them, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
The busiest year: 2022, with 13 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.
Lillooet against British Columbia’s towns: 44% 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.
Lower values near Lillooet: Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola, Cache Creek and Ashcroft
The places around Lillooet at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 40–46 km from Lillooet.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lillooet | $400K | $442K | 83% | |
| Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola | $348K | $366K | 89% | 40.4 |
| Cache Creek | $256K | $276K | 86% | 45.5 |
| Ashcroft | $300K | $304K | 79% | 46.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Lillooet
Is Lillooet expensive for British Columbia?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Lillooet’s is worth less.
How many households in Lillooet are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 6% of households in Lillooet, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%.
What is the average house price in Lillooet?
The average sale was $430,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 3.4 times 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).