Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Metchosin adds housing slowly, at 6 new homes a year per 1,000 (British Columbia’s towns: 18.1)
The 2021 census put the median home at $1,000,000, with an average of $1,163,000. In 2023, 55 homes changed hands at a median price of $1,170,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $1,280,000.
What Metchosin’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. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.16M
- Owners
- 1,480
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $1.22M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.6×
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Metchosin’s houses sit 74% above British Columbia’s towns
Of Metchosin’s 1,470 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 88% 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.
The homes of Metchosin, by period and type
Of the 1,855 homes people lived in across Metchosin at the 2021 census, 78% were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Metchosin | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
The peak came in 2021, when Metchosin permitted 14 new homes
Some 12 homes a year: 69 in all were permitted in Metchosin from 2018 to 2023. Houses dominate the permits, at 50% in single-unit buildings (British Columbia’s towns: 27%).
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
4,220 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5% on the year before
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. · Monthly permits: one figure for all of the Victoria metro area
Metchosin is 39% above 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 Metchosin: Colwood, Langford and View Royal
The places around Metchosin at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metchosin | $1M | $1.16M | 82% | |
| Colwood | $800K | $823K | 74% | 7.2 |
| Langford | $730K | $752K | 65% | 8.7 |
| View Royal | $800K | $848K | 67% | 12.4 |
| New Songhees 1A | – | – | 65% | 12.7 |
| Sooke | $650K | $673K | 80% | 12.7 |
| Esquimalt | $750K | $776K | 49% | 12.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Metchosin
Is Metchosin expensive for British Columbia?
Yes: Metchosin’s census median is above the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
What is the average house price in Metchosin?
The average sale was $1,220,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 5.6 times their income.
How many households in Metchosin are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 9% of households in Metchosin, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 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).