Photo: MSTakesPictures · CC BY-SA 4.0Expensive homes pull Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s average 62% above the middle
The middle home was worth $1,100,000 at the 2021 census, the average $1,786,000. In 2022, 35 homes changed hands at a median price of $817,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. Assessors valued the median residential property at $1,120,000 for 2024.
Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’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. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.79M
- Owners
- 3,275
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $2.4M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 8.4×
- Buyers
- 35
- 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).
Houses in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver carry 6.2 times the assessment of the median for British Columbia’s towns
Of Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s 6,445 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 80% are condos.
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.
Since 2001: 71% of the homes in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, where British Columbia’s towns have 24%
7,670 occupied homes stood in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver in 2021, and apartments in buildings of five storeys or more made up 52% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 65% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 12% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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.
Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver is 53% 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 Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver: Kitsilano
The places around Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver | $1.1M | $1.79M | 43% | |
| West Point Grey | $2.92M | $3.47M | 60% | 2.5 |
| Dunbar-Southlands | $3M | $3.33M | 73% | 4.2 |
| Greektown | $2M | $2.14M | 49% | 4.3 |
| Musqueam 2 | – | – | 50% | 4.3 |
| Arbutus Ridge | $3M | $2.79M | 60% | 5.7 |
| Kitsilano | $900K | $1.32M | 39% | 6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver
What is the average house price in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver?
Homes sold for an average $2,400,000 in 2022; the median buyer paid 8.4 times their household income.
How many households in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver are in core housing need?
Above the norm for British Columbia’s towns (10%): 19% in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver expensive for British Columbia?
Yes: Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s census median is above the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).