Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA median $700,000: what owners say homes in Electoral Area H, Nanaimo are worth
The census of 2021 asked 1,705 owner households what their home was worth. Statistics Canada counted 125 buyers in 2023, paying a median $860,000. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $831,000.
What Electoral Area H, Nanaimo’s homes are worth, three ways
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $752K
- Owners
- 1,705
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $1.02M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.9×
- Buyers
- 125
- 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, Electoral Area H, Nanaimo’s houses sit 17% above British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 2,240 homes in Electoral Area H, Nanaimo, detached houses 86% of them.
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.
85% of Electoral Area H, Nanaimo’s homes are detached houses, where British Columbia’s towns have 62%
The 2021 census counted 2,005 occupied homes in Electoral Area H, Nanaimo. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Electoral Area H, Nanaimo | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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 H, Nanaimo sits near the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($720,000)
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 Electoral Area H, Nanaimo: Electoral Area F, Alberni-Clayoquot and Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
The places around Electoral Area H, Nanaimo at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area H, Nanaimo | $700K | $752K | 86% | |
| Electoral Area F, Alberni-Clayoquot | $552K | $546K | 85% | 18.4 |
| Qualicum Beach | $725K | $769K | 87% | 18.6 |
| Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot | $552K | $592K | 87% | 19 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area H, Nanaimo
How many households in Electoral Area H, Nanaimo are in core housing need?
In Electoral Area H, Nanaimo, 7% of households are in core housing need, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
What is the average house price in Electoral Area H, Nanaimo?
Buyers paid $1,020,000 on average in 2023, or 5.9 years of their income at the median.
Is Electoral Area H, Nanaimo expensive for British Columbia?
In the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, and so, near enough, does Electoral Area H, Nanaimo.
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. 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).