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Property prices in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Homes in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen are worth 65% less than the median of British Columbia’s towns

At the 2021 census the median home was worth $250,000, where British Columbia’s towns sit at $720,000. The median sale in 2023 was $309,000, across 50 buyers. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $173,000.

Median home value
$250K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $311K
Median sale price
$309K
CHSP, 2023
50 buyers
Median assessed value
$173K
all residential, 2024
Owner households
905
census 2021
85% of households
What homes are worth

Three ways to price a home in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen

Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.

Census 2021$250K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$311K
Owners
905
British Columbia’s towns
$720K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$309K

median sale price

Average sale
$360K
÷ buyers’ income
3.9×
Buyers
50
British Columbia’s towns
$682K
Assessed, 2024$173K

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).

By type of home

Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen’s detached houses are assessed 51% below the median of British Columbia’s towns

Assessors listed 800 residential properties in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen for 2024, 72% of them detached houses.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns

Detached houses$369K
Mobile homes$183K
Multi-unit properties$451K
The mix of properties
Detached houses72%
Mobile homes21%
Multi-unit properties5%
1,310 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (British Columbia’s towns: 1,890 sq ft)

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

How Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen’s homes break down, by age and kind

At the 2021 census, 56% of Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen’s 1,140 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns

Before 196119%
1961–198029%
1981–200027%
2001–201521%
2016–20213%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses56%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row houses2%
Flats in a duplex1%
Apartments, under 5 storeysunder 1%
Movable dwellings40%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
Electoral Area G, Okanagan-SimilkameenBritish ColumbiaCanada
Condominiums1%10%8%
Needing major repairs8%6%6%
Too small for the household3%4%3%
Households in core housing need10%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.

Across British Columbia

Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen is cheaper than most of British Columbia’s towns: 65% under their $720,000 median

254 of British Columbia’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen’s neighbours by home value

The places around Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.

KeremeosElectoral Area B, Okanagan-SimilkameenKeremeosElectoral Area B, Okanagan-SimilkameenElectoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen$250K$311K85%
Keremeos$376K$364K78%10.6
Electoral Area B, Okanagan-Similkameen$500K$468K80%18.4

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen

Is Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen expensive for British Columbia?

Cheaper than the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen to less.

What is the average house price in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen?

Buyers paid $360,000 on average in 2023, or 3.9 years of their income at the median.

How many households in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen are in core housing need?

About as many as elsewhere: 10% of households in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%.

Can I see individual sales or prices by street?

No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.

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).