Photo: Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Oliver are worth 37% less than the median of British Columbia’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $452,000 in 2021, where the median of British Columbia’s towns was $720,000. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. Statistics Canada counted 175 buyers in 2023, paying a median $535,000.
Three ways to price a home in Oliver
Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $489K
- Owners
- 1,800
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $560K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4.6×
- Buyers
- 175
- 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, Oliver’s houses sit 18% below British Columbia’s towns
Assessors listed 2,155 residential properties in Oliver for 2024, 68% of them detached houses and 9% 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.
21% of Oliver’s homes are condos, where British Columbia’s towns have 10%
Of the 2,310 homes people lived in across Oliver at the 2021 census, 67% were single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Oliver | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 21% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
Permits in Oliver ran at 10.5 homes a year per 1,000, where British Columbia’s towns ran at 18.1
Building permits added 137 homes in Oliver between 2018 and 2023: some 23 a year. Single-unit buildings took 69% of them, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
A peak in 2021: 38 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.
Oliver is cheaper than most of British Columbia’s towns: 37% 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.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Home values around Oliver
Next to Oliver: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver | $452K | $489K | 78% | |
| Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen | $460K | $548K | 82% | 3.6 |
| Osoyoos 1 | – | – | 77% | 4.4 |
| Electoral Area B, Okanagan-Similkameen | $500K | $468K | 80% | 13.4 |
| Osoyoos | $500K | $592K | 81% | 18.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Oliver
Is Oliver expensive for British Columbia?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Oliver’s is worth less.
How many households in Oliver are in core housing need?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns (10%): 6% in Oliver, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
What is the average house price in Oliver?
An average of $560,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 4.6 times the buyer’s income.
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 · 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).