Photo: tuchodi from Fort St. John, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Owners in Electoral Area B, Peace River value their homes 48% below the median of British Columbia’s towns
The census median was $376,000 in 2021, against $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. Sales are published too: 95 buyers in 2023, at a median $222,000.
Electoral Area B, Peace River’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $402K
- Owners
- 1,015
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $250K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1×
- Buyers
- 95
- 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).
A detached house in Electoral Area B, Peace River is assessed 63% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
Detached houses account for 74% of the 1,465 properties on Electoral Area B, Peace River’s 2024 roll.
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: 36% of the homes in Electoral Area B, Peace River, where British Columbia’s towns have 24%
Electoral Area B, Peace River had 1,625 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 80% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Electoral Area B, Peace River | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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 B, Peace River is 48% below 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 B, Peace River: Fort St. John and Taylor
Next to Electoral Area B, Peace River: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 28–41 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area B, Peace River.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Peace River | $376K | $402K | 85% | |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River | $500K | $550K | 86% | 28 |
| Fort St. John | $348K | $365K | 58% | 29.4 |
| Taylor | $290K | $318K | 77% | 40.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area B, Peace River
What is the average house price in Electoral Area B, Peace River?
Homes sold for an average $250,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 1 times their household income.
Is Electoral Area B, Peace River expensive for British Columbia?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Electoral Area B, Peace River’s is worth less.
How many households in Electoral Area B, Peace River are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 8% of Electoral Area B, Peace River’s households in core housing need, much as for British Columbia’s towns (10%).
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).