Photo: SoftwareSimian · CC BY-SA 3.0Pemberton is adding housing quickly, at 40.1 new homes a year per 1,000 (British Columbia’s towns: 18.1)
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $800,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $860,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Statistics Canada counted 140 buyers in 2023, paying a median $880,000.
Pemberton’s homes, by three sources
Three sources, each set against British Columbia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $860K
- Owners
- 875
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $1.03M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.2×
- Buyers
- 140
- 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).
Pemberton’s detached houses are assessed 78% above the median of British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,235 homes in Pemberton: row houses make 41% of them, condos 17%.
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.
33% of Pemberton’s homes are condos, where British Columbia’s towns have 10%
At the 2021 census, 30% of Pemberton’s 1,355 occupied homes were flats in a duplex. Over half date from 2001 or later.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Pemberton | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 33% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Pemberton’s busiest year for permits was 2021, with 89 new homes
Building permits added 349 homes in Pemberton between 2018 and 2023: some 58 a year. About 26% went into single-unit buildings, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
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.
Pemberton is 11% above the $720,000 median of British Columbia’s towns
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 Pemberton: Lillooet
Next to Pemberton: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Pemberton with figures are 1–74 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pemberton | $800K | $860K | 65% | |
| Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet | $900K | $1.17M | 71% | 1.2 |
| Whistler | $1.2M | $1.64M | 56% | 26.4 |
| Squamish | $1M | $1.11M | 70% | 69.7 |
| Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet | $1.3M | $1.49M | 91% | 71.3 |
| Lillooet | $400K | $442K | 83% | 73.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Pemberton
How many households in Pemberton are in core housing need?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns (10%): 3% in Pemberton, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
What is the average house price in Pemberton?
Homes sold for an average $1,030,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 5.2 times their household income.
Is Pemberton expensive for British Columbia?
Dearer than the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, Pemberton to more.
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).