Photo: Dan Huntington from Anacortes, WA · CC BY-SA 2.0Owners in Port Hardy value their homes 58% below the median of British Columbia’s towns
The 2021 census gives $300,000 as the median value; British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000. Statistics Canada counted 80 buyers in 2023, paying a median $407,000. Assessors valued the median residential property at $323,000 for 2024.
Port Hardy’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. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $296K
- Owners
- 1,215
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $380K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.6×
- Buyers
- 80
- 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).
Houses in Port Hardy carry assessments 42% under the middle of British Columbia’s towns
In 2024, Port Hardy had 1,405 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 53% of them and condos 16%.
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.
Major repairs needed: 11% of the homes in Port Hardy, where British Columbia’s towns have 6%
1,795 occupied homes stood in Port Hardy in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 56% of them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Port Hardy | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Port Hardy is 58% 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 Port Hardy: Gold River
The places around Port Hardy at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 33–146 km from Port Hardy.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Hardy | $300K | $296K | 67% | |
| Port McNeill | $320K | $330K | 70% | 32.8 |
| Gold River | $240K | $257K | 84% | 146.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Port Hardy
Is Port Hardy expensive for British Columbia?
No: Port Hardy’s census median is below the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
What is the average house price in Port Hardy?
Homes sold for an average $380,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 2.6 times their household income.
How many households in Port Hardy are in core housing need?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns (10%): 5% in Port Hardy, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).