Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Port Moody lives in apartments: 39% of its homes, beside 12% for British Columbia’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $1,000,000, the average one $1,111,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Sales are published too: 1,475 buyers in 2023, at a median $830,000.
Port Moody’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
- $1.11M
- Owners
- 9,900
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $980K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4.8×
- Buyers
- 1,475
- 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 Moody carry 2.4 times the assessment of the median for British Columbia’s towns
Condos account for 39% of the 13,060 properties on Port Moody’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.
Condominiums are 41% of Port Moody’s homes, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns
At the 2021 census, Port Moody had 13,110 homes with someone living in them. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Port Moody | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 41% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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 Moody permitted 43.6 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 18.1 of British Columbia’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 3,154 homes were permitted in Port Moody, close to 526 each year. Only 1% went into single-unit buildings, beside 27% for British Columbia’s towns. Port Moody doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Vancouver metro area.
Most in 2023: 1,063 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 26,358 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 11% fewer
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.
Port Moody is 39% 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 Port Moody: Burnaby Mountain, Lougheed and Port Coquitlam
Next to Port Moody: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Moody | $1M | $1.11M | 76% | |
| Anmore | $2.2M | $2.39M | 91% | 2.9 |
| Coquitlam | $1.1M | $1.15M | 69% | 3 |
| Burnaby Mountain | $600K | $810K | 53% | 4.9 |
| Lougheed | $500K | $655K | 57% | 5.9 |
| Port Coquitlam | $900K | $914K | 77% | 6.9 |
| Lake City | $1.8M | $2.01M | 85% | 8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Port Moody
Is Port Moody expensive for British Columbia?
Yes: Port Moody’s census median is above the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
How many households in Port Moody are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 11% of Port Moody’s households in core housing need, much as for British Columbia’s towns (10%).
What is the average house price in Port Moody?
Homes sold for an average $980,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 4.8 times their household income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
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).