Photo: James Blake aka Webgeer at en.wikipedia · CC BY 2.0Before 1961 is when 37% of Powell River’s homes went up, beside 11% for British Columbia’s towns
The middle home was worth $452,000 at the 2021 census, the average $502,800. The median sale in 2023 was $595,000, across 310 buyers. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $563,000.
What Powell River’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against British Columbia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $503K
- Owners
- 4,795
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $600K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4.4×
- Buyers
- 310
- 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 Powell River carry assessments 21% under the middle of British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 5,410 homes in Powell River: detached houses make 79% of them, condos 5%.
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.
The homes of Powell River, by period and type
Powell River had 6,385 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 72% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Powell River | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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.
Building at the pace of British Columbia’s towns: 22.1 new homes a year per 1,000 in Powell River, against 18.1
Some 127 homes a year: 761 in all were permitted in Powell River from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 22%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 207 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.
Powell River is 37% below 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 Powell River: Electoral Area D, qathet
Next to Powell River: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powell River | $452K | $503K | 76% | |
| Electoral Area B, qathet | $520K | $588K | 86% | 4.7 |
| Electoral Area C, qathet | $500K | $573K | 76% | 13.1 |
| Electoral Area D, qathet | $400K | $426K | 84% | 19.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Powell River
Is Powell River expensive for British Columbia?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Powell River’s is worth less.
What is the average house price in Powell River?
Buyers paid $600,000 on average in 2023, or 4.4 years of their income at the median.
How many households in Powell River are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 10% of households in Powell River, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%.
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).