Photo: Sam Beebe · CC BY 2.0A home in Prince Rupert is worth 44% less than the middle of British Columbia’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $400,000, where British Columbia’s towns sit at $720,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. In 2023, 170 homes changed hands at a median price of $408,000, by Statistics Canada’s count.
Three ways to price a home in Prince Rupert
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
- $418K
- Owners
- 3,165
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $410K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.7×
- Buyers
- 170
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Prince Rupert’s houses sit 47% below British Columbia’s towns
Detached houses account for 70% of the 4,145 properties on Prince Rupert’s 2024 roll; condos for 4%.
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.
36% of Prince Rupert’s homes predate 1961, against 11% for British Columbia’s towns
Of the 5,085 homes people lived in across Prince Rupert at the 2021 census, 57% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Prince Rupert | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 14% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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 behind British Columbia’s towns: 8.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Prince Rupert, against 18.1
Building permits added 297 homes in Prince Rupert between 2018 and 2023: some 50 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 8%, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
A peak in 2022: 109 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.
Prince Rupert against British Columbia’s towns: 44% under the $720,000 median
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 Prince Rupert: Kitimat and Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine
The places around Prince Rupert at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 112–117 km from Prince Rupert.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert | $400K | $418K | 62% | |
| Kitimat | $348K | $380K | 76% | 112.2 |
| Terrace | $420K | $434K | 70% | 113.2 |
| Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine | $468K | $512K | 89% | 113.8 |
| Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine | $332K | $344K | 78% | 117.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Prince Rupert
Is Prince Rupert expensive for British Columbia?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Prince Rupert’s is worth less.
What is the average house price in Prince Rupert?
Buyers paid $410,000 on average in 2023, or 2.7 years of their income at the median.
How many households in Prince Rupert are in core housing need?
7% of Prince Rupert’s households, under the 10% of British Columbia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).