Photo: Asahel Curtis · Public domainA home in Quesnel is worth 58% less than the middle of British Columbia’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $300,000, where British Columbia’s towns sit at $720,000. The median sale in 2023 was $385,000, across 215 buyers. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $317,000.
Three ways to price a home in Quesnel
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $308K
- Owners
- 2,800
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $390K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3.1×
- Buyers
- 215
- 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).
A detached house in Quesnel is assessed 53% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
In 2024, Quesnel had 3,290 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 76% of them and 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.
More homes in poor repair than most: 10% in Quesnel (British Columbia’s towns: 6%)
Quesnel had 4,505 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 60% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Quesnel | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Quesnel permitted 5.4 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 18.1 of British Columbia’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 133 homes were permitted in Quesnel, close to 22 each year. About 38% went into single-unit buildings, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
A peak in 2021: 51 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.
Quesnel is cheaper than most of British Columbia’s towns: 58% under their $720,000 median
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 Quesnel: Electoral Area I, Cariboo and Electoral Area C, Cariboo
Next to Quesnel: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quesnel | $300K | $308K | 62% | |
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | $300K | $319K | 87% | 5.5 |
| Electoral Area I, Cariboo | $282K | $308K | 86% | 10.5 |
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo | $250K | $264K | 88% | 10.7 |
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | $300K | $331K | 86% | 11.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Quesnel
Is Quesnel expensive for British Columbia?
Cheaper than the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, Quesnel to less.
What is the average house price in Quesnel?
The average sale was $390,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 3.1 times their income.
How many households in Quesnel are in core housing need?
8% of Quesnel’s households, near 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).