Photo: Michael Rogers. Original uploader was Mjrogers50 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Before 1961 is when 47% of Rossland’s homes went up, beside 11% for British Columbia’s towns
A median of $500,000 and a mean of $526,500: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. In 2023, 120 homes changed hands at a median price of $577,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $553,000.
Three ways to price a home in Rossland
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $527K
- Owners
- 1,445
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $610K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3.4×
- Buyers
- 120
- 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 Rossland carry assessments 18% under the middle of British Columbia’s towns
Of Rossland’s 1,965 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 74% are detached houses and 14% are condos.
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.
Rossland’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Of the 1,805 homes people lived in across Rossland at the 2021 census, 77% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rossland | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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.
Permits in Rossland ran at 31.9 homes a year per 1,000, where British Columbia’s towns ran at 18.1
Over 2018–2023, 315 homes were permitted in Rossland, close to 53 each year. Single-unit buildings took 24%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 130 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.
Rossland against British Columbia’s towns: 31% 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 Rossland: Warfield, Trail and Montrose
The places around Rossland at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Rossland
How many households in Rossland are in core housing need?
In Rossland, 2% of households are in core housing need, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Rossland expensive for British Columbia?
Less than most: British Columbia’s towns have a median of $720,000, and Rossland sits below it.
What is the average house price in Rossland?
An average of $610,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 3.4 times the buyer’s income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.
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).