Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0Half the owned homes in Shawnigan are valued above $700,000
The census of 2021 asked 2,985 owner households what their home was worth. Statistics Canada counted 210 buyers in 2023, paying a median $887,000. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $931,000.
What Shawnigan’s homes are worth, three ways
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
- $787K
- Owners
- 2,985
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $1.01M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.2×
- Buyers
- 210
- 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).
Shawnigan’s detached houses are assessed 29% above the median of British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 3,445 homes in Shawnigan, detached houses 90% of them.
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.
Single-detached houses are 88% of Shawnigan’s homes, against 62% for British Columbia’s towns
People lived in 3,450 homes in Shawnigan at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Shawnigan | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Shawnigan against British Columbia’s towns: about level with 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 Shawnigan: Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley and Duncan
The places around Shawnigan at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnigan | $700K | $787K | 87% | |
| Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley | $800K | $814K | 88% | 6.6 |
| Cobble Hill | $750K | $776K | 89% | 7 |
| Cowichan Bay | $695K | $708K | 85% | 9.6 |
| Cowichan | – | – | 41% | 13.3 |
| Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley | $650K | $736K | 80% | 13.4 |
| Duncan | $400K | $423K | 58% | 14.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Shawnigan
How many households in Shawnigan are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 5% of Shawnigan’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 10% of British Columbia’s towns.
What is the average house price in Shawnigan?
An average of $1,010,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 5.2 times the buyer’s income.
Is Shawnigan expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Shawnigan sits mid-table among British Columbia’s towns (median $720,000).
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. 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).