Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHomes in Southern Gulf Islands are worth a median $600,000
The census of 2021 asked 2,695 owner households what their home was worth. Sales are published too: 230 buyers in 2023, at a median $700,000. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $714,000.
Southern Gulf Islands’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $698K
- Owners
- 2,695
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $810K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4.9×
- Buyers
- 230
- 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).
Southern Gulf Islands’s homes by type: detached houses lead, at 95%
Detached houses account for 95% of the 4,970 properties on Southern Gulf Islands’s 2024 roll.
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 95% of Southern Gulf Islands’s homes, against 62% for British Columbia’s towns
People lived in 3,180 homes in Southern Gulf Islands at the 2021 census. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Southern Gulf Islands | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
Southern Gulf Islands is 17% 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.
Home values around Southern Gulf Islands
Next to Southern Gulf Islands: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Gulf Islands | $600K | $698K | 86% | |
| Saltspring Island | $800K | $952K | 81% | 17.3 |
| North Saanich | $1.2M | $1.32M | 88% | 18.5 |
| Sidney | $750K | $798K | 77% | 18.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Southern Gulf Islands
Is Southern Gulf Islands expensive for British Columbia?
Less than most: British Columbia’s towns have a median of $720,000, and Southern Gulf Islands sits below it.
How many households in Southern Gulf Islands are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 9% of Southern Gulf Islands’s households in core housing need, much as for British Columbia’s towns (10%).
What is the average house price in Southern Gulf Islands?
An average of $810,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 4.9 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. 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).