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Property prices in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Buyers in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet pay 88% above the median sale of British Columbia’s towns

The middle home was worth $900,000 at the 2021 census, the average $1,172,000. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Assessors valued the median residential property at $641,000 for 2024.

Median home value
$900K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $1.17M
Median sale price
$1.28M
CHSP, 2023
40 buyers
Median assessed value
$641K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
49
permits, 2018–2023
61.8 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

Three ways to price a home in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet

Three sources, each set against British Columbia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.

Census 2021$900K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$1.17M
Owners
555
British Columbia’s towns
$720K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$1.28M

median sale price

Average sale
$1.21M
÷ buyers’ income
5.4×
Buyers
40
British Columbia’s towns
$682K
Assessed, 2024$641K

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).

By type of home

Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s detached houses are assessed 14% below the median of British Columbia’s towns

Of Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s 980 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 84% are detached houses.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns

Detached houses$641K
Mobile homes$594K
Multi-unit properties$1.5M
The mix of properties
Detached houses84%
Multi-unit properties8%
Mobile homes6%
1,430 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (British Columbia’s towns: 1,890 sq ft)

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.

The homes

More need than most: 20% of households in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet (British Columbia’s towns: 10%)

Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet had 815 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 79% of them single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns

Before 19618%
1961–198027%
1981–200034%
2001–201522%
2016–202110%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses79%
Semi-detached houses1%
Row housesunder 1%
Flats in a duplex12%
Apartments, under 5 storeys1%
Other attached1%
Movable dwellings9%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
Electoral Area C, Squamish-LillooetBritish ColumbiaCanada
Condominiums1%10%8%
Needing major repairs10%6%6%
Too small for the household7%4%3%
Households in core housing need20%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.

New homes

Permits in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet ran at 61.8 homes a year per 1,000, where British Columbia’s towns ran at 18.1

Over 2018–2023, 292 homes were permitted in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet, close to 49 each year. 39% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 27% for British Columbia’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

Most in 2022: 84 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
020406080100201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet61.8
British Columbia’s towns18.1
The typical Canadian town13.8
$31M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023

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.

Across British Columbia

Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet is 25% above 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.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Lower values near Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet: Pemberton and Lillooet

The places around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet with figures are 1–73 km away.

PembertonWhistlerSquamishElectoral Area D, Squamish-LillooetLillooetPembertonWhistlerSquamishElectoral Area D, Squamish-LillooetLillooetElectoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet$900K$1.17M71%
Pemberton$800K$860K65%1.2
Whistler$1.2M$1.64M56%27.2
Squamish$1M$1.11M70%70.7
Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet$1.3M$1.49M91%72.2
Lillooet$400K$442K83%73.4

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet

Is Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet expensive for British Columbia?

Above the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s is worth more.

What is the average house price in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet?

The average sale was $1,210,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 5.4 times their income.

Can I see individual sales or prices by street?

No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.

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).