Photo: The original uploader was Damieng at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0Buyers in Squamish pay 52% above the median sale of British Columbia’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $1,000,000, the average one $1,113,000. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $1,120,000.
What Squamish’s homes are worth, three ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.11M
- Owners
- 6,425
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $1.12M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.3×
- Buyers
- 810
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Squamish’s houses sit at 2 times British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 8,490 homes in Squamish: detached houses make 38% of them, condos 23%.
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.
Condominiums are 28% of Squamish’s homes, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns
9,185 occupied homes stood in Squamish in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 41% of them. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Squamish | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 28% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
Squamish is dearer than most of British Columbia’s towns: 39% above 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 Squamish: Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast
Next to Squamish: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Squamish has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–43 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squamish | $1M | $1.11M | 70% | |
| Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet | $1.3M | $1.49M | 91% | 4.1 |
| Lions Bay | $1.8M | $1.99M | 88% | 30.8 |
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast | $850K | $974K | 80% | 41.2 |
| Bowen Island | $1.25M | $1.44M | 85% | 43.4 |
| West Vancouver | $2.5M | $3.13M | 71% | 43.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Squamish
Is Squamish expensive for British Columbia?
Above the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Squamish’s is worth more.
How many households in Squamish are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 6% of Squamish’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 10% of British Columbia’s towns.
What is the average house price in Squamish?
The average sale was $1,120,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 5.3 times their income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.
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).