Photo: Gerry Thomasen from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0Homes in Electoral Area B, Strathcona are worth 37% less than the median of British Columbia’s towns
In figures: $452,000 for the median home in 2021, $720,000 for the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Statistics Canada counted 25 buyers in 2023, paying a median $600,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $687,000.
What Electoral Area B, Strathcona’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. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $576K
- Owners
- 410
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $670K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4×
- Buyers
- 25
- British Columbia’s towns
- $682K
all residential
- Houses
- $739K
- Properties
- 790
- 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).
A town of houses: 95% of the homes in Electoral Area B, Strathcona stand alone (British Columbia’s towns: 62%)
The 2021 census counted 560 occupied homes in Electoral Area B, Strathcona. 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
| Electoral Area B, Strathcona | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 13% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 15% | 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.
Electoral Area B, Strathcona against British Columbia’s towns: 37% 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.
Electoral Area B, Strathcona’s neighbours by home value
The places around Electoral Area B, Strathcona at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 17–23 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area B, Strathcona.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Strathcona | $452K | $576K | 73% | |
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona | $600K | $635K | 82% | 17.3 |
| Campbell River | $532K | $566K | 72% | 21 |
| Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona | $600K | $687K | 89% | 22.2 |
| Electoral Area A, qathet | $600K | $606K | 86% | 23.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area B, Strathcona
Is Electoral Area B, Strathcona expensive for British Columbia?
Less than most: British Columbia’s towns have a median of $720,000, and Electoral Area B, Strathcona sits below it.
How many households in Electoral Area B, Strathcona are in core housing need?
In Electoral Area B, Strathcona, 15% of households are in core housing need, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
What is the average house price in Electoral Area B, Strathcona?
An average of $670,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 4 times the buyer’s income.
What are houses and condos assessed at in Electoral Area B, Strathcona?
The 2024 roll puts the median house at $739,000.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
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).