Photo: Green slash · CC BY-SA 3.0New building in Sun Peaks Mountain runs at 60 homes a year per 1,000, beside 18.1 for British Columbia’s towns
A median of $750,000 and a mean of $816,000: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. Sales are published too: 125 buyers in 2023, at a median $799,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $839,000.
Three ways to price a home in Sun Peaks Mountain
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
- $816K
- Owners
- 455
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $880K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.7×
- Buyers
- 125
- 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).
Sun Peaks Mountain’s detached houses are assessed 87% above the median of British Columbia’s towns
Of Sun Peaks Mountain’s 1,270 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 47% are row houses and 22% are condos.
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.
61% of Sun Peaks Mountain’s homes are from 2001 or later, against 24% for British Columbia’s towns
620 occupied homes stood in Sun Peaks Mountain in 2021, and apartments in low-rise buildings made up 46% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sun Peaks Mountain | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 44% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Sun Peaks Mountain’s busiest year for permits was 2018, with 68 new homes
Building permits added 254 homes in Sun Peaks Mountain between 2018 and 2023: some 42 a year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 6% were single-unit, against 27% for British Columbia’s towns. Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Kamloops metro area, with Sun Peaks Mountain one part of it.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
809 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 14% on the year before
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.
Sun Peaks Mountain 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 Sun Peaks Mountain: Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola and Chase
The places around Sun Peaks Mountain at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Peaks Mountain | $750K | $816K | 73% | |
| Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola | $552K | $630K | 91% | 15.5 |
| Chase | $380K | $373K | 83% | 15.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sun Peaks Mountain
What is the average house price in Sun Peaks Mountain?
Homes sold for an average $880,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 2.7 times their household income.
How many households in Sun Peaks Mountain are in core housing need?
In Sun Peaks Mountain, 8% of households are in core housing need, close to the 10% of British Columbia’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Sun Peaks Mountain expensive for British Columbia?
In the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, and so, near enough, does Sun Peaks Mountain.
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 · 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).