Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHome values in Birdland run 39% higher than the median of British Columbia’s towns
The 2021 census gives $1,000,000 as the median value; British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000. In 2023, 14,620 homes changed hands at a median price of $810,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. Behind sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Surrey, with Birdland one part of it.
Birdland’s homes, by three sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.04M
- Owners
- 2,120
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale, wider area
- Average sale
- $970K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 6.1×
- Buyers
- 14,620
- 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).
Houses in Surrey carry 2.1 times the assessment of the median for British Columbia’s towns
In 2024, Surrey had 157,375 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 34% of them and condos 20%.
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.
More need than most: 17% of households in Birdland (British Columbia’s towns: 10%)
Of the 3,375 homes people lived in across Birdland at the 2021 census, 37% were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Birdland | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 16% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 18% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 17% | 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.
Permits in Surrey ran at 29.4 homes a year per 1,000, where British Columbia’s towns ran at 18.1
Surrey issued permits for 31,037 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 5,173 a year. Very few were houses: 4% in single-unit buildings (British Columbia’s towns: 27%).
A peak in 2019: 6,634 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
26,358 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 11% on the year before
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over the Vancouver metro area
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.
Birdland against British Columbia’s towns: 39% over the $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 Birdland: Guildford, Johnston Heights and Whalley
The places around Birdland at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birdland | $1M | $1.04M | 63% | |
| Port Mann | $1.2M | $1.21M | 64% | 1.4 |
| Guildford | $600K | $639K | 58% | 1.6 |
| Johnston Heights | $645K | $810K | 68% | 2.2 |
| Whalley | $500K | $774K | 47% | 3.1 |
| Fraser Heights | $1.5M | $1.44M | 83% | 3.2 |
| Bridgeview | $800K | $911K | 69% | 4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Birdland
Is Birdland expensive for British Columbia?
Above the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Birdland’s is worth more.
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 · 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).