Brownsville sits 67% above British Columbia’s towns on home values
That is a median of $1,200,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Sales are published too: 14,620 buyers in 2023, at a median $810,000. Nobody publishes sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits for Brownsville alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Surrey.
What Brownsville’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against British Columbia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.12M
- Owners
- 3,895
- 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.
16% of Brownsville’s households are in core housing need, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns
Brownsville had 6,725 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 44% of them flats in a duplex. Half or more were standing by 2000. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Brownsville | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 21% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 16% | 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.
Surrey permitted 29.4 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 18.1 of British Columbia’s towns
Building permits added 31,037 homes in Surrey between 2018 and 2023: some 5,173 a year. Only 4% went into single-unit buildings, beside 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
The busiest year: 2019, with 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
Measured across the Vancouver metro area: monthly permits
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.
Brownsville against British Columbia’s towns: 67% 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 Brownsville: Whalley, Strawberry Hill and Bridgeview
Next to Brownsville: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsville | $1.2M | $1.12M | 58% | |
| Whalley | $500K | $774K | 47% | 2.8 |
| Strawberry Hill | $650K | $912K | 64% | 4.2 |
| Bridgeview | $800K | $911K | 69% | 4.2 |
| Newton | $1.2M | $1.02M | 62% | 4.3 |
| New Westminster | $700K | $862K | 55% | 4.6 |
| Port Mann | $1.2M | $1.21M | 64% | 5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Brownsville
Is Brownsville expensive for British Columbia?
Yes: Brownsville’s census median is above the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
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).