Photo: Northwest · CC BY-SA 4.0Apartments make up 65% of the homes in Guildford, where British Columbia’s towns have 12%
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $600,000, the average one $639,318. Statistics Canada counted 14,620 buyers in 2023, paying a median $810,000. For sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Surrey, Guildford included.
What Guildford’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. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $639K
- Owners
- 3,000
- 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.
Condominiums are 37% of Guildford’s homes, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns
At the 2021 census, Guildford had 5,220 homes with someone living in them. At least half predate 2001. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Guildford | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 37% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 21% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 24% | 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.
Building ahead of British Columbia’s towns: 29.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Surrey, against 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%).
The busiest year: 2019, with 6,634 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 26,358 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 11% fewer
Shared with the rest of 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.
Guildford against British Columbia’s towns: 17% 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.
Cheaper next to Guildford: Whalley
The places around Guildford at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford | $600K | $639K | 58% | |
| Johnston Heights | $645K | $810K | 68% | 1.3 |
| Birdland | $1M | $1.04M | 63% | 1.6 |
| Fraser Heights | $1.5M | $1.44M | 83% | 2.2 |
| Port Mann | $1.2M | $1.21M | 64% | 3 |
| Fleetwood | $1.1M | $1.1M | 75% | 3.9 |
| Whalley | $500K | $774K | 47% | 4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Guildford
How many households in Guildford are in core housing need?
In Guildford, 24% 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.
Is Guildford expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Guildford sits among the cheaper of British Columbia’s towns (median $720,000).
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 · 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).