Photo: DJ Cane · CC BY-SA 4.0Sunnyside’s housing is newer than most: 59% has gone up since 2001, against 24% for British Columbia’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $785,000, the average one $869,104. The median sale in 2023 was $810,000, across 14,620 buyers. For sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Surrey, Sunnyside included.
Three ways to price a home in Sunnyside
Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $869K
- Owners
- 5,445
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Surrey’s houses sit at 2.1 times British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 157,375 homes in Surrey: detached houses make 34% of them, 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 condos than most: 32% of the homes in Sunnyside (British Columbia’s towns: 10%)
The 2021 census counted 6,940 occupied homes in Sunnyside; 43% of them are row houses. 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
| Sunnyside | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 32% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
29.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Surrey: more than British Columbia’s towns (18.1)
Some 5,173 homes a year: 31,037 in all were permitted in Surrey from 2018 to 2023. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 4% were single-unit, against 27% for British Columbia’s towns. Figures for monthly permits are published for the Vancouver metro area as a whole, not for Sunnyside alone.
Most in 2019: 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
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.
Sunnyside against British Columbia’s towns: 9% 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 Sunnyside: Anderson Walk
Next to Sunnyside: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | $785K | $869K | 79% | |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre | $880K | $933K | 75% | 1.7 |
| South Surrey | $1.2M | $1.41M | 84% | 1.9 |
| Grandview | $1.3M | $1.46M | 79% | 2.1 |
| Morgan Creek | $1.51M | $1.51M | 91% | 2.1 |
| Anderson Walk | $695K | $1.06M | 74% | 2.2 |
| White Rock | $900K | $1.14M | 65% | 2.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sunnyside
How many households in Sunnyside are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 15% of Sunnyside’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 10% of British Columbia’s towns.
Is Sunnyside expensive for British Columbia?
Yes: Sunnyside’s census median is above the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
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).