Photo: Sandy Busche · CC BY 3.0Owners in Taylor value their homes 60% below the median of British Columbia’s towns
Owners put the median home at $290,000 at the 2021 census; for British Columbia’s towns the median is $720,000. Statistics Canada counted 40 buyers in 2023, paying a median $212,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $188,000.
What Taylor’s homes are worth, three ways
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $318K
- Owners
- 420
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $260K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2×
- Buyers
- 40
- 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).
Taylor’s detached houses are assessed 61% below the median of British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 565 homes in Taylor, mobile homes 50% of them.
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 homes in poor repair than most: 10% in Taylor (British Columbia’s towns: 6%)
Taylor had 545 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 45% of them movable dwellings. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Taylor | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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 Taylor ran at 3.3 homes a year per 1,000, where British Columbia’s towns ran at 18.1
Taylor issued permits for 10 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 2 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 78% in single-unit buildings (British Columbia’s towns: 27%).
Most in 2022: 3 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Taylor is cheaper than most of British Columbia’s towns: 60% under their $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.
Taylor’s neighbours by home value
The places around Taylor at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor | $290K | $318K | 77% | |
| Fort St. John | $348K | $365K | 58% | 13.4 |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River | $500K | $550K | 86% | 17.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Taylor
What is the average house price in Taylor?
Homes sold for an average $260,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 2 times their household income.
Is Taylor expensive for British Columbia?
Cheaper than the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, Taylor to less.
How many households in Taylor are in core housing need?
5% of Taylor’s households, under the 10% of British Columbia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).