Photo: RockyGoat · Public domainA home in Valemount is worth 58% less than the middle of British Columbia’s towns
The 2021 census gives $300,000 as the median value; British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Statistics Canada counted 30 buyers in 2023, paying a median $355,000.
What Valemount’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
- $293K
- Owners
- 355
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $330K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.7×
- Buyers
- 30
- 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).
A detached house in Valemount is assessed 47% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 525 homes in Valemount, detached houses 66% 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.
26% of Valemount’s households are in core housing need, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns
Of the 515 homes people lived in across Valemount at the 2021 census, 64% were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Valemount | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 14% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 26% | 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.
Valemount is 58% below the $720,000 median of British Columbia’s towns
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 Valemount: Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country), Thompson-Nicola
Next to Valemount: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 58–145 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Valemount.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valemount | $300K | $293K | 69% | |
| Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George | $348K | $390K | 85% | 58 |
| Jasper | $695K | $700K | 50% | 79.5 |
| Hinton | $336K | $337K | 72% | 130 |
| Clearwater | $324K | $348K | 76% | 141 |
| Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country), Thompson-Nicola | $280K | $296K | 86% | 145.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Valemount
What is the average house price in Valemount?
Buyers paid $330,000 on average in 2023, or 1.7 years of their income at the median.
Is Valemount expensive for British Columbia?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Valemount’s is worth less.
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. 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).