Photo: Ian Spence · CC BY 3.0Expensive homes pull Coal Harbour’s average 61% above the middle
Census values for 2021: a median of $1,350,000 and an average of $2,177,172. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. In 2023, 10,140 homes changed hands at a median price of $1,100,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. Behind sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Vancouver, with Coal Harbour one part of it.
Coal Harbour’s homes, by three sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $2.18M
- Owners
- 2,355
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale, wider area
- Average sale
- $1.47M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 6.5×
- Buyers
- 10,140
- 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 Vancouver is assessed at 3.4 times the middle of British Columbia’s towns
Of Vancouver’s 203,470 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 52% are condos.
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.
Apartments are 97% of Coal Harbour’s homes, against 12% for British Columbia’s towns
The 2021 census counted 5,625 occupied homes in Coal Harbour. The majority are from this century. 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
| Coal Harbour | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 90% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 10% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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 at the pace of British Columbia’s towns: 19 new homes a year per 1,000 in Vancouver, against 18.1
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Vancouver created 36,663 homes, about 6,111 a year. Very few were houses: 9% in single-unit buildings (British Columbia’s towns: 27%). Nobody publishes monthly permits for Coal Harbour alone, so this card uses the figure for the Vancouver metro area.
A peak in 2022: 8,052 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 11%: 26,358 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
Coal Harbour is 88% above 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 Coal Harbour: West End, Davie Village and Granville Entertainment District
The places around Coal Harbour at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Harbour | $1.35M | $2.18M | 42% | |
| West End | $750K | $970K | 20% | 0.7 |
| Davie Village | $750K | $969K | 16% | 1 |
| Granville Entertainment District | $800K | $1.11M | 34% | 1.3 |
| Yaletown | $950K | $1.2M | 41% | 1.5 |
| Strathcona | $850K | $1.02M | 24% | 2.8 |
| Fairview | $900K | $1.03M | 41% | 2.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Coal Harbour
Is Coal Harbour expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Coal Harbour ranks among the dearer of British Columbia’s towns (median $720,000).
How many households in Coal Harbour are in core housing need?
19% of Coal Harbour’s households, above the 10% of British Columbia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
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).