Photo: Tavis Ford from Canada · CC BY 2.0Greektown’s home values run 2.8 times those of the middle of British Columbia’s towns
Owners put the median home at $2,000,000 at the 2021 census; for British Columbia’s towns the median is $720,000. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. Statistics Canada counted 10,140 buyers in 2023, paying a median $1,100,000. For sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Vancouver, Greektown included.
Three ways to price a home in Greektown
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
- $2.14M
- Owners
- 3,725
- 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).
Vancouver’s detached houses are assessed at 3.4 times the median of British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 203,470 homes in Vancouver, condos 52% 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.
Before 1961: 42% of the homes in Greektown, where British Columbia’s towns have 11%
The 2021 census counted 7,565 occupied homes in Greektown; 46% of them are apartments in low-rise buildings. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Greektown | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 24% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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
Vancouver issued permits for 36,663 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 6,111 a year. Very few were houses: 9% in single-unit buildings (British Columbia’s towns: 27%).
A peak in 2022: 8,052 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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Vancouver metro area
Greektown is dearer than most of British Columbia’s towns: 178% above their $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 Greektown: Kitsilano, Fairview and Davie Village
Next to Greektown: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greektown | $2M | $2.14M | 49% | |
| Kitsilano | $900K | $1.32M | 39% | 1.7 |
| West Point Grey | $2.92M | $3.47M | 60% | 1.8 |
| Dunbar-Southlands | $3M | $3.33M | 73% | 2.4 |
| Arbutus Ridge | $3M | $2.79M | 60% | 2.4 |
| Fairview | $900K | $1.03M | 41% | 3.3 |
| Davie Village | $750K | $969K | 16% | 3.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Greektown
Is Greektown expensive for British Columbia?
More than most: British Columbia’s towns have a median of $720,000, and Greektown sits above it.
How many households in Greektown are in core housing need?
Above the norm for British Columbia’s towns (10%): 13% in Greektown, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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 · 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).