Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Homes in Kerrisdale are worth 4.2 times the median of British Columbia’s towns
That is a median of $3,020,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. 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, Kerrisdale included.
Kerrisdale’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $3.38M
- Owners
- 3,490
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Vancouver’s houses sit at 3.4 times 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.
Apartments are 44% of Kerrisdale’s homes, against 12% for British Columbia’s towns
At the 2021 census, Kerrisdale had 5,915 homes with someone living in them. At least half predate 2001. 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
| Kerrisdale | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 24% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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.
19 new homes a year per 1,000 in Vancouver: in step with British Columbia’s towns (18.1)
Building permits added 36,663 homes in Vancouver between 2018 and 2023: some 6,111 a year. Very few were houses: 9% in single-unit buildings (British Columbia’s towns: 27%). Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Vancouver metro area, with Kerrisdale one part of it.
Most in 2022: 8,052 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
26,358 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 11% on the year before
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.
Kerrisdale is 319% above the $720,000 median of British Columbia’s towns
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 Kerrisdale: Marpole
The places around Kerrisdale at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerrisdale | $3.02M | $3.38M | 59% | |
| Arbutus Ridge | $3M | $2.79M | 60% | 2 |
| Shaughnessy | $5M | $5.31M | 73% | 2.4 |
| Oakridge | $2.9M | $2.76M | 57% | 2.4 |
| Dunbar-Southlands | $3M | $3.33M | 73% | 2.6 |
| Marpole | $1.8M | $1.81M | 41% | 2.9 |
| Musqueam 2 | – | – | 50% | 3.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Kerrisdale
Is Kerrisdale expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Kerrisdale ranks among the dearer of British Columbia’s towns (median $720,000).
How many households in Kerrisdale are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 18% of Kerrisdale’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 10% of British Columbia’s towns.
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).