Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.088% of Mount Pleasant’s homes are apartments, against 12% for British Columbia’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $850,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $1,084,197. Statistics Canada counted 10,140 buyers in 2023, paying a median $1,100,000. Figures for sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Vancouver as a whole, not for Mount Pleasant alone.
Three ways to price a home in Mount Pleasant
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.08M
- Owners
- 8,055
- 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).
Houses in Vancouver carry 3.4 times the assessment of the median for 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.
More condos than most: 54% of the homes in Mount Pleasant (British Columbia’s towns: 10%)
Mount Pleasant had 20,390 occupied homes at the 2021 census. At least half predate 2001. 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
| Mount Pleasant | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 54% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 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.
Permits in Vancouver ran at 19 homes a year per 1,000, near the 18.1 of British Columbia’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 36,663 homes were permitted in Vancouver, close to 6,111 each 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
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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Vancouver metro area
Mount Pleasant against British Columbia’s towns: 18% over the $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.
Mount Pleasant’s neighbours by home value
Next to Mount Pleasant: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | $850K | $1.08M | 40% | |
| Strathcona | $850K | $1.02M | 24% | 1.7 |
| Little Saigon | $1.51M | $1.49M | 55% | 1.8 |
| Riley Park | $2M | $2.02M | 57% | 1.9 |
| Yaletown | $950K | $1.2M | 41% | 2 |
| South Cambie | $1.45M | $2.08M | 58% | 2.2 |
| Fairview | $900K | $1.03M | 41% | 2.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Mount Pleasant
How many households in Mount Pleasant are in core housing need?
More than most: 18% of households in Mount Pleasant, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%.
Is Mount Pleasant expensive for British Columbia?
More than most: British Columbia’s towns have a median of $720,000, and Mount Pleasant sits above it.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.
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).