Owners in Renfrew-Collingwood value their homes at 2.1 times the median of British Columbia’s towns
That is a median of $1,510,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. 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 Renfrew-Collingwood one part of it.
What Renfrew-Collingwood’s homes are worth, three ways
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.58M
- Owners
- 4,865
- 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
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.
Core housing need: 16% of Renfrew-Collingwood’s households, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%
The 2021 census counted 8,505 occupied homes in Renfrew-Collingwood; 50% of them are flats in a duplex. 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
| Renfrew-Collingwood | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 16% | 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
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%).
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. · Monthly permits published for the Vancouver metro area, not by town
Renfrew-Collingwood is 110% 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 Renfrew-Collingwood: Broadview and Collingwood
The places around Renfrew-Collingwood at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renfrew-Collingwood | $1.51M | $1.58M | 57% | |
| Norquay Village | $1.5M | $1.4M | 58% | 1.4 |
| Broadview | $1.39M | $1.26M | 62% | 1.6 |
| Collingwood | $560K | $961K | 54% | 1.7 |
| Kensington-Cedar Cottage | $1.51M | $1.54M | 55% | 2.3 |
| Garden Village | $1.7M | $1.74M | 64% | 2.5 |
| Hastings-Sunrise | $1.5M | $1.49M | 56% | 2.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Renfrew-Collingwood
Is Renfrew-Collingwood expensive for British Columbia?
More than most: British Columbia’s towns have a median of $720,000, and Renfrew-Collingwood sits above it.
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).