Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0An apartment town: 81% of Strathcona’s homes, against 12% across British Columbia’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $850,000, the average one $1,024,200. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. The median sale in 2023 was $1,100,000, across 10,140 buyers. Strathcona doesn’t get its own sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Vancouver.
Three ways to price a home in Strathcona
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
- $1.02M
- Owners
- 1,550
- 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
Assessors listed 203,470 residential properties in Vancouver for 2024, 52% of them 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.
More condos than most: 33% of the homes in Strathcona (British Columbia’s towns: 10%)
The 2021 census counted 6,740 occupied homes in Strathcona. The older half dates from before 2001. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Strathcona | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 33% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 25% | 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. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 9% were single-unit, against 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 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
Monthly permits for the Vancouver metro area
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.
Strathcona is 18% 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 Strathcona: Granville Entertainment District
Next to Strathcona: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona | $850K | $1.02M | 24% | |
| Yaletown | $950K | $1.2M | 41% | 1.7 |
| Mount Pleasant | $850K | $1.08M | 40% | 1.7 |
| Grandview-Woodland | $1.45M | $1.24M | 36% | 1.8 |
| Granville Entertainment District | $800K | $1.11M | 34% | 2.4 |
| Coal Harbour | $1.35M | $2.18M | 42% | 2.8 |
| Little Saigon | $1.51M | $1.49M | 55% | 3.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Strathcona
How many households in Strathcona are in core housing need?
In Strathcona, 25% of households are in core housing need, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
Is Strathcona expensive for British Columbia?
Dearer than the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, Strathcona to more.
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).