Photo: Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0An apartment town: 99% of West End’s homes, against 12% across British Columbia’s towns
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $750,000; the average was $969,679. Statistics Canada counted 10,140 buyers in 2023, paying a median $1,100,000. West End shares its sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Vancouver.
West End’s homes, by three sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $970K
- Owners
- 3,970
- 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.
Condominiums are 36% of West End’s homes, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns
West End had 19,590 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 1981. 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
| West End | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 36% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 9% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 28% | 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
Vancouver issued permits for 36,663 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 6,111 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 9%, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
A peak 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
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.
West End sits close to 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.
West End’s neighbours by home value
Next to West End: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West End | $750K | $970K | 20% | |
| Davie Village | $750K | $969K | 16% | 0.7 |
| Coal Harbour | $1.35M | $2.18M | 42% | 0.7 |
| Granville Entertainment District | $800K | $1.11M | 34% | 1.4 |
| Yaletown | $950K | $1.2M | 41% | 1.8 |
| Kitsilano | $900K | $1.32M | 39% | 2.6 |
| Fairview | $900K | $1.03M | 41% | 2.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in West End
How many households in West End are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 28% of West End’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 10% of British Columbia’s towns.
Is West End expensive for British Columbia?
Neither more nor less: British Columbia’s towns have a median of $720,000, and West End is near 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).