Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Apartments make up 97% of the homes in Yaletown, where British Columbia’s towns have 12%
The 2021 census put the median home at $950,000, with an average of $1,197,811. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Sales are published too: 10,140 buyers in 2023, at a median $1,100,000. Yaletown 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 Yaletown
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
- $1.2M
- Owners
- 9,185
- 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
Condos account for 52% of the 203,470 properties on Vancouver’s 2024 roll.
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 86% of Yaletown’s homes, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns
The 2021 census counted 22,440 occupied homes in Yaletown. Over half date from 2001 or later. 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
| Yaletown | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 86% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 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.
Building at the pace of British Columbia’s towns: 19 new homes a year per 1,000 in Vancouver, against 18.1
Over 2018–2023, 36,663 homes were permitted in Vancouver, close to 6,111 each year. Only 9% went into single-unit buildings, beside 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
Most in 2022: 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
The monthly permits numbers here cover 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.
Yaletown against British Columbia’s towns: 32% 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.
Lower values near Yaletown: Granville Entertainment District, Davie Village and Strathcona
The places around Yaletown at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaletown | $950K | $1.2M | 41% | |
| Granville Entertainment District | $800K | $1.11M | 34% | 0.7 |
| Davie Village | $750K | $969K | 16% | 1.4 |
| Coal Harbour | $1.35M | $2.18M | 42% | 1.5 |
| Strathcona | $850K | $1.02M | 24% | 1.7 |
| West End | $750K | $970K | 20% | 1.8 |
| Fairview | $900K | $1.03M | 41% | 2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Yaletown
How many households in Yaletown are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 18% of Yaletown’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 10% of British Columbia’s towns.
Is Yaletown expensive for British Columbia?
Yes: Yaletown’s census median is above the $720,000 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).