Photo: William Matheson from Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in West River are worth a median $302,000
The census of 2021 asked 1,235 owner households what their home was worth. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. What homes sold for in West River isn’t public: no sale figures are released on Prince Edward Island.
Two ways to price a home in West River
Each source sits beside its own median for Prince Edward Island’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $354K
- Owners
- 1,235
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $288K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $159K
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 roll, 86% of West River’s properties are detached houses
Assessors listed 2,005 residential properties in West River for 2024, 86% of them detached houses.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’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 Prince Edward Island’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
The homes of West River, by period and type
1,340 occupied homes stood in West River in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 94% of them. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Homes by kind
| West River | Prince Edward Island | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 5% | 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.
West River against Prince Edward Island’s towns: about level with the $288,000 median
12 of Prince Edward Island’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 West River: Miltonvale Park
Next to West River: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West River | $302K | $354K | 94% | |
| Cornwall | $324K | $358K | 67% | 9.9 |
| Kingston | $348K | $354K | 96% | 11.8 |
| Charlottetown | $348K | $379K | 46% | 15 |
| Stratford | $400K | $433K | 71% | 15.2 |
| Miltonvale Park | $280K | $300K | 88% | 17.2 |
| Crapaud, Part 1 | $300K | $362K | 94% | 18.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in West River
How many households in West River are in core housing need?
In West River, 2% of households are in core housing need, against 5% for Prince Edward Island’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is West River expensive for Prince Edward Island?
West River is close to the norm for Prince Edward Island’s towns, whose median home is worth $288,000.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).