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Price per square foot, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
The single most useful number for comparing two places, because it strips out the size difference that list price hides. Here it is for every neighbourhood with enough newly built ground-oriented homes on the market to measure.
The short answer
Price per square foot for newly built ground-oriented homes ranges from $373 in Lower Landing, Chilliwack to $1,430 in Kitsilano, Vancouver. The regional median is $820. 97 neighbourhoods carry enough active listings to publish a figure.
- Neighbourhoods measured
- 97
- Regional median
- $820
- Lowest
- $373
- Highest
- $1,430
What this number is really measuring
It costs the same to frame, wire, and finish a townhouse in Chilliwack as it does in Kitsilano. The trades are the same, the code is the same, the materials come from the same suppliers. So when the price per square foot at the top of this table is 3.8 times the price at the bottom, almost none of that gap is the building. It is the land under it.
That is what makes the figure useful. It turns "where do you want to live" into a number you can put a dollar sign on. A family choosing between Kitsilano and Lower Landing is not choosing between two houses. They are deciding what a location is worth to them, and this table tells them the price.
It is not a verdict on value. A cheaper square foot usually costs you time instead, in commute and in distance from rapid transit. The best value page takes that trade-off apart properly.
Every neighbourhood, most expensive first
The last column is the split between townhouses and half duplexes, which matters more than it looks. Half duplex neighbourhoods are rebuilt single family streets, so the homes are usually larger and there is rarely a complex. Townhouse neighbourhoods are complexes, with a monthly fee and shared grounds.
| Neighbourhood | City | Active | Median price | Per sq ft | Median size | Townhouse / half duplex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitsilano | Vancouver | 37 | $2,398,000 | $1,430 | 1,560 | 8 / 29 |
| Oakridge | Vancouver | 12 | $1,719,950 | $1,334 | 1,339 | 10 / 2 |
| Dunbar | Vancouver | 27 | $2,198,000 | $1,290 | 1,846 | 0 / 27 |
| Cambie | Vancouver | 46 | $1,699,450 | $1,276 | 1,358 | 36 / 10 |
| Kerrisdale | Vancouver | 22 | $2,138,000 | $1,253 | 1,680 | 6 / 16 |
| MacKenzie Heights | Vancouver | 4 | $2,229,000 to $2,469,000 | $1,126 to $1,362 | 1,845 | 0 / 4 |
| Point Grey | Vancouver | 15 | $1,998,000 | $1,246 | 1,664 | 2 / 13 |
| Southwest Marine | Vancouver | 10 | $1,899,900 | $1,220 | 1,569 | 2 / 8 |
| Edgemont | North Vancouver | 5 | $1,999,900 to $2,199,900 | $1,119 to $1,213 | 1,813 | 3 / 2 |
| Mount Pleasant East | Vancouver | 14 | $1,898,000 | $1,205 | 1,619 | 2 / 12 |
| Shaughnessy | Vancouver | 28 | $1,798,500 | $1,197 | 1,589 | 17 / 11 |
| University VW | Vancouver | 5 | $1,499,200 to $1,994,000 | $1,139 to $1,214 | 1,581 | 5 / 0 |
| Main | Vancouver | 29 | $1,935,000 | $1,167 | 1,581 | 4 / 25 |
| Quilchena | Vancouver | 7 | $1,748,800 to $2,588,000 | $902 to $1,187 | 2,255 | 3 / 4 |
| South Cambie | Vancouver | 16 | $1,444,483 | $1,137 | 1,355 | 14 / 2 |
| Arbutus | Vancouver | 11 | $2,299,000 | $1,127 | 1,873 | 3 / 8 |
| South Granville | Vancouver | 23 | $1,498,000 | $1,094 | 1,397 | 19 / 4 |
| Marpole | Vancouver | 5 | $1,339,360 to $2,089,000 | $962 to $1,080 | 1,542 | 2 / 3 |
| Grandview-Woodland | Vancouver | 45 | $1,599,000 | $1,062 | 1,543 | 14 / 31 |
| Fraser Street | Vancouver | 28 | $1,499,450 | $1,046 | 1,480 | 8 / 20 |
| Quilchena | Richmond | 7 | $1,262,000 to $1,619,940 | $919 to $1,049 | 1,377 | 7 / 0 |
| Central Lonsdale | North Vancouver | 8 | $1,797,450 | $973 | 1,875 | 4 / 4 |
| Steveston North | Richmond | 12 | $1,523,950 | $961 | 1,600 | 7 / 5 |
| Brighouse | Richmond | 19 | $1,299,000 | $961 | 1,439 | 19 / 0 |
| Saunders | Richmond | 11 | $1,449,900 | $956 | 1,418 | 7 / 4 |
| Renfrew Heights | Vancouver | 28 | $1,408,950 | $953 | 1,390 | 6 / 22 |
| Lower Lonsdale | North Vancouver | 18 | $1,259,500 | $950 | 1,318 | 17 / 1 |
| Killarney | Vancouver | 28 | $1,468,000 | $949 | 1,499 | 1 / 27 |
| Hastings Sunrise | Vancouver | 23 | $1,425,000 | $945 | 1,488 | 3 / 20 |
| McLennan North | Richmond | 7 | $1,179,888 to $1,450,000 | $799 to $999 | 1,416 | 7 / 0 |
| Windsor Park NV | North Vancouver | 4 | $1,373,900 to $1,539,900 | $893 to $1,016 | 1,562 | 4 / 0 |
| Renfrew | Vancouver | 39 | $1,389,900 | $927 | 1,463 | 7 / 32 |
| Knight | Vancouver | 31 | $1,298,000 | $903 | 1,396 | 7 / 24 |
| Hastings | Vancouver | 8 | $1,293,900 | $901 | 1,506 | 5 / 3 |
| Victoria-Fraserview | Vancouver | 13 | $1,418,000 | $899 | 1,458 | 3 / 10 |
| Fraserview | Vancouver | 9 | $1,280,000 | $899 | 1,559 | 0 / 9 |
| Collingwood | Vancouver | 18 | $1,464,000 | $893 | 1,683 | 4 / 14 |
| South Vancouver | Vancouver | 16 | $1,488,000 | $874 | 1,595 | 0 / 16 |
| Hospital Hill | Squamish | 4 | $1,136,600 to $1,446,300 | $753 to $994 | 1,529 | 4 / 0 |
| Vancouver Heights | Burnaby | 7 | $1,477,000 to $2,119,000 | $758 to $899 | 1,948 | 3 / 4 |
| Lynnmour | North Vancouver | 4 | $1,179,030 to $1,563,940 | $800 to $948 | 1,553 | 3 / 1 |
| Metrotown | Burnaby | 9 | $1,063,000 | $831 | 1,375 | 7 / 2 |
| Coquitlam West | Coquitlam | 37 | $1,079,900 | $815 | 1,270 | 37 / 0 |
| Plateau | Squamish | 4 | $1,349,900 to $1,513,000 | $769 to $851 | 1,771 | 4 / 0 |
| Westridge | Burnaby | 5 | $1,499,999 to $2,708,000 | $666 to $860 | 1,894 | 3 / 2 |
| Maillardville | Coquitlam | 14 | $1,234,950 | $803 | 1,561 | 1 / 13 |
| Willingdon Heights | Burnaby | 12 | $1,579,000 | $796 | 2,010 | 9 / 3 |
| Highgate | Burnaby | 10 | $1,278,000 | $756 | 1,575 | 4 / 6 |
| Pemberton | Pemberton | 13 | $1,049,000 | $749 | 1,400 | 9 / 4 |
| Hamilton | Richmond | 19 | $999,000 | $743 | 1,288 | 19 / 0 |
| Capitol Hill BN | Burnaby | 4 | $1,522,430 to $2,399,000 | $660 to $797 | 2,659 | 0 / 4 |
| Parkcrest | Burnaby | 5 | $1,519,400 to $1,899,360 | $702 to $750 | 2,316 | 2 / 3 |
| Sperling-Duthie | Burnaby | 14 | $1,554,000 | $729 | 2,069 | 5 / 9 |
| Hawthorne | Delta | 6 | $914,900 to $1,494,000 | $677 to $879 | 1,561 | 3 / 3 |
| Holly | Delta | 4 | $892,192 to $1,094,570 | $705 to $740 | 1,288 | 4 / 0 |
| Queensborough | New Westminster | 5 | $884,893 to $1,071,895 | $660 to $732 | 1,311 | 5 / 0 |
| Central Port Coquitlam | Port Coquitlam | 10 | $1,029,900 | $680 | 1,614 | 6 / 4 |
| Scott Creek | Coquitlam | 4 | $947,270 to $1,249,900 | $645 to $717 | 1,645 | 4 / 0 |
| East Burnaby | Burnaby | 7 | $1,449,888 to $1,834,000 | $536 to $749 | 2,414 | 0 / 7 |
| Burke Mountain | Coquitlam | 36 | $1,183,950 | $658 | 1,752 | 35 / 1 |
| Burnaby North Central | Burnaby | 7 | $1,316,600 to $1,598,400 | $598 to $734 | 2,153 | 4 / 3 |
| Edmonds | Burnaby | 7 | $687,000 to $1,580,000 | $598 to $879 | 1,523 | 6 / 1 |
| South Slope | Burnaby | 5 | $1,676,000 to $1,838,920 | $606 to $696 | 2,787 | 0 / 5 |
| Ladner Elementary | Delta | 5 | $1,334,920 to $1,459,360 | $606 to $709 | 2,234 | 1 / 3 |
| East Newton | Surrey | 8 | $834,400 | $621 | 1,422 | 5 / 3 |
| Forest Glen | Burnaby | 11 | $1,419,000 | $614 | 2,311 | 9 / 2 |
| Pacific Douglas | Surrey | 8 | $1,224,000 | $602 | 2,052 | 2 / 6 |
| Grandview Heights | Surrey | 36 | $1,149,450 | $589 | 1,892 | 19 / 17 |
| Upper Deer Lake | Burnaby | 5 | $1,564,000 to $2,498,000 | $579 to $710 | 3,879 | 2 / 3 |
| Willoughby Heights | Langley | 74 | $949,900 | $569 | 1,678 | 58 / 12 |
| Whalley | Surrey | 8 | $844,900 | $566 | 1,533 | 7 / 1 |
| Albion | Maple Ridge | 7 | $709,900 to $819,320 | $515 to $567 | 1,443 | 7 / 0 |
| Tantalus | Squamish | 4 | $1,231,000 to $1,438,000 | $541 to $581 | 2,275 | 4 / 0 |
| Sunshine Hills Woods | Delta | 4 | $1,299,270 to $1,445,000 | $533 to $571 | 2,448 | 0 / 4 |
| Fleetwood Tynehead | Surrey | 24 | $1,024,950 | $548 | 1,907 | 16 / 8 |
| Annieville | Delta | 11 | $1,224,000 | $533 | 2,317 | 0 / 11 |
| Crescent Bch Ocean Pk. | Surrey | 4 | $1,148,000 to $1,396,000 | $495 to $562 | 2,426 | 0 / 4 |
| Cottonwood MR | Maple Ridge | 7 | $658,900 to $1,033,940 | $469 to $633 | 1,671 | 6 / 1 |
| Scottsdale | Delta | 11 | $1,335,000 | $522 | 2,650 | 0 / 11 |
| South Meadows | Pitt Meadows | 7 | $1,085,360 to $1,355,000 | $478 to $645 | 2,492 | 3 / 4 |
| Queen Mary Park | Surrey | 7 | $955,280 to $1,599,999 | $508 to $562 | 2,735 | 3 / 4 |
| Langley City | Langley | 4 | $801,330 to $1,239,699 | $449 to $721 | 1,781 | 3 / 0 |
| Central Abbotsford | Abbotsford | 15 | $819,000 | $510 | 1,609 | 8 / 6 |
| Fraser Heights | Surrey | 12 | $1,084,999 | $509 | 1,969 | 7 / 5 |
| Panorama Ridge | Surrey | 5 | $838,900 to $1,459,000 | $464 to $542 | 2,675 | 2 / 3 |
| Cloverdale | Surrey | 18 | $1,338,000 | $496 | 2,747 | 7 / 11 |
| Sullivan Station | Surrey | 18 | $869,450 | $494 | 1,885 | 16 / 2 |
| Cedar Hills | Surrey | 8 | $1,109,890 | $493 | 2,338 | 4 / 4 |
| Sechelt District | Sechelt | 5 | $683,000 to $888,600 | $488 to $594 | 1,421 | 5 / 0 |
| Abbotsford East | Abbotsford | 18 | $979,000 | $488 | 2,085 | 6 / 11 |
| Poplar | Abbotsford | 4 | $652,900 to $706,900 | $403 to $518 | 1,504 | 4 / 0 |
| Abbotsford West | Abbotsford | 5 | $699,000 to $799,599 | $393 to $540 | 1,580 | 5 / 0 |
| Mission | Mission | 45 | $789,000 | $430 | 1,813 | 29 / 16 |
| West Central | Maple Ridge | 4 | $1,214,330 to $1,249,900 | $380 to $472 | 2,956 | 0 / 4 |
| Chilliwack Proper East | Chilliwack | 6 | $669,900 to $829,000 | $404 to $426 | 1,660 | 5 / 1 |
| Bolivar Heights | Surrey | 13 | $1,489,000 | $398 | 3,741 | 0 / 13 |
| Lower Landing | Chilliwack | 10 | $647,400 | $373 | 1,667 | 10 / 0 |
A dash means fewer than four active listings, which is too few to publish a figure for. Rows with four to seven listings show a range instead of a median.
Measured across 1,505 active listings on .
Reading the extremes
Kitsilano, Vancouver at $1,430 per square foot, with a median home of 1,560 sq ft listing at $2,398,000 across 37 active listings.
Lower Landing, Chilliwack at $373 per square foot, with a median home of 1,667 sq ft listing at $647,400 across 10 active listings.
Both are newly built, both are ground-oriented, both were finished within the last two years. The second home is larger and costs less than half as much.
The same homes, on a map
A table tells you a neighbourhood costs $1,285 per square foot. It does not tell you where that neighbourhood is or what the street looks like. Click a pin for the photo and a Street View link.
300 of 1,505 homes plotted. 1,186 more have coordinates but were left off to keep the map readable. The ones shown are spread evenly across the price range rather than taken from one end. 19 listings have no coordinates in the feed and cannot be placed. Click a pin for the photo, the price, and a Street View link. Zoom with the plus and minus buttons or by pinching.
Common questions
What is a good price per square foot in Metro Vancouver?
There is no single good number, because the figure is really measuring land, not building. The regional median for newly built ground-oriented homes is $820. Anything near $373 means you are buying in the Fraser Valley, and anything near $1,430 means you are buying on Vancouver's west side. Compare a home to its own neighbourhood, not to the region.
Why does price per square foot vary so much between neighbourhoods?
Construction costs are broadly similar across the region. Land is not. Two homes built to the same standard, of the same size, can differ by more than double in price per square foot purely because of where the land sits. That is why the figure is the fastest way to see what a location is charging you.
Does a lower price per square foot mean better value?
Not on its own. A lower figure usually buys a longer commute, and often a strata complex further from rapid transit. It is a measure of what you pay for land, not a verdict on whether the home suits you. Use it to compare like with like, then weigh the trade-off separately.
How is the figure calculated?
For each listing, the list price is divided by the finished floor area, then the median of those values is taken for the neighbourhood. Listings with a stated area under 300 square feet are excluded as data-entry errors. The median is used rather than the average so a single oversized or unusually expensive home cannot move the figure.
Why are some neighbourhoods missing?
Only neighbourhoods with four or more active listings appear. Below that, one listing moves the figure by a large amount and publishing it would be misleading. Those homes are still reachable through the search filters. The table was measured on 13 November 2026.
What is the most expensive neighbourhood by price per square foot?
Kitsilano, Vancouver, at $1,430 per square foot. The median home there is 1,560 sq ft and lists at $2,398,000, across 37 active listings. Almost all of that per square foot cost reflects the land under the home rather than the building itself.
What is the cheapest neighbourhood by price per square foot?
Lower Landing, Chilliwack, at $373 per square foot. The median home there is 1,667 sq ft, larger than the top neighbourhood, and lists at $647,400 across 10 active listings, both finished within the last two years to the same building code.
Why does the table separate townhouses from half duplexes?
Half duplex neighbourhoods are rebuilt single family streets, so the homes are usually larger with no shared complex. Townhouse neighbourhoods are complexes with a monthly strata fee and shared grounds. The mix column in the table shows the split for each neighbourhood so a buyer can tell which product type they are actually comparing.
Where these figures come from
- VanPlex active listings, MLS® data
Active townhouses, half duplexes, and row houses built in the last two years across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
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- BC Assessment
Assessed values, which drive the municipal property tax bill.
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